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Dogs eating sausages and owners eating cake: a wonderful race and one of the highlights of yesterdays Brunswick Craft Day and Dog Show.  My stall seemed to work it’s wild weaver magic and rekindle and refresh folks creative energies. It was great to meet you all and those who gave me contact details will be on my mailing list shortly. If you wish to be kept in touch, click here to subscribe the Wild Weaver e-news.

As I suspected there are many  beautiful makers, crafts people and creative souls who have let their talents lie dormant for a while and who only need a little encouragement to burst into making again. Fantastic!  If you need a little extra encouragement why not sign up for a work shop and become a wild weaver 🙂

I am excited too by potential collaborations.  Wouldn’t it be great to have a multi-craft and creative residential summer school week-end in 2014 down here in the south. All the conversations and ideas mixing and inspiring each other?

I am at the Brunswick Festival 2013 in Brunswick Square, Hove, West Sussex next Sunday 18th August 2013 so drop by and say hello if you are there.

© susy orton | wild weaver

Why not celebrate or mark an event with a wild weaver workshop at your place?

Journey sticks, fairy rings, picture weaving, willow platters and braids….. the choice is yours 🙂

Contact to me to find out more

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Want to become a wild weaver, wish to know where to go to for wild weaving events, join workshops or community events?

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Saturday 26th October 2013 (or as requested)

Driftwood Journey sticks: wrap and decorate your personal totem.

Each journey stick workshop will take the time to reflect, remember and share stories and make journey sticks to gather energy for our journeys. These workshops are perfect to celebrate the turning of seasons in the year, but they are wonderful to mark many things: for birth and for loss, for journeys made or to be made, to gather energy and courage, to mark transitions and to celebrate and offer thanks; journey sticks may have their place.  Contact me to arrange your own journey stick workshop.

© susy orton | wild weaver

Saturdays 23rd November & 7th December 2013
Willow, rush and textile mix: celebration creations
Come and play! Drawing from all the techniques, materials and ideas + a healthy dose of wild weaver inspiration & innovation, come and create decorations, gifts, mini-sticks and items yet to be seen!

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Saturday 28th September 2013
Willow & textile mix: fairy rings and platters.
You will learn how to weave and decorate at least two fairy rings and/or make a Catalan Platter to take home.   This will include: becoming familiar with choosing, working with and weaving willow into rings; choosing longer willow and weaving for platters; techniques for wrapping and decoration and finishing.

For further information about courses contact Susy.

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