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A Weaver's Diary

Christabel Balfour
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Thoughts on weaving, creativity, and making a living from craft in the digital age.

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Selling Your Art Is About Trust

Trust in your practice, trust in your audience and trust in yourself.

In the previous post in my series on selling your art, I wrote about the art you shouldn’t sell. This art that’s too experimental, too complex, too personal or the art t...

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Peter Collingwood in his studio. The loom I now own is on the right

This is Part 3 of The Weaver’s Library, my almost-monthly series on the books that have inspired me as a weaver. You can read Part 1 here and Part 2 here.

If there’s one...

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The Art You Shouldn't Sell

Part 1 of a new series on selling your art

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What I Wove In The Month Of June

Trying (and failing) to weave in a heatwave

Hello again from sunny Suffolk, where we’ve been sweltering under an oppressive heatwave for almost a week. The weekend brought thunderstorms and some much-needed rain - so today we’ve returned t...

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The Algorithm Is Not Your Audience

What I've learnt after 10 years of sharing my work online

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