by StaceyHB | Apr 17, 2011 | Art, Life, Travel
We are on our way to a week’s cookery course in the south west of France, near Toulouse, for my husband’s 50th birthday celebrations. It was fun choosing which course to enrol on as there are so many different types of holiday courses for food, and just...
by StaceyHB | Apr 10, 2011 | Art, Education, Life, Nature, Philosophy, Publications, Teaching, Travel
This weekend I gave a full day’s presentation in Cambridge at Girton College, for the Eastern Region Textile Forum on “Passive Income for Artists”. It was a wonderful venue and truly inspiring location, with an enthusiastic and attentive audience of...
by StaceyHB | Apr 3, 2011 | Life, Nature, Psychology
Spring cleaning is like de-cluttering – it makes you feel good about yourself and your life… At least, that’s the effect it has on me, which is just as well as we’ve a large old house and quite a lot of garden (and we’re not gardeners!!)...
by StaceyHB | Mar 27, 2011 | Art, Education, Life, Nature, Philosophy, Publications, Teaching, Travel, Weaving
Mapping – a physical two- or three- dimensional representation of a given place at a given time. Maps are usually associated with a scale, a grid, an orientation, and presenting information. They can be geographical, social, economic, linear, bird’s eye...
by StaceyHB | Mar 20, 2011 | Jacquard weaving, Life, Psychology, Weaving
I was doing a little tidying of my workshop, just clearing out the area under the stairs today. Wow. Isn’t it amazing just how much stuff we accumulate?! It got me seriously alarmed as I pulled things out and took them outside so i could sort them into piles...
by StaceyHB | Mar 13, 2011 | Art, Education, Life, Nature, Teaching, Weaving
This week was the first time I had to give a presentation to the MA students and staff. The preparation took a surprisingly long time because I kept having sudden realisations. Like – my goodness, I’ll have been weaving for 20 years in June!! Yikes!!...
