by StaceyHB | Jun 16, 2010 | Art, Education, Teaching, Weaving
In some of my posts, I have lightly touched on some of the weaving research into texture that I have been focussing on in the past 2 years, and which are the subject of some of the lectures that I am giving at the Complex Weavers’ Seminars and also at...
by StaceyHB | Jun 12, 2010 | Art, Education, Jacquard weaving, Life, Weaving
What do jacquard cards and pigsties have in common? Well, nothing really, except that I’m writing about both in today’s blog!! Today we uncovered some history in our garden, and I found, by chance, a link to a blog showing jacquard cards used in an...
by StaceyHB | Jun 6, 2010 | Art, Education, Life, Philosophy, Teaching, Weaving
This weekend, I have been having a great time with a student called Zaf, who brought along her little Structo loom. She bought it from eBay and unfortunately it doesn’t have a reed or a batten, so she was a little disappointed that she couldn’t use it. ...
by StaceyHB | May 30, 2010 | Life, Philosophy, Psychology
How are the above 3 topics linked? Well, the last two are easy to put together, but it would seem a bit of a stretch to join them to achievement! Firstly, the achievement. It’s been a dream of my son’s – a bucket dream (“what I’d like...
by StaceyHB | May 24, 2010 | Life
This year is a bumper year for family celebrations in my family. My father recently celebrated his 80th birthday, and he is a very young 80 – more like in his 60s, mentally! It’s wonderful to see him so enjoying his life and being really active in many...
