by StaceyHB | Feb 28, 2021 | Art, Education, How I Got Into Weaving, Life, textiles, Weaving
NAME: Cathie Wier BACKSTORY: Cathie is a weaver who loves doubleweave and texture. She is inspired by nature, attracted to the layers, colors and textures that she observes in the forests and rivers of the Olympic Peninsula and beyond. She weaves one-of-a-kind...
by StaceyHB | Feb 14, 2021 | Art, Education, How I Got Into Weaving, Life, Publications, Teaching, Weaving
NAME: Marian Stubenitsky BACKSTORY: Marian had been on my radar for a number of years as an excellent weaving teacher before she brought out her book Echo & Iris. Then I took a workshop with her in the Dordogne, France, along with a few friends and fellow weavers...
by StaceyHB | Jan 31, 2021 | Education, How I Got Into Weaving, Life, Philosophy, Teaching, textiles, Weaving
NAME: Wendy Morris BACKSTORY: I can’t remember when Wendy and I first met, but I can tell you, as can many others, that Wendy has had a huge impact on me as a weaver, and as a friend! Her common sense approach, her willingness to be always learning, her...
by StaceyHB | Jan 24, 2021 | Education, Life, Nature, Publications, textiles, Travel
It’s not often that I can bring you news from French woollen textiles companies. This article is drawn from a piece in The Connexion, a monthly English-language subscription paper in France which keeps us updated with all the details of the ever-changing...
by StaceyHB | 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 StaceyHB | Jan 3, 2021 | Art, Education, How I Got Into Weaving, Life, textiles, Weaving
NAME: Katharina Krönig BACKSTORY: I have known Katharina for a few years – we both attended the same workshop run by Bonnie Inouye – but our relationship has developed quite recently. I am working on a project involving optical illusions which have...