Category: Workshops
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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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Last Workshop for 2018
Where has the year 2018 gone? They say you experience time differently as you get older – it must speed up! In my last full workshop for 2018 I had a small but very interesting group and we enjoyed new conversations and shared the relaxing and rewarding joys of handweaving. Hayley joined her grandmother in…
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The Little Brisbane Mob weaves
A weekend weaving with the Little Brisbane Mob certainly punched above its weight in style and weave exploration. I wasn’t aware beforehand that the workshop participants both came from Brisbane so it was double fun and called up the name for the post! Yes a very small group but lively and we had a short…
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Family Weavers
I recently hosted a trio of sisters in a family craft get together in the studio. These types of workshops are fantastic and everyone is off to a flying start right at the beginning. We were also joined by Jennie who travelled down from Queensland to weave with us and her work is pictured here.…
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Can’t get enough of weaving
This weekend saw the Crossing Threads duo and artist Christine Appleby brighten the studio. Kassandra and Lauren weave large commissioned art and I was interested in how this would play with a cloth weaving loom and it’s ability to weave length. Texture plus, thick threads, wools and sakiori strips made the work very lively and…
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Winter School Warmth
Another ultra fabulous Sturt Winter School at Mittagong! This week left me invigorated with energy and ideas. The nine weavers worked diligently, moving from idea to idea or following up in projects. We wound lots of warps with the Kenzo system, tried a myriad of techniques, explored colour and texture in every way. It really…
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Twacking – lace and other curiousities
To twack. This is probably the most instinctual thing to do in Saori weaving. I just learnt this word from the master weaver Archie Brennan (I’m learning so much from him). A Scottish word meaning to check the quality and feel of a fabric by touch. A great word and one I will repeat repeatedly…
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Wagga Wagga Wow Workshop
Thinking up catchy post headings is hard and totally unnecessary. But the W’s in Wagga Wagga work well for this kitsch one! Unfortunately some of my better photos of the workshop have disappeared into oblivion. I may have had a hand in it by my inefficient data transfer process. So I apologise that all weavers…
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Undaunted by Rain
Another magnificent Saori workshop at Old Bar. Undaunted by the downpours and much needed rain last week all of the participants bought finer weather to the area, thank goodness. Perhaps the rain in the air enhanced their weaving ways! Every participant did a magnificent piece or even two. And Anna came for a few days…