We will create a medicine basket by weaving with pandanus spiralus (from Arnhem Land) in a spiral coiling technique. Learn about harvesting, preparing and storing fibre.

The workshop will be facilitated through means of a ceremonial space where you will be nurtured and held safely in a circle of like-minded beings, sharing and breathing and creating together. Trauma informed, please let me know by private communication if you would like your circumstances to be known, and gently held.

Beginners are celebrated.

This is an opportunity to experience the ancient art of basket weaving as a deeply mindful and contemplative practice. It is a space of sharing, creating, being and breathing, conducted through ceremony and celebration of life. Using natural materials from the land, you will learn to weave individual strands of fibre together to form a whole creation, while recognising and acknowledging the mirrors and metaphors that bind us together with nature and each other. Like a weave within a weave, this has the power of revealing a way of being that is nurturing, growthful, enlightening and honouring of the energy of creation. Together we will weave baskets that hold in their fibres all of the stories we share, flowing in symphony with the songs of nature as they unfold around and within us.

This is one of a series of three workshops. Three days, three different techniques and fibres. Workshops can be attended individually, or can be booked as a duo or trio. (Discounts apply for multiple day bookings).

Jan 14 – lomandra and cordyline double strand twist weave

Feb 18 – pandanus coiling

May 6 – single strand loop and twist weave with natural fibres

Please bring a low chair, cushion or blanket to sit on, and vegetarian savoury lunch to share.

Tickets can be booked online (includes booking fee) or by emailing me to organise a direct deposit (no booking fees).

weaverywork@gmail.com

0438162552