by StaceyHB | Apr 9, 2020 | Art, Education, Life, Nature, Philosophy, Psychology, Teaching, textiles, Weaving
Hello everyone, I hope that you are safe and staying well. It might be a highly unusual time that we are experiencing, but we also have an amazing opportunity in the midst of this pandemic. COVID-19 is giving us a chance to stop in our tracks and think deeply about...
by StaceyHB | Feb 9, 2020 | Life, Philosophy, Psychology
Today I want to tell you about three wonderful ladies whom I have met here in France. I’ll call them collectively ‘MIN’. One is in her forties, one in her fifties and one in her sixties. MIN embody everything that I want to become. They don’t...
by StaceyHB | Jan 31, 2020 | Life, Philosophy
It is not often that I mention politics in my working life. However, I have been so moved by the love and support that has been extended to us by our French friends here in Nérac that I wanted to say ‘thank-you’. Thank you for the warmth of your acceptance of us and...
by StaceyHB | Jan 12, 2020 | Education, Life, Philosophy, Teaching, Weaving
If you’re like me, you prefer making weaving processes as easy to do as possible, especially the thinking side! Recently I have been preparing 4-shaft samples of stitched double cloth for an upcoming workshop. The warp has a 2 cotton to 1 wool ratio and it was...
by StaceyHB | Jun 11, 2019 | Art, Book Review, Education, Life, Nature, Philosophy, Publications, Teaching, textiles, Travel, Weaving
This summer we are having a great time at The Loom Room France with weaving guests and non-weavers alike. The cherries have now been supplanted by the emerging plum harvest, and the swallows have now finished constructing their nest and are laying a number of eggs so...
by StaceyHB | Jan 26, 2019 | Art, Book Review, Education, Life, Philosophy, Psychology, Publications
Steal Like an Artist – 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative Austin Kleon 2012 New York: Workman Publishing If you’re like me, I have always been aware that to copy is a cardinal sin for an artist, and yet, as a classical musician, that is what I was...
