by StaceyHB | Sep 20, 2019 | Art, Education, Jacquard weaving, Life, Nature, textiles, Weaving
Image: Samira Boon, Self-folding fabric. As many of you know, I am a texture fanatic. Creating dimensional surfaces in woven fabric really intrigue, delight and inspire me, often with ideas taken from nature. Philippa Brock has done a lot of research on self-folding...
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 | Jun 2, 2019 | Art, Education, Jacquard weaving, Life, Nature, Teaching, textiles, Weaving
Happy Summertime! After strong spring sunshine in February (3 weeks), March (3 weeks) and then back to more wintry chills in April and some of May, we are now at the right time of year, with sizzling temperatures, fruiting trees, and new chicks on the way. Weaving...
by StaceyHB | Jan 20, 2019 | Art, Book Review, Education, Jacquard weaving, Publications, Teaching, textiles, Travel, Weaving
Pattern & Loom: a practical study of the development of weaving techniques in China, Western Asia and Europe John Becker (with collaboration of Donald B. Wagner) Nias Press 2nd edition 2014 It’s taken me a long time to read this book. I remember posting...
by StaceyHB | Dec 16, 2018 | Art, Education, Jacquard weaving, Life, Nature, Psychology, Publications, Teaching, textiles, Travel, Weaving
The end of the year always leads to reflection, and this year I was reading through the essays that I wrote for my MA coursework. Each year we were required to write an essay on contextual studies that we had done through the year, and for my first year, I selected...
by StaceyHB | Nov 20, 2018 | Art, Education, Life, Nature, Philosophy, Publications, Teaching, textiles, Travel, Weaving
There always seems to be something interesting going on here, whether involving weaving, work on the house, cultural activities in the area or simply watching nature. Firstly, there was a wonderful Complex Weavers Study Day in London, organised by the UK’s...
