Mar 20, 2025 | Diary, Weaving
bad day Because not every day at the loom is a good day. I’ve been a weaver for over half of my life now, and over the past twenty years my relationship with my craft has continuously developed. As with any meaningful, long-term relationship, there are ups and...
Feb 25, 2025 | Diary, Wood
sunlit bobbins Just some bobbins basking in the sun. The bobbins now spend most of their time in archive boxes, waiting in the dark to be used. But today, as they wait to be wound, weighted and mounted they’re basking in the winter sunlight. They look so...
Feb 11, 2025 | Diary, Weaving
counting heddles Today I changed over the heddles on my loom. I have no idea how many times in my life I’ve done this. It’s just one step of many in the preparation for putting a new warp on the loom, but it’s one I always look forward to. Each time...
Jan 29, 2024 | Diary, Textile
what’s in a velvet? Reading the data in a square of velvet. Now that the first velvet samples have been woven, it’s possible to look back and trace the knowledge and experiences that can be seen in the cloth. Sample 2312-08 fits in the palm of my hand. In...
Sep 26, 2023 | Diary, Making
refining rods Collaborating with goldsmiths to craft velvet rods. The 0,5mm bit I ordered didn’t give me the precision and control I was looking for in the velvet rods, so I turned to colleagues at the Goldschmiede department of the Deutsches Technikmuseum. The...
