by StaceyHB | Aug 25, 2010 | Teaching, Weaving
This versatile float-based weave has lots of different uses. More often used for tea-towels for its ultra-absorbency, and blankets for its warmth-trapping cells, it can also be used effectively for scarves and for texture. Moreover it’s a fun structure! Using...
by StaceyHB | Aug 23, 2010 | Life
Firstly, may I apologise for putting this in the wrong place last week. I created a new page instead of a new post, so you can find it if you search for shibori, but otherwise it wasn’t in the normal blog page! You can imagine my perplexity when I wanted to...
by StaceyHB | Aug 22, 2010 | Life, Philosophy, Psychology
I was watching an ants’ nest that had been disturbed in my garden during our most recent renovation activity. The ants were scurrying around seemingly at random, running here and there without apparent purpose, until I realised that there was indeed a very...
by StaceyHB | Aug 15, 2010 | Art, Education, Life, Travel, Weaving
Over the last few weeks, I’ve indulged in some creative downtime! After the hectic scheduling of Complex Weavers and Convergence, Agnes and I headed off for a road trip (aka Thelma and Louise – without the dramatic ending!!). Agnes was in charge of...
by StaceyHB | Aug 11, 2010 | Education, Teaching, Weaving
In my last texture blog post in July, I was talking about honeycomb. At the same lecture that I gave at Complex Weavers Seminars on honeycomb, I also showed the results of shibori and seersucker techniques in creating texture in single cloth. Shibori is usually...
