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Van Waffle

Writer, Naturalist, Photographer

Tag: handspinning

Information box: Where We Spin

Handspinning Seminar will nourish your soul

Posted on May 24, 2022November 6, 2022 by Van Waffle

When Danny and I chose to move to this neighbourhood, one thing at the top of my list of things to look for…

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Amy Tyler: the creative process

Posted on May 28, 2015May 28, 2015 by Van Waffle

Amy Tyler’s talk on Sunday at Ontario Handweavers and Spinners biennial conference gave me pause to reassess my creative process. For a brief…

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Amy Tyler: connections through a Petoskey stone

Posted on May 26, 2015May 26, 2015 by Van Waffle

Designer Amy Tyler invokes the Petoskey stone, an important symbol of creative thinking for many artists.

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Intensely unfocused: core spinning a gray treefrog

Posted on July 24, 2014July 24, 2014 by Van Waffle

It was a big craft weekend. Dyeing fibre with mountain-ash leaves was not our only project. While Danny developed a new design for…

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Latest Articles

  • Information box: Where We Spin
    Handspinning Seminar will nourish your soul
    May 24, 2022
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Van on Flickr

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Genius Loci: The Spirit of a Place is a Flickr group curated by Van with 250 members and growing, exploring how places influence our lives.

Genius Loci

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  • White Rock Pier blue hour
  • Pedestrian Sunday [1:53 mins]
  • Fog before sunrise, Bear Lake, Michigan
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  • Fog before sunrise, Bear Lake, Michigan
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  • a landscape in january

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