Category: Video Tutorials
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Communicating with Saori Weaving
Saori weaving can be used to communicate to others. Historically many textile techniques have been used in this way.
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Warping in Isolation!
How are you going? What are you creating? What are you reading? Try warping.
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Asemic weaving in the Saori way
Get your translation skills ready by weaving asemic writing. Asemic writing doesn’t have any meaning except for that which invites the ‘reader’ to interpret their own. It’s an excuse to be creative with line and Saori weaving is the perfect free style to work with. I’ve always been interested in texts – writing, calligraphy, typography.…
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Buttony, wavy, ribby and wide weaves
Yet another magical workshop came to a close too quickly over the weekend. Several of the participants were Sturtees and returnees. Daisy came to work on a special buttony weave which incorporated her mother’s buttons in a bed runner. Rather than stitch them onto the two metre plus cloth after weaving it, we decided to have…
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Creating cloth and filming cloth making
I know all of my posts are about cloth and this one won’t be any different. I’ve written before about my luck in the humans coming to my studio, and what I learn from them. Here Mark is filming the weaving process and I’m grateful to him for sharing his expertise and skills. Here you’ll…
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2014 ~ Double good weaving and textile discoveries
“Wishing all a very happy and healthful new year – meeting new warps and wefts entangled with other unexpected happenings in weave.” With 2014 in mind I finally completed my double weave on the Saori 4 shaft loom. That’s my one resolution over with none to follow! There is something magical about double weave and…
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October Workshop Two
Workshop Two has now concluded and I’m once again totally in awe with the weaves and approach of all the participants. I’m pretty sure they invented new ways of weaving too! This is a short video I made up of the two days. In this you will see Warren weaving with one arm due to…
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Sticky Inkle Textile Design
I’m teaching a Beginners Weave workshop with Inkle and Saori weaving at Adult Education in Taree on Thursday (10 September) and wanted the participants to explore textile design in a quick, easy, taster sort of way. I thought about coloured pencils and paint but the restricted time of the workshop didn’t really suit this approach.…
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A Little Warp Manager
This is a weaving tip video. It’s how I manage my loose and extra warp threads using a film canister and fishing weight. It works really well for me and it can be quickly moved along and down the warp when needed. New weavers may find it useful.