Curiousweaver…about handweaving
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Saori in Japan
My trips to Japan always include time at Saori no Mori in Osaka. It’s a time to catch up with what is going on in the Saori world, learn more ways of working on the threads and just delve into my own weaving time. I always meet new people and learn my way around the…
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Adventure June
June and July seem to be busy workshop months. It is quiet in Old Bar and the sun is so warming and nice. My first weekend workshop here in June has concluded and I’m looking forward to the next one on the weekend. Four weavers in the studio this weekend. All such totally different textiles.…
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Naturally Coloured Temari
This Japan trip I had a little time in Tokyo and had the opportunity to visit some wonderful people and do a Temari ball making workshop at Temaricious. A major thank you to Nomo-san who helped make this happen. I learnt about the little shop from String Harvest as she stocks the Temaricious threads. One…
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The Making of a Saori Garment
Back from Japan and so much to write I don’t know how to approach it all. So I thought I’d start with making a garment at Saori no Mori in Osaka with Hiromi. She is the resident staff designer with so many ideas. I took along my six metres of linen/cotton fabric to learn more…
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The Wonder of the Sponge Cake and Weaving
How I wish I made a Sponge Cake this weekend! If only I could. As we talked about the wonder of tablet weaving and how on earth some human thought of it, Vicki also spoke about the wonders of the Sponge Cake – who would have thought to create that. All that whipped eggy wonderment.…
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Inspiration Plus on Small Scale Production Weaving
It’s great when I come across inspirational people and Andreas Moeller, from Hamberg in Germany, is one of them. I’ve always been a fan but now have embraced the Flying8 Loom ideas that he has developed. The looms are built in many parts of our world. It has many advantages for small scale weaving production…
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Open Studio Explorations on Track
I had a busy open studio for April which filled with delightful people. Here below Dominique looks a bit serious because she is contending with the Rail Reed…a very interesting tool on our looms. It seems a ‘wacky’ tool but very easy to use. Dominique is an avid local Saori weaver and spent the morning…
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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…