Cumbrian Fell Pony Hide on 16 inch Mulberry Hoop .
Of all the horse hides I have worked with, this one has the sweetest energy. There is a gentleness to her, something soft and quiet that I have felt throughout the making of this drum.
Her hide comes from a Cumbrian Fell pony, prepared by the gorgeous @nidderdaletannery. Horse hide from these lands is something of a rarity, and to have the opportunity to work with it, to bring it into another life through the making of a drum, feels incredibly special.
Fell ponies are an ancient native breed, deeply woven into the landscape and history of the Cumbrian fells. For centuries they have lived and worked amongst these hills, carrying loads, working the land and moving across the rugged terrain with remarkable sure-footedness. Hardy, intelligent and known for their steady, willing temperaments, they are animals shaped by the weather and the wildness of their homeland.
Many still live in herds upon the open fells, grazing rough grasses and moving through the seasons, growing thick winter coats against the wind and rain, showing strength without hardness and independence alongside their gentle, inquisitive nature.
I have held that feeling close whilst working with this hide. She is held within a hoop of mulberry wood, a tree with its own deep history of relationship between humans, animals and the land.
Mulberry has long been entwined with the story of silk, its leaves feeding the silkworms whose threads became some of the most treasured cloth in the world. In Chinese tradition, the mulberry tree carries associations with nourishment, renewal and the interconnectedness of life. In Greek mythology, the story of Pyramus and Thisbe tells of a mulberry tree whose fruit was transformed from white to deep red, forever connecting the tree with love, loss and remembrance.
To me mulberry wood always carries stories of threads, of lives woven together, of transformation and the things that endure beyond death.
There is a tenderness to this one that I cannot quite put into words. Not every drum arrives with the same presence, and I have learned over the years not to impose a story upon the materials, but to pay attention to what emerges through the making.
This one feels gentle, but not fragile. Strong, but without needing to announce her strength and a reminder that gentleness and strength have never been opposites.
Exchange £455 plus p&p or kerbside collection from Ludlow
Cumbrian Fell Pony Hide on 16 inch Mulberry Hoop .
Of all the horse hides I have worked with, this one has the sweetest energy. There is a gentleness to her, something soft and quiet that I have felt throughout the making of this drum.
Her hide comes from a Cumbrian Fell pony, prepared by the gorgeous @nidderdaletannery. Horse hide from these lands is something of a rarity, and to have the opportunity to work with it, to bring it into another life through the making of a drum, feels incredibly special.
Fell ponies are an ancient native breed, deeply woven into the landscape and history of the Cumbrian fells. For centuries they have lived and worked amongst these hills, carrying loads, working the land and moving across the rugged terrain with remarkable sure-footedness. Hardy, intelligent and known for their steady, willing temperaments, they are animals shaped by the weather and the wildness of their homeland.
Many still live in herds upon the open fells, grazing rough grasses and moving through the seasons, growing thick winter coats against the wind and rain, showing strength without hardness and independence alongside their gentle, inquisitive nature.
I have held that feeling close whilst working with this hide. She is held within a hoop of mulberry wood, a tree with its own deep history of relationship between humans, animals and the land.
Mulberry has long been entwined with the story of silk, its leaves feeding the silkworms whose threads became some of the most treasured cloth in the world. In Chinese tradition, the mulberry tree carries associations with nourishment, renewal and the interconnectedness of life. In Greek mythology, the story of Pyramus and Thisbe tells of a mulberry tree whose fruit was transformed from white to deep red, forever connecting the tree with love, loss and remembrance.
To me mulberry wood always carries stories of threads, of lives woven together, of transformation and the things that endure beyond death.
There is a tenderness to this one that I cannot quite put into words. Not every drum arrives with the same presence, and I have learned over the years not to impose a story upon the materials, but to pay attention to what emerges through the making.
This one feels gentle, but not fragile. Strong, but without needing to announce her strength and a reminder that gentleness and strength have never been opposites.
Exchange £455 plus p&p or kerbside collection from Ludlow
