Weave the Path

Weave The Path 

-Deep Ecology Craft Journey -

Weave The Path brings together land connection and therapeutic craft to deepen relationships with the natural world.This immersive course encourages participants to reconnect with the earth, unleash creativity and engage in mindful community based textile art. The journey will follow Joanna Macy's four stages; ‘Coming From Gratitude,’ 'Honouring Our Pain for the World,' ‘Seeing With New Eyes’ and ‘Going Forth.’

The initial part of the course gives space for land connection, to dream up and vision our personal creative projects, through embodied and sensory experiences with the landscape.  From this new perspective, we can create our textile art in harmony with our ecology, tuning in with ourselves, crafting mindfully and exploring making as a relational practice. The course prioritises community-building, social connection and restoration. 

The program is an immersive retreat space, located in an off-grid cosy yurt, surrounded by woodland, so you can let go and weave in absolute peace.There's an indoor wood burner to keep us warm, with foraged herbal teas for you to help yourself to. We will be crafting with local fleeces and hedgerow botanical dyes, collecting autumnal dye plants from around the yurt  to experiment with the alchemy of the plants that surround us.

"The Work That Reconnects helps people around the world discover and experience their innate connections with each other and the self-healing powers of the web of life, transforming despair and overwhelm into inspired, collaborative action." Joanna Macy  

 

What is it?

A journey aimed to reduce climate anxiety through Joanna Macy’s ‘Active Hope’ pathway.

Crafting as a resistance to the speed of the world.

A chance for inner creativity to be experienced through connection with the more-than-human.

A playful, experiential and embodied course.

The chance to make a piece of work that is woven through relationship and meaning.

A community based creative craft journey.

A container for ecological connection and creative expression.

A supportive environment to build creative confidence and community action.

Who is it for?

If you are interested in a personal journey through regenerative craft and ecology.

If you are worried about climate crisis and want to explore your emotions within a compassionate group who understand.

If you are looking to slow down, reflect and mindfully make.

For those who desire being held within a weekly creative container.

If you want support with wellbeing and mental health through being in a community group.

If you are curious to deepen connection with yourself, each other and the landscape.

Course Info

 Dates:

This creative craft journey is 20 hours of weekly craft nights plus a 7 hr weekend immersion.

 Mon 7th Sep - Mon 23rd Nov

Course Times: 18.30-20.30

 (no sessions on 12/13th + 19/20th Oct)

(Course includes one weekend day on Sat 28th)

Location: All sessions will take place in the beautiful yurt, this is the pin for the car park, which is a few meters from the yurt. https://maps.app.goo.gl/t1NhT5X6hCBkRDPq8 

Course details

Crafts available: Spinning with fleece, over 8 hedgerow dye colours, tapestry weaving on a simple frame. You will have the freedom to explore your own creative project with support and guidance from Juliet.

What to expect: Playfulness, creative writing, sensory exploration, sit spots, check-ins, group process, community-building, self-reflection, land connection and embodied exploration!

Course schedule

Week 1 Mon 7th Active hope - Land connection  - Gratitude - Charm Making

Week 2 Mon 14th:  Active hope - Land connection - Land Art - Grief Circle

Week 3 Mon 21st: Council of All Living Beings - “Seeing With New Eyes” - Mask Making 

Week 4 Mon 28th: Introduction to carding, spinning and setting up tapestry loom

Week 5 Mon 5th: Botanical dye, foraging, folklore

Break week 1 Mon 12th Oct: No session - develop ideas for project 

Break week 2 Mon 19th Oct: No session -  Finalise design 

Mon 26th Oct: Craft project 

Week 7 Mon 2nd: Craft project 

Week 8 Mon 9th: Craft project 

 Week 9 Mon 16th: Craft project 

Week 10 Mon 23rd:Craft project

Weekend immersion - Sat 28th Nov: The day will run from 10.00 - 17.00 and give Mondays group an immersive day to finish their project.

Exhibition date tbc (possibly Thur 3rd Dec evening) : We will showcase our creations with our community by co-creating an  informal exhibition. 

Cant wait to start this craft journey with you all - Please message me for any questions.

Juliet

The Craft That Reconnects