by StaceyHB | Nov 8, 2020 | Art, Education, Life, Nature, Philosophy, Psychology, Teaching, textiles, Weaving
“Uh oh – Stacey’s gone hippy” – that was actually what one person said when we were talking in a group about weaving and the conversation turned to what you do to keep fit for weaving. We all laughed, but the truth is that she’s...
by StaceyHB | Nov 1, 2020 | Art, Education, How I Got Into Weaving, Jacquard weaving, Life, Philosophy, Teaching, textiles, Weaving
NAME: Janice Lessman-Moss BACKSTORY: Janice is best known to me through her jacquard work on the TC-1 which I first saw in the US around 2010, I think. Her level of complex layering, even on a shaft loom, really blew my mind, and still does. I loved how I could...
by StaceyHB | Aug 23, 2020 | Art, Education, How I Got Into Weaving, Jacquard weaving, Life, Nature, Philosophy, Teaching, textiles, Travel, Weaving
NAME: Cathryn Amidei BACKSTORY: Cathryn is an awesome jacquard weaver. We first connected through Complex Weavers and Pat Williams who had been Cathryn’s graduate advisor at Eastern Michigan University and who was a friend of mine through my acquisition of an...
by StaceyHB | Jul 26, 2020 | Art, Education, How I Got Into Weaving, Life, Philosophy, Teaching, textiles, Weaving
NAME: Jennie Parry BACKSTORY: Jennie Parry’s braiding was something that attracted me right from the first moment of seeing her work. Her delicate touch, her imagination, her use of less usual materials such as paper and her dedication to her textile discipline...
by StaceyHB | Jul 5, 2020 | Art, Education, Life, Philosophy, textiles, Weaving
You know when something pushes you out of your comfort zone and you feel decidedly unbalanced? Well, I do now. It’s exciting, it’s exhilarating and it’s definitely a bit unnerving!! It’s been an interesting week with the launch off Beneath the...
by StaceyHB | Jun 21, 2020 | Art, Book Review, Education, Life, Nature, Philosophy, textiles, Weaving
The title of today’s blog is actually the title of a book I’ve been reading. It’s about jazz, but before you quickly skip on to the next item on your Facebook feed or scroll down to the next email in your inbox, it also applies to weaving. Written in...
