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 in a supportive environment. 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 heritage 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.

Our craft yurt den

"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

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

A playful, experiential and embodied course

A community based creative craft journey

A container for ecological connection and creative expression

A supportive environment to build creative confidence

_ 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 this pain with others

If you are looking to reset, 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. _

Monday group: Mon 7th Sep - Mon 23rd Nov

Tuesday group: Tue 8th Sep - Tue 24th Nov

Course Times: 18.30-20.30

_ (no sessions on 12/13th + 19/20th Oct. Course includes one weekend day, Monday group Sat 28th, Tue group Sun 29th Nov)_

_ 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**_ _

The Work That Reconnects spiral

_ 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 /Tue 8th: Active hope - Land connection - Gratitude - Charm Making

Week 2 Mon 14th/Tue 15th Sep : Active hope - Land connection - Land Art - Grief Circle

Week 3 Mon 21st/Tue 22nd Sep: Council of All Living Beings - “Seeing With New Eyes” - Mask Making

Week 4 Mon 28th/Tue 29th Sep : Introduction to carding, spinning and setting up tapestry loom

Week 5 Mon 5th/Tue 6th Oct : Botanical dye, foraging, folklore

Break week 1 Mon 12th/Tue 13th Oct: No session - develop ideas for project

**Break week 2 Mon19th/Tue 20th Oct ** / No session - Finalise design

Week 6 Mon26th/Tue 27th Oct: Craft project

Week 7 Mon 2nd/Tue 3rd Nov: Craft project

Week 8 Mon 9th/Tue 10th: Craft project

** Week 9 Mon 16th/ Tue 17th:** Craft project

Week 10 Mon 23rd/Tue 24th: Craft project

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

Weekend immersion - Sun 29th: The day will run from 10.00 - 17.00 and give Tuesdays group an immersive day to finish the project

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

Peruvian tapestry

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

Juliet

The Craft That Reconnects