Category: Stories from the Matrix
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Thirst for Knowledge
In some ways, it is heartening to see how many ‘new’ weavers seem to be popping up. In some ways it is discouraging to me, because while I would love to answer their questions, it is really hard at times. I don’t want to discourage them, but I truly wish that they would have…
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Writing A Book
Magic in the Water; wet finishing handwovens As a kid, I loved words, stories. I read voraciously and dreamt one day of writing, too. But I soon realized that I didn’t have stories to tell, as such. It wasn’t until I became a weaver that I realized that my stories were all weaving related.…
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Thinking Things Through
cover for Stories from the Matrix Most people seem to assume that creativity bursts upon one in a sudden, perfect thought, no editing or changing allowed. We watch a program called Fake or Fortune. In it an art dealer/expert and a journalist pair up to try and trace the provenance and/or originality of a…
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Spring Has Sprung
Spring seems to have arrived. We had a small ‘flock’ of American robins in our back yard this morning. The woodpecker arrived last week, claiming his territory by rattling away at the metal vents in the roof. With climate change advancing relentlessly, it is hard to know what the future holds. We’re old, we’ve…
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Step by Step
I’m coming down to the ‘end’ of the current series I’ve been working on for the last 18 or so months. I’ve explored the weave structure and gotten comfortable with it, but I’m beginning to get that restless feeling that means…it is time to move on. Not that I have anything grand I want to…
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Thoughts on Creativity
As I worked through the iterations for the ‘matrix’ series, I was always cognizant of the fact that somewhere, some place, some other weaver had likely stumbled upon this technique. So, no, I don’t claim that I ‘invented’ it. What I did was build upon my knowledge and skills and step by gradual step,…
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Thoughts on Creativity
As I worked through the iterations for the ‘matrix’ series, I was always cognizant of the fact that somewhere, some place, some other weaver had likely stumbled upon this technique. So, no, I don’t claim that I ‘invented’ it. What I did was build upon my knowledge and skills and step by gradual step,…
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Thoughts on Creativity
As I worked through the iterations for the ‘matrix’ series, I was always cognizant of the fact that somewhere, some place, some other weaver had likely stumbled upon this technique. So, no, I don’t claim that I ‘invented’ it. What I did was build upon my knowledge and skills and step by gradual step,…
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Making Things
While I was writing this book of essays, I was also working on a new-to-me approach to designing. As part of that process, I worked in a series, with each new design building upon the previous designs and what I had learned in the process. After about 18 months of pushing, pulling and tweaking…
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Shoulders of Giants
Continuing to explore the weave structure I went back to something simpler. I call this one ‘twinkle star’ and it seems in keeping with the season. I still have no idea what to call this weave structure. Maybe it isn’t important that it has a ‘name’? We ‘name’ things as a kind of short…