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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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Workshop buzz
This weekend saw the end of another fantastic workshop in the studio here at Old Bar. It’s always a bit lonely going back to my empty studio after such a flurry of creative energy…but then I have all that yarn to get weaving with! Deb is the co-chair for the Alice Springs Beanie Festival. A…
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Studio time
I’ve had lots of studio visitors over the last couple of months. Aside from planned weekend workshops I’m experimenting with the viability of day sessions now and again. Individual tuition is always available as many people want to know more about how to warp and use the loom for their own work. But it’s always nice…
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New year and all that
I’d like to wish all readers and customers a very peaceful, health filled and interesting new year. Life can be very hard indeed and it breaks my heart that so many people suffer so much in our world. A friend said to me some time ago that I was lucky I have weaving. And yes,…
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Completing
This week has been a time for completing. Then starting again. It’s always very satisfying completing a textile. Finishing it then pressing and processing it for use or new ownership. I get so close to all of my textiles in weaving and seeing every little thread that I find it next to impossible to have…
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Still being a back to front girl
I’m happy to say that the colours are appearing again and my Toika loom is warped, threaded and tied up ready for an 8 shaft woven shibori affair. The warp is 13 metres long and I wonder if that will be too long for me on this loom at the moment but it is done.…
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Dye dye
Dye dye. Love the colours, love the yarn. Dyeing and painting yarn brings such happiness into a home and studio. Yarn, being a soft, quiet and malleable media sometimes needs to push itself into the forefront with colour. I’m inspired by lots of colour like this although I’ve tried to change to muted softs or dark limited ranges. But…
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Weaver in Residence – Day Four
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…
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Weaver in Residence – Day Three
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…