by StaceyHB | Jan 11, 2010 | Art, Education, Jacquard weaving, Teaching, Travel, Weaving
I am sitting in my hotel room overlooking the bay towards the old Kuwait City. Through the heat haze and the dust raised by the building works in the city, mingled with the higher dust raised by troops in the desert, I can see the murky outlines of some stunning high...
by StaceyHB | Jan 2, 2010 | Life, Philosophy, Travel, Weaving
I’ve written this blog several times now. The first time round I was reflecting on Christmas, then I decided that what I’d written was probably too controversial! The second time, I was talking about change but felt that was also too provocative! ...
by StaceyHB | Dec 23, 2009 | Art, Education, Life, Psychology, Teaching, Weaving
Just recently, I woke up and looked out of the bedroom window onto a beautiful morning – low winter sun shining on the willow tree forming a tracery of orange against the clear blue sky…. Orange?! Look again – yes! Orange! Bright, vivid, ineffably orange....
by StaceyHB | Dec 14, 2009 | Life
This week my thoughts turned to a wonderful lady I knew as a child. Until I was 10, we lived in a small, quiet, backwater village in Kent, in the middle of the hop-gardens and apple orchards of The Garden of England. One of the village characters, although one of...
by StaceyHB | Dec 5, 2009 | Jacquard weaving, Life, Philosophy, Psychology, Travel, Weaving
Sorry to republish this, but I was asked by Dusan from Arahne to make it clear that Arahne did not charge for my phone calls, but that I was referring to my telecoms provider. I am more than happy to clarify that, with my apologies if anyone read it that way. I also...
