14th and 15th September: We will be gathering up the wool we have hand spun and dyed as we explore weaving on Heddle Looms or backstrap weaving looms, creating Womb Belts, Life Belts or Altar clothes.
We will take our looms out onto the lands and explore weaving with Wild Kin and using some of the techniques we have gathered around connection to the Place to create beautiful and sacred weavings which will become intentional story pieces for you to dive back into time and time again. You will take these looms home with you to continue your creations, weaving together all your magic and wonder into these pieces which will be powerful vessels to hold you during ceremony and ritual.
12 & 13th October – This weekend will find ourselves birthing our Shamanic Drums.
We will bring healing to our bloodlines and call forth our Elder selves stepping forward with all our magic as we welcome the birth of your Drum into this world, each with their own unique spirit and their own medicine, which always arises through the birthing process.
Birthing your own drum is a very powerful experience and it is said to be a time where you can rewrite your own birth story.
Throughout our day together I will become your midwife, guiding and supporting you fully in birthing your own drum.
(Please note there is an additional option, at extra cost, to work with me to prepare your own rawhide as part of your drum making experience – please let me know when booking if this is something you would like to discuss. Hides for your drum can also be dyed red with plant dye in advance of our time together – please discuss this with me in advance – this will also be at an additional cost)
16th & 17th November – Over this weekend we will deepen the connections to your drums, there will be the opportunity to paint our drums or adorn them and we will learn about the sacredness of drums, building relationships and meeting some of our guides, understanding drum journeying and learning to map our shamanic landscapes, plus so much more.
14th & 15th December – As we approach the energies of the Winter Solstice, just before we descend deeper into the darkest months of the year we will gather to make Spirit Dolls to hold onto our dreams through the darkest months of the year.
We will be calling forth the grandmothers, the weavers, spinners and Doll Makers from our lineages and from the lands around us, to join us in a beautifully curated weekend of connection with our inner Creatrix’s to craft our very own Spirit Dolls. Doll Making is a heart opening, Soul level conversation that will not only stir deep magic within your bones, but also offers a profound healing modality. It is from here, once you reclaim the long lost remembering of the art of doll making the brightest of pathways seem to have this way of opening up, in the most divine & glorious ways.
8th & 9th February 2025 over these two days you will be crafting your own Dream Rattle filled with all your own magic, power and intention. We will cover ceremony, opening sacred space and honouring the animal hide we will be using to craft your Rattle. We will look at designs and shapes for your Rattle and we will weave in both Plant Kin & Crystals, exploring and discovering who will support you best with the intention of your rattle.
You will craft your own Anointing oil using essential Oils, which will become your own personal sacred blend for anointing Sacred and Magical tools
We will explore finishing your rattles with decorative adornments, such as feathers, bones or through hand painting.
8th & 9th March 2025 Our final gathering will be the celebrating and weaving together all the stories, magic, and wonderfulness that we gathered other the year together. We will walk the lands, speak our stories and gather around the fire, weaving ourselves back into the land and back home into our bodies with all that we have crafted and reclaimed over the year.
