Angie Parker Textiles https://www.angieparkertextiles.com/ Exquisite handwoven textiles Sun, 15 Mar 2026 07:29:18 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 What Do You Do With An Old Loom? http://www.angieparkertextiles.com/2026/03/what-do-you-do-with-an-old-loom/ Sun, 15 Mar 2026 07:29:13 +0000 https://www.angieparkertextiles.com/?p=3134 The answer is of course, weave with it, because old looms are pretty sturdy things. However, this isn’t just any old loom. It’s is the original Macrogauze loom engineered by one of the 20th Century’s seminal weavers, Peter Collingwood OBE 1922 -2008. Macrogauze Artworks by Peter Collingwood OBE A selection of the fruits of this […]

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]]> Textiles Treasures That Find Me… http://www.angieparkertextiles.com/2026/03/textiles-treasures-that-find-me/ Sat, 07 Mar 2026 22:39:37 +0000 https://www.angieparkertextiles.com/?p=3111 How a remarkable vintage Swedish hand-written book landed in my lap. In the summer of 2024 I became the owner of the late Peter Collingwood’s collection of over 1000 weaving books and periodicals. (This followed the rest of the contents of his Nayland workshop but that’s another story). It’s safe to say that I’m unlikely to run […]

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]]> Expecting the Unexpected Weaving Krokbragd at West Dean. http://www.angieparkertextiles.com/2026/03/expecting-the-unexpected-weaving-krokbragd-at-west-dean/ Tue, 03 Mar 2026 15:14:07 +0000 https://www.angieparkertextiles.com/?p=3066 TEACHING WEAVING KROKBRAGD AT WEST DEAN COLLEGE. JANUARY 2026 For me, teaching at West Dean College of Art, Design Craft and Conservation was about much more than teaching. I suspected this might be the case as other makers and friends have raved about the college over the years. I was curious to find out what […]

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]]> Becoming an author http://www.angieparkertextiles.com/2025/02/becoming-an-author/ Tue, 11 Feb 2025 10:38:24 +0000 https://www.angieparkertextiles.com/?p=2816 New krokbragd weaving book by Angie Parker - Available now

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]]> NEW BOOK-AVAILABLE NOW http://www.angieparkertextiles.com/2024/11/krokbragd-learn-to-weave-krokbragd-angie-parker/ Tue, 19 Nov 2024 07:22:45 +0000 https://www.angieparkertextiles.com/?p=2469 KROKBRAGD – CONTEMPORARY WEAVING WITH COLOUR. Order here. How can you tell when a non-writer is writing a book? Take a look in their kitchen cupboards. (They’re likely to be suspiciously tidy!) As part of a 2014 business training program by The Crafts Council, I was asked to write a list of career aspirational goals […]

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]]> Ethel Mairet-The mother of English handweaving http://www.angieparkertextiles.com/2022/05/ethel-mairet-the-mother-of-english-handweaving/ Wed, 11 May 2022 11:14:30 +0000 http://www.angieparkertextiles.com/?p=2288 New Exhibition Exhibition at the Museum of Barnstaple and North Devon. May 14, 2022   –   Oct 29, 2022 The mother of English handweaving. This is how Ethel Mairet (1872 – 1952) was described by esteemed Japanese master potter Shoji Hamada. She was a highly skilled weaver and pioneer of Britain’s twentieth-century modern craft revival. She […]

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