Category: Saori
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Weaver in Residence – Day One
By Fiona Durman of Ashculme Textiles, Wagga Wagga When I thought about what I really wanted to learn on my residency I thought about the endless variations and scope of weavings and realised there is no limit to its possibilities. So I had to narrow it down. And narrow it down to those things not…
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Invitation to see our Weaver in Residence
Fiona Durman from Ashculme Textiles is the first Weaver in Residence at Curiousweaver Studio. Fiona is travelling from Wagga Wagga and I am absolutely delighted that she is using this opportunity to really run with her ideas! She will be busy as the program of learning is full on. She’ll be dyeing warps, ikat wefts…
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International Women’s Day Giveaway
Most of the Saori weavers I encounter are women. Most of my customers are women, although not all. Some of my customers are men who buy for the women in their lives, and some are weavers themselves. I wanted to show my, albeit minuscule, support for women around our world and our efforts to achieve…
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The Total Cloth
Another fantastic workshop day with the indefatigable Crossing Threads duo of Kass and Lauren. Today was about the warp. How to warp, using the Kenzo warping system and how to modify the warp for different outcomes. Crossing Threads have been exploring and extending their weave practice into Saori over the past few months. So they…
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Weaving, not knitting, a jumper
Knitting creates wonderful and comfortable clothes. I’m a rather slow knitter and very dependent on patterns. So I’m always looking for ways to make my weaving work better for me in that department. Although it is cold enough for this type of jumper post in some places in the world I’m aware that jumpers are…
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Living Cloth…and unexpected joys
I’ve been with my husband, Dave, for over 45 years. Yes, a long time. A bit of luck superior planning. As the years move on, and I’m a slow learner, I realise that we loose friends, family, health, jobs and things over and over again. I’m not too good at losing things. Loss is the one…
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No rest for weave mad people
Ok, it’s supposed to be a pause in the year with Christmas and New year but weave mad people just keep on going! Anyway weaving should not be a chore. Not something that has to be done like a production line filled with deadlines, even self imposed ones. I think weaving is part of the…
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Conversations
One of the (many) unexpected inspirations in studio time is the conversations I have with weavers. So many different people from different backgrounds and experiences to mine. I must say that we have the capability of solving or more importantly just thinking about how to solve the problems around us. The relaxed and colour infused…
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Time for superheros
I’ve been catching up on some weaving and ideas lately, but I’ll also admit to being waylaid too, with sewing capes for superheros. Now most of the world thinks this isn’t a priority but I really feel it is. Especially for the two little girls, my grand daughters, I’m making them for! They’ll need their…