The Old and The New
I recently took a quick trip to Texas for the multi-purpose of cuddling the newest addition to our family - my cousin's daughter, TRULY ADORABLE Sammie (I am totally objective too) . . .spending some time with the oldest member- 101-
The Efficient Weaver
I have had the good fortune lately to encounter two really efficient weavers - one in person and one via video. As you know (if you read my blog) I have been working with Becky Ashenden of Vav Stuga Weaving School. She
They are the Best
Beautiful Celeste - 2 weeks from her wedding and weaving as fast as light. Lovely cloth piling up! Happy weavers . . . Happy weavers . . . Happy weavers . . . Happy weavers . . . More cloth - color choices continue to awe
Money, Quality, Beauty
I have been spending long days at Vav Stuga the last couple of weeks doing preparation for my upcoming "Masters of Deflection" class. It has been a steep learning curve scrambling to translate all my weaving/warping and drafting skills into the
Peruvian Peregrinations
“One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” – Henry Miller I had the opportunity to join my niece in Peru in early August. She had a grant to study and write about the collection of Machu
Convergence 2014
I just got home from a week in Providence, RI totally immersed in the world of hand-weaving. Where else can you walk down a city street, stop to observe an interesting textile in a shop/gallery window and have several people
Squaresville
For some reason there has been a confluence of overshot in the studio these last few days, and the issue of "Squaring" has arisen. As I mentioned in my last blog post we have a new baby in the extended
Homies
I have to admit that my looms have been quiet lately - very few new weavings to display. However, I have been having a rich series of experiences with various 'homies". (Please do not let my son ever hear me
Launch
There has been a launch-y feeling around here lately. My middle son is home from college (rising senior- oh lord!) ready to head to Germany. My youngest just "graduated" from 8th grade and is a rising high-schooler. Our German exchange
Fraidy Cat
I have generally tried to cultivate an optimistic attitude of "what's the worst that could happen?" in weaving and in life. Having had a pretty stable, secure upbringing and young life, it was an easy attitude to maintain across the
My Hero: Andreas Möeller
We can't all be heroes, because somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by. Will Rogers So this post is me sitting on the curb and applauding for Andreas Möeller: http://www.moeller-hamburg.com/a/75-Flying-8-A-New-School-Of-Weaving.html I initially gravitated
“weaving for me should be the process of transforming the weft into accumulated space replacing the vanishing of time” Chiyoko Tanaka
I found these images on these websites: http://browngrotta.com/pages/tanaka.php and http://modernistaesthetic.blogspot.com/2014/02/chiyoko-tanaka.html and I found them crushingly beautiful. They are textiles by the artist Chiyoko Tanaka whose artist's statement includes the following: For me the act of weaving, as the weft threads accumulate one by