I am pleased to announce the next Artist-in-Residence at SAORI Salt Spring. And I want to thank all the others that applied…the decision was not an easy one! March 2016 Artist-in-Residence – Stacey Piwinski, MFA of Massachusetts I have met some of her connections to SAORI – Mihoko Wakabayashi of SAORI Worcester and Bobbie […]
Susan Norton, from Louisiana was the first Artist-in-Residence at SAORI Salt Spring. I asked her for a few words about her experience here and this is what she wrote: On my return to the South, I understand that we really do move at a much slower pace than others. Whether it was in my speech […]
Two years ago I made a long, simple vest out of some fabric that I had woven. The vest was 3 strips of fabric sewn together with spaces left for the armholes and slits left in the bottom section. It could be worn two ways and I wrote about it here. Here it is flat: […]
What an amazing two weeks! It started with Karen coming early to spend some time on retreat and learning more about SAORI weaving and assisting with preparation for the workshops. The first day is a tour of Salt Spring Island – my studio, Ewetopia Farm, the Gulf Islands Spinning Mill and then Seaside Kitchen for […]
Lynn has been assisting me for many years with all kinds of SAORI events in and around Victoria. She has also been doing some wonderful SAORI clothing design – I’ll let her share her story and some great photos! My weaving journey began in 2006. My weaving ‘passion’ began in 2009 when I met Terri […]
Last night I gathered up my tangle of bobbins and sorted them out in preparation for some workshops. I filled a basket and as I was doing that I was thinking about all the yarns on the bobbins… I was wondering what the most popular colour was, or if there is one. As I […]
This past weekend I took 6 new looms over to The Workshop @ Pacifica in Brentwood Bay, Victoria. We have set up a wonderful, waterfront workshop space to be a home for these looms. I will be offering classes and workshops and we are also working on some drop-in times and loom […]
At the beginning of the month, in starting my Artist in Residence, I decided it was time to renew my Earth Loom. On the night of the full moon, I went out and threaded up the loom… Over the next few days, I started to add to it. Yarn, roving and found objects – […]
Meg in Nelson, who I was able to finally meet in person this past year, hosts all kinds of lovely ideas for connecting and sharing ideas and works and weaving. She had Loomsday (check out all the links on her post) on New Year’s Day – which I interpreted as “What’s on your Loom“, but […]
Today Tara came to the studio and we planned to make a new warp. As we looked at the calendar she realized that this week is the beginning of the Year of the Sheep, so plans changed as she wanted to make a sheep to celebrate. So, we found some fabric that she had woven […]