ANNE FIELD has been weaving and spinning since 1962, and for the past 25 years has been teaching regularly in New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States.

Her work has been entered in many exhibitions, both in New Zealand and overseas. As an international teacher, weaver, spinner and writer, her work has done much to promote New Zealand fibre craft abroad.

Anne's published books include Weaving with the Rigid Heddle Loom (1980); The Four-shaft Table Loom (1986), and The Ashford Book of Spinning, also in (1986). This has been a particularly popular book, with many international editions, including Japanese and German translations. The Ashford Book of Weaving was published in 1991 (now out of print) and Spinning Wool: Beyond the Basics, was published in 1995. The Ashford Book of Four-Shaft Weaving, published in 2007, is an up-date of the Four-shaft Table loom book. Her sixth book, Collapse Weave: Creating three-dimensional cloth, is out in September, 2008, Devore for Weavers and Knitters, is due out in 2009, as is an up-dated edition of Spinning Wool Beyond the Basics.

Anne has her studio in the Arts Centre in Christchurch, New Zealand where she works on her 16 shaft AVL, computer - assisted loom. The studio is open 7 days a week from 10 - 5. Anne is usually there working on her looms Sundays through to Thursdays. Her brother Harvey, a potter, works on Fridays and husband Edward on Saturdays The studio has weaving and pottery for sale and visitors are always welcome.

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