Category: Olds College master weaving
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Where DOES the Time Go?
Goodness, while I have been distracted with book, health issues, conference, suddenly a deluge of homework to mark and – gulp – deadlines to sign up for the Olds satellite classes are upon us! There are several classes that need to be registered for very quickly – Tenino, WA and Cape Breton, NS. These are…
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Another Show, Another Year
some of my stash that needs using up We are home from Calgary and the last ‘big’ show of this year. The guild will be having a sale in the guild room and I have a small number of ‘orphans’ and end-of-the-line textiles that I will put on deep discount, but that weekend is more…
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Next?
While I was out of town, total page views of this blog rolled over the 1.5M mark. Several friends have asked me that, now I’m ‘officially’ semi-retired (if I keep saying it often enough, I might actually come to believe it?) what’s next? Well, frankly, I don’t know. So, what does ‘semi-retired’ actually look like…
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Next?
While I was out of town, total page views of this blog rolled over the 1.5M mark. Several friends have asked me that, now I’m ‘officially’ semi-retired (if I keep saying it often enough, I might actually come to believe it?) what’s next? Well, frankly, I don’t know. So, what does ‘semi-retired’ actually look like…
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Guest Post – Rachel Dalton
Conservation VS Wet Finishing in Textile production by Rachel Dalton, July 2nd 2018. I have always been interested in historic textile production and the connection it had to the lives of the weavers, spinners and dyers that produced stunning cloth and clothing. As a weaver I strive to reproduce these items and admire their stamina…
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Mentoring
One of the aspects of the Olds College Master Weaving program is being able to mentor the people going through it. Mentoring students is just an extension of teaching. It is a loosening of the student/teacher relationship, offering guidance and feedback. A recognition of the fact that they are growing, learning, becoming independent of the…
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Story Tellers
As a child I wanted to write. I dabbled in fiction, poetry, but nothing really gelled. Not until I started weaving. And realized that my ‘story’ was the story of textiles. One of the advantages of the Olds program is that we get to tell each other our stories. We get to share our experiences. …
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Story Tellers
As a child I wanted to write. I dabbled in fiction, poetry, but nothing really gelled. Not until I started weaving. And realized that my ‘story’ was the story of textiles. One of the advantages of the Olds program is that we get to tell each other our stories. We get to share our experiences. …
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Story Tellers
As a child I wanted to write. I dabbled in fiction, poetry, but nothing really gelled. Not until I started weaving. And realized that my ‘story’ was the story of textiles. One of the advantages of the Olds program is that we get to tell each other our stories. We get to share our experiences. …
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Rode Hard
Remember this from a while ago? There is no longer a heap of boxes, bins and suitcases on my living room floor. Well, there wasn’t – until Doug unloaded the van. Now the pile is heaped high again and tomorrow I will try to sort, sift and hopefully put away as much of it as…