by StaceyHB | Feb 3, 2012 | Art, Education, Life, Teaching, textiles
One of the things about a university education which pushes you out of your comfort zone is how it opens your mind and your understanding. At the Lost in Lace conference (feature post to follow) today (3rd Feb 2011) at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, I met up again...
by StaceyHB | Jan 29, 2012 | Art, Education, Life, Nature, Travel
I belong to an organisation called Designer Maker West Midlands, and from time to time they organise various seminars. In the Peak District, an area which stretches across quite a lot of Derbyshire, Cheshire, South Yorkshire and the Staffordshire Moorlands, and which...
by StaceyHB | Jan 15, 2012 | Art, Education, Life, Nature, Philosophy
Hmm. It seems to be conference season! Nothing for months, and then several come along in quick succession – just like metropolitan buses! In the country we’re lucky if we get one an hour (each way)- buses that is… Anyway, I digress! Where was...
by StaceyHB | Dec 30, 2011 | Life, Philosophy, Psychology, Weaving
I don’t know about you, but around this time of year, I get lots of inspirational emails from online marketers and various business ‘gurus’, some of whom are suggesting ways for me to live my life to be more productive and balanced. I’m all in...
by StaceyHB | Dec 11, 2011 | Art, Life, Nature, Weaving
A few weeks ago, I hurt my back. It’s an old injury and one I can usually keep under control with regular yoga, but I had a period of two weeks where I was driving a lot, and moving heavy boxes, looms, and equipment then more driving for several hours, and at...
by StaceyHB | Dec 4, 2011 | Life, Weaving
It’s December, and that means no-one can escape from the commercial aspects of Christmas if you happen to live anywhere in the western world that requires going to shops, listening to commercial radio, watching tv (whether commercial or not!), reading magazines,...
