User:Weaver80/sandbox

My name is Michael Crompton and I have been a tapestry weaver for sixty years. Having attended primary school in Radccliffe, and Stand Grammar School. Whitefield, Manchester and then went on to Bishop Otter College where along with Education I studied textiles and wood. A career in Primary Education followed where I became a Deputy Headteacher before moving to St,Hilds College, Durham as a Senior Lecturer in Textiles and Education in 1972. This was follwed by a position in the School of Education, Durham University which I held until 1982. In 1977 I set up along with my wife Mary a Weaving Studio in the Weardale village of Ireshopeburn. It was in 2003 that we moved to our present location of the Morecambe Bay area where I continue to design and weave. Details and images, designs and narratives of my tapestries can be found on my website, www.michael-crompton.co.uk.