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 28, 2020 | Art, Education, How I Got Into Weaving, Life, Publications, textiles, Weaving
NAME: Janet Phillips BACKSTORY: Janet was another weaver who was always there when I first started weaving and who has stood the test of time. Her first book The Weaver’s Book of Fabric Design (1983), (her second, Designing Woven Fabrics, was published in 2008)...
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...
by StaceyHB | Jun 14, 2020 | Art, Education, How I Got Into Weaving, Life, Publications, Teaching, textiles, Weaving
NAME: Ann Richards BACKSTORY: Ann has been a part of my weaving life from the almost the beginning – certainly in my second year of weaving I remember picking up a book co-authored by Ann Sutton and Diane Sheehan called Ideas in Weaving and seeing a lovely...
by StaceyHB | Jun 7, 2020 | Education, How I Got Into Weaving, Life, Publications, Teaching, textiles, Travel, Weaving
What a sobering week it has been news-wise. All lives matter and we must do what we believe to be right and to support each other against injustice and hatred wherever and whenever it shows up. I have posted my reflections in a video on my Facebook profile as I feel...
by StaceyHB | May 31, 2020 | Art, Education, How I Got Into Weaving, Life, textiles, Weaving
NAME: Lillian Whipple BACKSTORY: I first met Lillian whilst getting off an escalator at a weaving conference – I can’t remember which one now! A lady approached me with a lovely smile, holding out a tiny woven motif and said “I don’t think...
