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Book Review – Craft Economies – Susan Luckman, Nicola Thomas (eds)

Book Review – Craft Economies – Susan Luckman, Nicola Thomas (eds)

by StaceyHB | Feb 3, 2019 | Art, Book Review, Education, Publications

Craft Economies Ed Susan Luckman and Nicola Thomas (2018)  London & New York: Bloomsbury Academic ‘Comprising a collection of 20 essays from 28 academics, practitioners, Craft Economies spans a wide landscape of craft practices, sites and forms of making from...
Book Review – Steal Like an Artist  – Austin Kleon

Book Review – Steal Like an Artist – Austin Kleon

by StaceyHB | Jan 26, 2019 | Art, Book Review, Education, Life, Philosophy, Psychology, Publications

Steal Like an Artist – 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative    Austin Kleon 2012  New York: Workman Publishing If you’re like me, I have always been aware that to copy is a cardinal sin for an artist, and yet, as a classical musician, that is what I was...
New book review – Pattern & Loom – John Becker

New book review – Pattern & Loom – John Becker

by StaceyHB | Jan 20, 2019 | Art, Book Review, Education, Jacquard weaving, Publications, Teaching, textiles, Travel, Weaving

Pattern & Loom: a practical study of the development of weaving techniques in China, Western Asia and Europe   John Becker  (with collaboration of Donald B. Wagner) Nias Press 2nd edition 2014 It’s taken me a long time to read this book.  I remember posting...
Weaving in the field of Science

Weaving in the field of Science

by StaceyHB | Dec 16, 2018 | Art, Education, Jacquard weaving, Life, Nature, Psychology, Publications, Teaching, textiles, Travel, Weaving

The end of the year always leads to reflection, and this year I was reading through the essays that I wrote for my MA coursework.  Each year we were required to write an essay on contextual studies that we had done through the year, and for my first year, I selected...
Art & Nature

Art & Nature

by StaceyHB | Nov 20, 2018 | Art, Education, Life, Nature, Philosophy, Publications, Teaching, textiles, Travel, Weaving

There always seems to be something interesting going on here, whether involving weaving, work on the house, cultural activities in the area or simply watching nature. Firstly, there was a wonderful Complex Weavers Study Day in London, organised by the UK’s...
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