by StaceyHB | Mar 18, 2018 | Art, Education, Life, Nature, Teaching, textiles, Travel, Weaving
Spring has sprung here in SW France. The temperatures are gradually climbing, the sun is more and more apparent, the birds are singing their hearts out, and Graham is learning new culinary skills to wow our weaving students this year! Homemade marmalade is now gracing...
by StaceyHB | Feb 4, 2018 | Education, Life, textiles, Travel
Photo credit: unknown – Source Pinterest This morning, I found myself back in the souk in Muscat, Oman, ten years ago and all I did was open the lid of a new shower cream! A single smell can transport you back in time in the blink of an eye – for me, the...
by StaceyHB | Aug 13, 2017 | Education, Life, Nature, textiles, Travel, Weaving
Isn’t it wonderful how one thing leads on to another? Just after publishing my Honeycomb Hybrids book this week, I was contacted by Madeleine Jude, a weaver I met a few years ago. She was a student on the Diploma course run by Handweavers’ Studio in...
by StaceyHB | Jan 29, 2017 | Life, Travel
Every day is a really exciting day at the moment! Each day my workshop becomes a little more like a weaving workshop. But it didn’t start out that way! Our main move was on 4/5 January. All was going swimmingly. We had managed to pack the van (a transit)...
by StaceyHB | Dec 22, 2016 | Life, Travel
Have you noticed how many people now countdown days/sleeps before an event? It seems to be a marketing phenomena that has caught on with the general public. Generally I can’t stand the idea of people wishing away their lives through counting down one more day...
by StaceyHB | Nov 4, 2016 | Art, Education, textiles, Travel, Weaving
Exhibition: ‘Weaving Futures’ | London Transport Museum Dates: 22 November 2016 to 18 February 2017 ‘Weaving Futures’ is an exhibition at London Transport Museum highlighting the importance of woven textile design to the London Transport system. The...