Waves again, can’t get enough
Curious Weaver
by Curiousweaver
3M ago
As my studio is growing smaller I see weavers who are looking at deep practice more and it is a joy to feel their pleasure at the whole process whilst they build skill and flow. My monthly weavers who have become friends below are enjoying wave weaving again and it just looks so good at some deep human level which I’m yet to understand. But many natural things happen in waves – beach, ocean, tides, pain, crowds. We have a deeply special area near our home – Saltwater – and it’s easy to see the mesmerizing effects of wave in the fresh tidal lagoon. Here you can see the sand and outgoing tide ..read more
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Exhibition weave
Curious Weaver
by Curiousweaver
5M ago
Finally an exhibition piece is complete! Working though this work took a bit of brain work but that is what weaving can be at times. I’ve been trying to combine drawing with woven work for many years and the two came together in a most un-ceremonial way. It just happened. There is a saying that you just put in the work and art develops. I guess there is an element of truth in that. Working towards something that is unknown but right and satisfying in the end. This is a charcoal portrait that I did in the Other Side Art Retreat at Ghinni Ghinni with the inspiration and encouragement of artist ..read more
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Weaving with shaping
Curious Weaver
by Curiousweaver
8M ago
As I have elected to be part of an exhibition soon I had to get to work on something I have been doing from some time. Weaving with a stiff material to provide shaping but also to have an ephemeral yet flexible sort of feel to it. This is a large piece which I previously wove for an exhibition. It has an ikat/kasuri dyed warp which works well in this situation. The shadows thrown on the wall from the piece are sharp and beautiful. It was created with a long and tall wall in mind which I don’t have! So now it is folded within the hang. With the same idea in mind I moved to create a piece th ..read more
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Loving that weaving
Curious Weaver
by Curiousweaver
11M ago
I’m undergoing a change in my studio and although it’s not fully formed yet, I am enjoying it. Struggling with covid control and the dramatic cost of living expenses that people are going through is not conducive to a weaving business, thus the change for me. But I see weaving and the arts a bit like chocolate…surely most of us can enjoy even just a little. I started with a little commission for a gift from my sister which was a delight to weave. The brief was brief – Pink! Saori weaving really puts the relaxation back into the human. I’ve woven alot over the last few weeks but have travelled ..read more
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The Parramatta!
Curious Weaver
by Curiousweaver
1y ago
There is nothing more impressive than a huge woven tapestry. The Australian Tapestry workshop has produced the second largest tapestry outside the one in Parliament House, Canberra for Parramatta in NSW. It is very moving for a me as a weaver to experience this type of woven work and my reaction confirmed that I am still a weaver after all, even though that vocation has been challenged recently! So I am grateful to the work for filling me up again. Thank you to all the Parramatta tapestry weavers who have done much more than ‘only’ weaving the piece. You’ve helped me re-confirm by devotion to ..read more
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Community Weaving – The Picnic Rug
Curious Weaver
by Curiousweaver
1y ago
I’m just finished with the Weave To Heal Project in Wingham, NSW over three days. Wingham is part of my home and only half an our away. This project was partially funded by the Creative Recovery Network in response to the bushfires and floods in our area over the past few years. A series of six x two hour sessions over three days resulted in about 24 participants contributing to a woven cloth. Its eventual community outing is planned to be as a huge picnic rug and community picnic which I think is a delightful outcome. Even though we have had to sell our nifty ‘loom mobile’ over Covid, I was s ..read more
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AI ‘opinion’ on Handweaving Today
Curious Weaver
by Curiousweaver
1y ago
After finding myself thanking what I thought was a person but was actually a bot for assistance I felt embarrassed and silly. It makes me question where manners and etiquette fit when communicating online today. When do we know it is a real person with feelings and expectations and when is it a bot? So news of the power of open AI at Chat GPT was intriguing. Already it is being used pretty extensively in business and journalism so why not handweaving. At the moment my access is only with text but I know other models are around. I typed this into the bot ” What is the value of handweaving today ..read more
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New ways for 2023
Curious Weaver
by Curiousweaver
1y ago
2022 has finalised its ways and we begin again in 2023. This brings some changes for Curiousweaver Studio as there have been challenges over the last three years which leaves me at a crossroad and I am now winding down the general retail aspect of the business. I will continue to be a registered SAORI studio and tutor offering personalised tuition, zoom sessions and other group booked workshops for the SAORI weaving style. It will also give me time to explore crossovers in weaving and art which I will continue to share on this blog. General SAORI sales will be forwarded to the two other regist ..read more
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What to love about teaching
Curious Weaver
by Curiousweaver
1y ago
Teaching is a special way of being. And we all inhabit that way at many times in our lives. Often teachers are not the highest in their field as such but have a natural way of engaging others to lead to understanding, development, achievement and confidence. I think this is important, and in teaching others the Saori way I try to impart possibilities for them rather than just do this and that. We can learn to do ‘this and that’ but when we leave a teacher it is better if we feel confident and excited about how we will use the knowledge to create. This is what I ideally like to impart to others ..read more
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Instant textures and getting bobbins working for you
Curious Weaver
by Curiousweaver
1y ago
I have started to write a blog post many times over the past couple of month but keep coming up with a ‘blank’. The last post title that I didn’t write and you didn’t read was ‘Seeking Perfection’. I read somewhere lately that practice doesn’t make perfect like the adage says, but practice does make progress of some sort. The practice of weaving is no different and I’ve started to weave exactly the same thing every day…over and over, and over again. This is a good trick into making my mind open up to a deeper way of how I want to progress. Or maybe not ‘progress’ at all. Every day winding bobb ..read more
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