Author name: Stel

A Story Of Unfolding Wings

A Story Of Unfolding Wings is a short art film, an animation composed of woven frames, celebrating the life-changing years behind me. I feel like a butterfly emerged from its chrysalis, unfolding its wings! An artistic representation of the joy and importance of transitioning, and a positive shout-out in response to negative outings in the […]

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Moiré effect on 8 shafts

Nederlandse versie hier. While looking for interesting structures to weave, I came across Eva Stossel’s moiré experiment. She was building on experiments and work by Verda Elliott to obtain the moiré effect in weaves. I was immediately fascinated. Only I did have a problem, the technique explained there is meant for a 16 shaft loom

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Shapeshifter – a fairy tail

Using the padlock from which I received a photograph of Le Jardin Victor as a starting point, I wove a fairy tale and a weave that together report on my discovery a transgender woman and my transition.Nederlandse versie hier. It never really seemed special to her, the antique padlock. That’s sometimes how it is with

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