by StaceyHB | Jul 20, 2017 | Education, Teaching, textiles, Uncategorized, Weaving
Over the past week, I have been intermittently working with a newly arrived piece of kit – the cone winder from Silver Needles. It is an amazing little machine, very sensitive, but very useful. I knew that I would need to try several different yarns to test...
by StaceyHB | Jun 1, 2017 | Life, Nature, Publications, Teaching, Uncategorized, Weaving
We are certainly learning how to live the good life here in France. The blossom was delightful a month or so ago and now our 6 cherry trees are producing an abundance of delicious fruit! The previous owners of La Tuilerie obviously loved the house and garden as...
by StaceyHB | May 9, 2017 | Life, Nature, Teaching, Weaving
May – and things are hotting up fast!! Firstly, may I introduce you to Bailey? He’s our poster boy today! Bailey is a labrador X (not sure whether with Beagle or with a spaniel of some kind!) and is just 4 months old. We had been missing Charlie, who...
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...
by StaceyHB | Aug 21, 2016 | Life, Nature, Weaving
Isn’t it funny how certain things make a house feel like a home? For me, as a weaver, it has to be a loom! The French house in Gascony now has a working loom in it, and the wonderful and familiar smell of wool yarn means that France is now home!! At the moment,...
by StaceyHB | Jan 10, 2016 | Art, Education, Life, Publications, textiles, Weaving
I feel very privileged to be living in an era where being an artist does not mean struggling on your own, trying to justify what you do and why you do it against more ‘worthy’ occupations. I know – most of us work on our own, and yes, we do end up...
