by The Loom Shed | Sep 13, 2023 | Exhibition Visits, News from The Shed
A spontaneous trip to Bristol – unusual for team Loom Shed, but tends to pay dividends when we can do it. Being confined to school hours means that the trip was short, but sweet and how fabulous to see textiles take over three floors of an art gallery! Threads...
by The Loom Shed | Aug 11, 2023 | Exhibition Visits, News from The Shed
When holidays and the chance to see weaving in an exhibition coincide, it is a happy coincidence, and not one to upset the loom fairies. I made plans to get an hour in the Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, to see ‘Altered Perception: Sarah Hotchkiss, Lordy...
by The Loom Shed | Jul 19, 2023 | News from The Shed
What a great day our Weavers of Wales day was! All four speakers shared their practice so generously and we were left feeling inspired. Each weaver had their own way of working with woven fabric, creating distinctly different fabrics, but there were many shared...
by The Loom Shed | Jun 22, 2023 | News from The Shed
We are delighted to be joined by 4 fabulous Weavers of Wales on the 8th July. You can buy tickets here Laura Thomas Our first speaker of the Weavers from Wales day will be award winning woven textile artist and designer, Laura Thomas. Laura is known for...
by The Loom Shed | May 15, 2023 | News from The Shed
We were delighted that this review that appeared in the April edition of The Knitting & Crochet Guild Bath Branch newsletter. Behind the Pattern Knit-A-Long with Emma Vining This year the dark days of winter were enlivened by joining a ‘knit-a-long with a...
by The Loom Shed | Apr 24, 2023 | Exhibition Visits, News from The Shed
I am interested in constructing an environment from my forms. I am interested in the scale of tensions that arises between the various shapes which I place in space. I am interested in the feeling when confronted by the woven object. I am interested in the motion and...