Weaving the Selkie Skin

Description

An in person journey spread over 6 months, working with cauldron, spindle and loom to create your own blanket of belonging, your own medicine shawl, your own Selkie Skin. ​This is a 1-1 or 2-1 in person offering taking place at my home studio in Stroud. During our time together we will work with the crafts of natural dyeing, spinning and weaving to create a shawl which honours a time of transformation in your life, a rite of passage. ​This could mark the crossing of any great threshold in your life. It could be retrospectively honouring your Menarche, it could be to acknowledge your passage into Matrescence or Patrescence, it could be a holding for you during your Menopause journey, or to welcome your time as Elder, it could be to celebrate a Birth, or to honour a Death. For whichever time you are meeting in your life I will gently guide you to create natural dyes working with plants and trees who make themselves known to you, to blend wools with a drum carder, spin yarn on a drop spindle or spinning wheel, warp the loom and weave your shawl. I work with the craft in a ceremonial way, which honours our Ancestors, and the Animate Earth we live with and ones journey here. Throughout our time together I will bring in Animist rituals which have been passed to me through my teachers along this woven path. I will also include gentle grounding meditations. I work with a clear framework for our time together and also intuitively within that, and so the way I work with each individual will vary, but my intention always remains the same, which is to hold a safe, well paced, and welcoming space for you to honour your journey and be held by the weaving process.​ During the 6 months, we will meet once a month and you can expect the days to run from 10-4pm.

What's included in the price?

A simple lunch of vegetarian/vegan soup will be provided, along with herbal teas and snacks. The monetary exchange for this covers the cost of all the materials needed to create your shawl, which will be with you for life, it will also include the companionship of one of my looms for the duration of the 6 months, plus lunch, teas, snacks, and my presence and guidance with you for the journey.

Cancellation policy

Strict - Cancellation and a full refund can be obtained up to 8 weeks before the course starts

Maker

Tor Woven

with Craft Courses since 2025

Message the tutor

I work as a Weaver, Spinner and Natural Dyer creating ceremonial cloth, and I offer warm welcoming and safely held spaces for you to explore the ancient crafts of Spinning, Weaving and Natural dyeing in both 1-1 and group workshops as well as residential retreats.