Somehow it seems as though we look forward to something for such a long while, and then in the blink of an eye, it is done and dusted and behind us, as though it was a little bit of a dream. So it feels with the first Drakensberg Fibre festival. …
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Studio notes on crossing the finish line.
This past week has been a slight departure from the norm for me – apart from glorious weather and spectacular sunsets which continue to be enjoyed from my deck with a glass of the good stuff in hand at the end of a day spent at desk and loom. Why …
Studio notes from the middle of Winter.
This past week has seen some really epic weather systems moving through the country. The Cape has been battered by gales and torrential rains, there is snow on the mountains in the Western and Eastern Cape, and Natal. The highveld is shivering, and yesterday, I spend most of the day …
There’s new life all around the loom with a View
Well, what can I say? The Winter has been and gone, and in the Lowveld we have simply moved from Winter to Summer without the benefit of Spring to gently transition us from one to the other. Today is sitting up at around 36 degrees Celcius and we have Bergwinds …
There’s a ray of sunshine on my loom with a view….
The bumpy start to my current project, has, I have to say, not really settled down – although…. and I say ‘although’ with more than a little trepidation, I feel that I might be beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel. The Rep-weave experiment is finally …