by StaceyHB | Sep 13, 2009 | Education, Teaching, Travel, Weaving
Thursday was a big day for handweavers in the UK. Or at least for some of us! Handweavers Studio, which was the brainchild and baby of Nancy Lee Child, was re-opened in a new more central location with a lot more space and under new management. Nancy has finally...
by StaceyHB | Sep 13, 2009 | Life, Philosophy, Psychology, Weaving
In my Pyschologies magazine this month, there is an article about global and local thinking along with a questionnaire so you can find out what sort of thinker you are. Global thinking is where you think about the bigger picture and don’t sweat the details. Local...
by StaceyHB | Jul 27, 2009 | Life, Philosophy, Weaving
Are you full of questions? Do you always want to know what happens if you do this or that? What would happen if you took that path in life, or this one? I’m a curious person. In weaving, that’s a great thing if you want to stretch yourself. I’m a sample queen...
by StaceyHB | Jul 19, 2009 | Art, Life, Weaving
Weaving instills this incredible sense of wonder in me. Part of it is the creation of something useful and/or beautiful out of simple thread. Part of it is the huge variety that weaving engenders. Yet another part is the connection between peoples from all ages,...
by StaceyHB | Jul 13, 2009 | Life, Psychology, Weaving
We all know that the subconscious is a powerful thing. Something I experienced today, and many times in the past, shows just how much it works in everyday things. I’m doing sample weaving at the moment, with lots of plain weaving and overshot picks. I have a...
by StaceyHB | Jun 14, 2009 | Education, Jacquard weaving, Life, Teaching, Weaving
You know how there sometimes seems to be a time when many things relating to the same subject seem to slot into place – whether it is a political mood such as we saw in the US and in the UK and elsewhere during this recession, or a vogue for an artform such as glass...