October with Lucy Rowan
04/10/2024
- Today was my second day at my 3 month placement with Lucy in Worthing. I am really enjoying myself. Having a shorter day is nice on a Friday.
- It’s been nice working in such a friendly setting.
- Don’t believe I am going to gain loads in terms of weaving, but useful to learn about the weaving business. It shall be beneficial. The room looks out onto the sea, it’s beautiful.
- This week I completed some tapestry weaving. Lucy wanted me to make a bookmark for a pop up Christmas shop that Colonnade House shall be hosting. This was the first time I had done tapestry weaving… I wasn’t a fan. It took way too long to complete that it frustrated me. I was just constantly thinking how can spending 4 hours on a bookmark be worth while. There is only going to be a certain point that people are willing to pay for a bookmark. It’s then not worth your time.
11/10/2024
- Today I set up the loom so I could make 5 coasters at the same time. Having learnt from last week that tapestry weaving was not worth our while with products such as coasters and book marks we decided to experiment with the loom.
- The process was slightly faster, however, where I was having to change threads for each coaster it took longer than expected. I decided that it would be much quicker to create a thin warp where I could focus on one coaster at a time.
- I was slightly disappointed, as I was meant to set up a loom today. However, with one of the looms already set up it made sense to weave with that.
18/10/2024
- Today I set up some tools for a workshop that Lucy was going to be teaching at the Maltings on the weekend.
- After I had completed this I continued weaving the remaining coasters on the loom. After I had finished, I proceeded with the wall hanging weaving.
- I am worried I am not learning loads, I had expected that I would have been taught how to add more texture into the weaving etc. However, I haven’t and have just been practicing skills I already know.