Jennifer Stafford

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 ​