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 | Jan 17, 2021 | Art, Education, How I Got Into Weaving, Jacquard weaving, Life, Nature, Teaching, textiles, Travel, Weaving
NAME: Agnes Hauptli BACKSTORY: Agnes and I first met back in 2008, at a Convergence class called the 3Ds of 3D run by Ruby Leslie. Right from the start we hit it off, two passionate weavers keen to learn whatever we could and with a shared zany sense of humour! We...
by StaceyW | Aug 23, 2020 | Art, Education, How I Got Into Weaving, Jacquard weaving, Life, Nature, Philosophy, Teaching, textiles, Travel, Weaving
NAME: Cathryn Amidei BACKSTORY: Cathryn is an awesome jacquard weaver. We first connected through Complex Weavers and Pat Williams who had been Cathryn’s graduate advisor at Eastern Michigan University and who was a friend of mine through my acquisition of an...
by StaceyW | Jun 17, 2012 | Education, Jacquard weaving, textiles, Travel, Weaving
I’ve had the most wonderful time this week in Norway with Vibeke Vestby trialling the new TC2 and looking at the looms which are going to be heading out to Convergence. I wish I was going with them!! These new looms are so much more elegant in appearance than...
