Jennifer Stafford

Joining us From: Ann Arbor, Michigan

On Loom: 1

Tell us about yourself and what led 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