by StaceyHB | Jun 14, 2009 | Education, Jacquard weaving, Life, Teaching, Weaving
You know how there sometimes seems to be a time when many things relating to the same subject seem to slot into place – whether it is a political mood such as we saw in the US and in the UK and elsewhere during this recession, or a vogue for an artform such as glass...
by StaceyHB | May 10, 2009 | Art, Jacquard weaving, Life, Travel, Weaving
With a title like that, you would be forgiven for thinking that I am going to talk about Kate Adie, BBC reporter extraordinaire, as that’s the title of her autobiography. That may come once I’ve read the book, but in the meantime, last weekend, I visited the Stroud...
by StaceyHB | Mar 8, 2009 | Jacquard weaving, Life, Philosophy, Teaching, Weaving
One of the lessons that weaving teaches is patience. All kinds of patience – the ‘take a deep breath and count to 10’ patience when something easily preventable happens; the ‘am I dedicated enough to the quality of this piece that I unweave those picks to sort...
by StaceyHB | Jan 11, 2009 | Jacquard weaving
<!– @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } –> I’m in the US to attend a conference on innovative textiles and digital technology in jacquard weaving. It was run by the Centre for Craft, Creativity & Design at...
