by StaceyW | Nov 21, 2021 | Book Review, Education, Nature, Philosophy, Publications, Teaching, textiles, Weaving
This is a book any weaver serious about developing their own weaving and wanting to understand more about weave structure should add to their library. A bit strong as an opening sentence? Well, I suggest you get a copy and see for yourself! I loved it. It’s a...
by StaceyW | Oct 24, 2021 | Art, Education, Jacquard weaving, Life, Philosophy, Publications, Teaching, textiles, Travel, Weaving
I’m sure we have all had what seemed to us unrealistic dreams – those ‘perhaps one day, if everything works out’ or ‘if I ever inherit some money, this is what I would do with it’ types of dreams. Well, sometimes things do just work...
by StaceyW | Jul 11, 2021 | How I Got Into Weaving, Life, textiles, Weaving
NAME: Lesley Willcock BACKGROUND: Lesley and I first met (as she reminded me) at a shibori workshop that Kay Faulkner was leading at Chesham UK in December 2008. Lesley had only been weaving then for about 4 years but had just recently joined Complex Weavers and got...
by StaceyW | Apr 11, 2021 | Education, How I Got Into Weaving, Jacquard weaving, Life, Teaching, textiles, Weaving
NAME: Belinda Rose BACKSTORY: Belinda is a quiet, understated person with a wicked sense of humour which I love, and an individual approach to her weaving practice. I’m not quite sure when we first met but I went up to weave on Belinda’s TC-1 in 2009 in...
by StaceyW | Aug 13, 2017 | Education, Life, Nature, textiles, Travel, Weaving
Isn’t it wonderful how one thing leads on to another? Just after publishing my Honeycomb Hybrids book this week, I was contacted by Madeleine Jude, a weaver I met a few years ago. She was a student on the Diploma course run by Handweavers’ Studio in...
