by StaceyHB | May 9, 2021 | Art, Education, How I Got Into Weaving, Life, Publications, Teaching, textiles, Travel, Weaving
NAME: Laverne Waddington BACKSTORY: It is through the wonders of the internet that Laverne came into my weaving life. I saw her amazing backstrap weaving online with its incredible detail and painstaking patterning which just sang in my heart and soul. The instant...
by StaceyHB | Apr 25, 2021 | Education, How I Got Into Weaving, Life, Publications, Teaching, textiles, Travel, Weaving
NAME: Madelyn van der Hoogt BACKSTORY: I became a weaver almost thirty years ago and even then Madelyn van der Hoogt was looked up to as one of the weaving greats of our time. She has been weaving, teaching and writing about weaving for forty years and continues to...
by StaceyHB | Apr 11, 2021 | Education, How I Got Into Weaving, Jacquard weaving, Life, Teaching, textiles, Weaving
NAME: Belinda Rose BACKSTORY: Belinda is a quiet, understated person with a wicked sense of humour which I love, and an individual approach to her weaving practice. I’m not quite sure when we first met but I went up to weave on Belinda’s TC-1 in 2009 in...
by StaceyHB | Mar 28, 2021 | Education, How I Got Into Weaving, Life, textiles, Travel, Weaving
NAME: Lynn Smetko BACKSTORY: I first got to meet Lynn at both of our first Complex Weavers Seminars in 2006. I was immediately drawn to this very beautiful lady who radiates a love of life and people and a passion for her weaving. Whatever Lynn weaves is always...
by StaceyHB | Mar 14, 2021 | Art, Education, How I Got Into Weaving, Jacquard weaving, Life, Publications, Teaching, textiles, Weaving
NAME: Bhakti Ziek BACKSTORY: Bhakti is well-known for her wonderful jacquard weaving and that is how I first came into her sphere of influence. Together with Alice Schlein, she produced the amazing The Woven Pixel: Designing for Jacquard and Dobby looms using...
by StaceyHB | Feb 28, 2021 | Art, Education, How I Got Into Weaving, Life, textiles, Weaving
NAME: Cathie Wier BACKSTORY: Cathie is a weaver who loves doubleweave and texture. She is inspired by nature, attracted to the layers, colors and textures that she observes in the forests and rivers of the Olympic Peninsula and beyond. She weaves one-of-a-kind...
