Category: Saori
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Stitching things together
Seems cathartic that I’m gravitating towards stitching and sewing at the moment. I’ve been sorting through my collection of clothing blocks that I’ve drafted though the years. To me they are like photos of my family. Blocks which capture the changing shape and size of bodies important to me. There are blocks from size 000…
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Last in house workshop for 2015 🙁
Does it ever end. This thrill of weaving and looms! I think not. Another workshop completed in the studio and another very happy one. With so much sadness and agro in our world it’s nice to remember that good, happy and meaningful life filled get togethers do exist. In bringing a collection of previous ‘strangers’…
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Rocks and Cushion Bushes of the Great Ocean Road
Well my short trip along the Great Ocean Road in Victoria was inspirational to say the least! I knew it was down there, and others have been, but it’s not until you see it yourself that it truly bowls you over. The landforms of the Great Australian Bight are so powerful and secretive. Every stop along…
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Flourish on the Edges
Weavers eventually want to break the grid formation and the Saori loom development combined with Kenzo Jo’s creative tinkering is all over this frill weaving variant on the selvedge. It is a complete ‘hack’ which quickly creates the most beautifully textured frills. Frills that are woven with the main weave so they are connected to the…
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Weave a Saori Inspired Cloth
Finally today my article in Down Under Textiles has been published! “Weave a Saori inspired cloth” This is the forerunner of a regular column I will be writing which explores textiles and in particular woven works. I’ll be looking at how to begin and continue weave textile journeys, new ideas on the horizons and established traditional…
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September Spring Saori
Another workshop is over and I’m still thinking about possibilities and styles that were initiated with the group. Jute was a bit popular this time around. You can’t beat that crisp fibre especially when it turns at the selvedges. This workshop was full of new weavers which is always great. The unexpected and new is very expected! Over…
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Shuttle shelves and intensive weavers
I’ve just hosted a delightful intensive Saori class with two weavers from Queensland. It was a long planned weavers road trip to my Old Bar studio. Three full days of discovery and tactile delights. Their ideas and approaches to cloth already primed in thinking the Saori way. Both weavers came with some weaving experience but not with…
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The Anatomy of a Flat pattern to 3D
Creating beautiful clothing patterns are a significant feature of the Saori inspired weaving movement. Handwoven cloth for clothes and accessories is where the Japanese developers have created outstanding new ideas amongst ‘ordinary’ people. Although the best of the Saori designers, such as Masako, use the body directly to develop the pattern, being the best starting point,…
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When the ocean meets the rivers, meets the creeks – Sturt Winter School 2015
Sadly, Sturt Winter School has finished for 2015. It was a totally brilliant experience for me and I hope for all the participants. A very great group of humans! My post title about the flow of our waters is taken from a song by Howqua from Melbourne who performed at Flow Bar today. “Where the ocean…