workshops in the (real) whirled

from time to time I am again travelling to teach ::

when we gather together around a cauldron, we create community. it is a lot like meeting at the village well. there are waves of laughter, times of deep companionable silence. we cut and stitch and bundle. we write poetry. sometimes someone will begin to sing.

I love the companionable breaking of bread together, the quiet walks and the shared joy when bundles are opened with ceremony, and while I am deeply grateful to the kind folk who have signed up to the School of Nomad Arts, where we are now metaphorically sailing our armchairs around the village well, I treasure those rare occasions when we are able to gather in person…

presently there are two places left in the last Northern hemisphere retreat of 2024

‘the poetics of the blues’ :: a residential gathering in Tréogat, Bretagne (France) exploring the possibilities of locally grown blue-bearing plants alongside eco prints made with windfall leaves

arrive September 29th, depart morning of October 5th 2024

for details and to submit an expression of interest please email Claire des Bruyères (by clicking on her name)

if you are minded to join the School of Nomad Arts, then please click here

if you’d like to consider the possibility of joining a residential gathering in a beautiful place, please click here

the School of Nomad Arts is pleased to be partnering with Beautiful Silks (textile suppliers in Australia) and Maiwa (textile, clothing and dye suppliers in Canada), deep deep light (watercolour makers in Latvia) and Whaley’s of Bradford (textile suppliers in the uk) all of whom kindly offer a 10% discount to students enrolled in paid classes at the school

photo by Roger Buckhout