Category: Weaver in Residence

By Fiona Durman of Ashculme Textiles, Wagga Wagga Last night, I took the shibori home to our lovely B&B and tied all the shibori threads ready for dyeing in the morning. As I tied them I realised how I could improve on my threading, to make it both easier to tie and easier to make those…

By Fiona Durman of Ashculme Textiles, Wagga Wagga With two days of weaving and learning behind me it felt wonderful to walk into the studio and have no less than 3 looms up and running with different projects. I also still had the dyed warp ready for rinsing. But before any of that could begin we…

By Fiona Durman of Ashculme Textiles, Wagga Wagga After a lovely morning walk on the beach I was keen to get back to the studio. With two looms already in action and plans for warp painting and more today I was itching to get started. While I wove the shibori weave yesterday a design was forming…

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…

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…

I have been toying with the idea of offering an intensive weave and textile opportunity within Curiousweaver Studio for some time.  I meet many people who are thirsty for weaving knowledge and intensive exploration on the loom but may not readily fit these things into their lives unless they can have a concentrated period where…