Category: teaching
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Hubris
sample for article #2 – edge treatments “It isn’t bragging if it’s true” a friend once told me. But I still have a hard time with putting myself, my knowledge, ‘out there’. It feels like ‘tooting my own horn’ – a no-no in my childhood home. We weren’t supposed to ‘brag’ about ourselves, all…
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Me and ‘AI’
Artificial ‘Intelligence’. Too bad there is less ‘intelligence’ and more mis- and dis-information being dished up by these ‘services’ being touted as ‘make your life easier’, and ‘create art like a professional’, and ‘let me dish up a word salad of nonsense in answer to your search’. I am *not* saying that there are…
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Famous
The other day I saw a post by an author (whom I follow because I enjoy their writing) saying that a clerk at a shop had asked them what they did and they responded that they were an author. “Do I know you?” the clerk asked. Which took the author aback, because how would…
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Spring is Springing
The snow is all gone now, and spring is well underway. This morning the sky is blue and the sun is shining and it feels good, and not-so-good, all at the same time. The predicted rain yesterday really didn’t show up so we continue to be ‘too dry’, and the next rain is still…
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Assumptions
chart from The Intentional Weaver I was reminded this morning that we usually approach weaving with a set of assumptions. One of the assumptions that many weavers labour under is that of density or epi (ends per inch or cm). The assumption is that whatever thickness of warp you use, you will also use…
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Tradition/Habit
This is a warp, all wound, tied off and dropped into a bin ready to be beamed. Notice anything? It’s not chained. It is just dropped into a bin with the cross on the top. I used to chain my warps. That was, after all, how I’d been taught to do it. But I…
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Learning Opportunities
There has been a bit of upheaval in the weaving community since Olds College decided to terminate their master weaver and spinner programs. I hesitated to comment, but now that the dust has settled somewhat, I thought it might be time to review what is available for teaching/testing programs. Olds College offered a college…
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Learning Opportunities
There has been a bit of upheaval in the weaving community since Olds College decided to terminate their master weaver and spinner programs. I hesitated to comment, but now that the dust has settled somewhat, I thought it might be time to review what is available for teaching/testing programs. Olds College offered a college…
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Learning Opportunities
There has been a bit of upheaval in the weaving community since Olds College decided to terminate their master weaver and spinner programs. I hesitated to comment, but now that the dust has settled somewhat, I thought it might be time to review what is available for teaching/testing programs. Olds College offered a college…
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Teaching. Remotely
I have a few Zoom presentations this month. I’m looking forward to all of them, honestly. I get to talk about the thing I do, the thing I love. I get to answer questions. Not everyone agrees with me, and that’s fine. Since if you change something in that chain of design/process decisions, everything…