Monday, March 16, 2009
Fourty Years Ago Today……
Well not quite, but close. I started weaving when I was nineteen. If you are fussy about the math, well, let’s just say it is pretty darn close to forty years ago that I began my love and fascination with the grid and patterns composed of threads.
About a month ago, I decided to create this blog about my connection with the loom of my choice, the Macomber Loom. This fine machine, made just around the corner from my house/studio, has been built by the same family since 1936. It dawned on me that Macomber Looms has no website itself. So I have taken up the task of creating this blog to tell stories about my connections to Macomber Looms and welcome others to contribute.
As a weaver who has used a Macomber Loom for 35 years and a sales rep for the looms, I am well acquainted with the loom’s history and the possibilities that this equipment offers to weavers of all abilities.
This first posting is just to say “hello”. I will be posting soon with photos of the Macomber shop, the loom builders and my current projects on my 56” Macomber.
I am a sales rep for Macomber Looms and have been selling their equipment for 25 years.
Times they are a-changin’
As the great folk poet Bob Dylan sang, the times they are a-changing. Beginning August 1, 2011, I will be taking a sabbatical from my job as a sales rep for Macomber Looms. There are a few reasons I have decided to take this break, but the primary one is that I must focus more of my time and energy to “Woven Voices: Messages from the Heart”, the global community peace project that I launched almost four years ago. This project is at a pivotal point and demands my full attention.
In addition to this global peace project, this fall I will be completing my master thesis for my degree in Art and Healing from Wisdom University.
So for at least until early November, I will no longer be taking orders, answering questions or problem solving for you dear weavers. I feel very torn about this decision, but I know in my heart it is the right thing to do at this time.
After August 1st, you can call the shop directly at 207-363-2808. Please mention that you got the phone number from me.
Woven Voices ~ Messages from the Heart
An interactive global art project inspired by Tibetan prayer flags, Shinto paper prayers, and the Buddhist concept of impermanence.
http://wovenvoices.blogspot.com/
This information was copied from Sarah’s blog by me to inform the many Macomber owners that have ask me what Sarah was doing.
Michael