Hailey used beautiful green mohair in their warp. The stuffing of the double weave so cool! You could really tell even on the wall!

Weaving on: Lou
Joining us from: Dallas, Texas

Tell us about yourself and what led you to the residency?

I graduated from Maryland Institute College of Art in 2024 with a BFA in fibers. Throughout my time at college, I was drawn to the TC2 as a vehicle to connect my drawing and weaving practices. Over time, however, the machine became more than a way to combine my own practices: it became a practice in and of itself with its own special language. With the TC2, I was able to merge photographic images with a variety of weave structures to create pieces that give life to my most precious memories. Praxis was a great opportunity to continue to explore my practice and experiment on the TC2. 

Have you had any previous experience with Digital Weaving or Jacquard?

I wove on a TC2 at MICA for three years, and was the student technician for the loom my last year of college. 

Any goals for the residency you'd like to share?

I wanted to make a stuffed double cloth weaving and make a 3weft waffle structure. 
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Connect with Hailey @catss.cradle, https://sites.google.com/view/haileywinn/home

Rachel wove double weave with a chunky wool warp and one layer cotton. The texture was so amazing!

Weaving on: Collin
Joining us from: Fennville, Michigan

Tell us about yourself and what led you to the residency?

I first used a TC2 at SAIC in 2018 and was a resident at praxis in 2022. I'm a full time artist, while not all of my work is woven digitally - it's a fun tool to step away from and come back to with new ideas. 

Have you had any previous experience with Digital Weaving or Jacquard?

Yes

Any goals for the residency you'd like to share?

I'm hoping to weave a few different double weave techniques using wool from my sheep!

Connect with Rachel via instagram @michiganbean and rachelheffran.com, Also follow their collaborative wool brand with Johanna Bystrom @fiberfleet and fiberfleet.net

Sabiha, the colors and 5/6 shuttle wefts that you used turned out amazing!

Weaving on: Lou
Joining us from: Chicago

Tell us about yourself and what led you to the residency?

My work explores the fragile and fleeting nature of memory. I often work with traces left behind by places and moments, using textile as a medium to quietly archive what might otherwise fade. I first came across the open call in 2022 and was thrilled at the possibility of working with the TC2 loom again, last used during my time at SAIC. When I visited Praxis in 2023, I reconnected deeply with digital weaving. The TC2 opens up new ways of visualizing and constructing through thread. This residency feels like a natural continuation of that exploration.

Have you had any previous experience with Digital Weaving or Jacquard?

Yes, I had access to a TC1 and TC2 during my BFA at SAIC and I have also done the praxis residency before in 2023

Any goals for the residency you'd like to share?

During this residency, I’m exploring the theme of collage—layering my grandmother’s textile work onto digital images. Her embroidery, often dismissed as domestic or craft-based, carries a quiet strength that I want to bring into focus. By placing her threads into unfamiliar or closed-off spaces, I’m curious to see how those spaces shift—how they soften, open up, or feel newly inhabited. I’m also exploring how her work takes on new meaning through weaving—how, rather than replicating her skill, I can celebrate it by creating something that carries her presence forward in a different form.

Connect with Sabiha via instagram @Sabiha1310, Website: sabihaohadwala.com

Jennifer used led lights in her weavings as weft! So cool. We loved how you matched your outfit to the weaving of the day.

Weaving on: Collin
Joining us from: Ann Arbor, MI

Tell us about yourself and what led you to the residency?

I’m a fiber artist from Ann Arbor Michigan and I’ve been weaving for many years now. I attended Eastern Michigan University and earned a bachelor of Fine Arts degree with a textile concentration in 2002. After graduating I continued at EMU taking classes in Textiles/Fiber Arts. During that time Eastern acquired a TC-1 loom and I learned how to create files in JacqCAD as well as Photoshop for weaving and wove on the loom there. 
Over the years I’ve continued to weaving on several different TC-1 and T-2 looms through various workshops or arrangements with other weavers who own TC-1/TC-2 looms.

Have you had any previous experience with Digital Weaving or Jacquard?

Yes

Any goals for the residency you'd like to share?

I had planned several projects but I knew there wouldn’t be time to weave all of them.  I wove two larger pieces using multi shuttle weave structures that were more time consuming as well as two single shuttle pieces. I was really excited about how they came out and left with lots of new ideas for future projects!


Connect with Jennifer through these guilds:  Ann Arbor Fiber Arts Guild, Michigan League of Handweavers, Weavers of Orlando, Florida Tropical Weavers Guild and Complex Weavers ​