POle Lathe expert David Yule <davidcharlesyule@gmail.com> to nothinglikewood, me Hi Rachel, I am based in Maulden Woods in Bedfordshire. I have been running spoon carving workshops for a number of years and in the last two years have added shrink pot making and letter carving day courses to what I offer. When it comes to… Continue reading Elders Funding 2024
Our plentiful Elders met in celebration of Apple day with all things apple-ly filling our minds and hearts with a joyful meander through ancient times and Greek mythology to the modern day with quantum physics of the universe & Apple and Atari computers! We were treated to original, juice-filled performance poetry, shared memories of our… Continue reading Elders week 6 – Apples
Another wonderful week for our elders in Kali wood. Our first rainy day of the season but we dug out our coats and boots and drove through puddles and floods. Nothing’s gonna stop us! We started and finished with the Owl and the Pussy cat dining on mince and slices of quince! Is this the… Continue reading Elders week 5 – quince
'There's no business like Sloe businessI know, there's no people like sloe peopleThey smile when they are lowLet's get on with the Sloes https://videopress.com/v/Dx0s3pbr?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true I dug out a bottle of slow gin that I hadn't drunk last year, began Nicky to welcome us to the sloe day. Flowers are a laxitive and berries and bark… Continue reading Elders in the Woods – Week 4 – Sloe
We gathered once again under the trees in Kaliwood with Haws and the Hawthorn tree our inspiration for the day. We missed some folk but others returned after illness & trips abroad, a mix of the vintage and new Elder’s and welcome, fortuitous guests! So, what did we come to know? We’ve passed through the… Continue reading Elders in the woods – Week 3 – Haws
Rosehip, jewels in the hedgerow, was our theme, and while we meandered through the wood, we made Rosehip syrup, a drink from many of our childhoods, and drank it with pleasure. Here's our hive mind on Rosehips: Dogs like rosehips Like jewels In the war it was revealed that they were 20 times more vitamin… Continue reading Elders in the Woods – Week 2 – Rosehip
Led by Nicky, we began with a silence, listening to bird song, the still warm autumn sun coming through our parachute, a scent of fresh wood sap from the fire. We gathered. Some vintage (some vintage vintage) and some new, around the circle. There were 27 of us! Nicky reminded us of the turning of… Continue reading Elders in the Woods – Week 1
Halesworth turned into a Medieval town, Kinda part of the park encampment to celebrate Halesworth being granted its charter, 800 years ago. Gemma, Leslie, Diana, Virginia, Esther, and Rachel dressed up: Diana's dress of ragwort dye, Leslies of Turmeric dye. Gemma taught us how to make cordage out of nettles. Esther and Rachel persuaded passers… Continue reading 2023 Kinda at Halesworth’s 800
We've had a few gatherings during the holiday month of August, during which we've made bicycle chandeliers, drawn up a brief for the new land, and made ink out of blackberries. Here are a few moments Making blackberry ink, Chris cutting the goose quills, Diana showing her Ragwort dyed fabric, Virginia inspiring us with stories… Continue reading Friends of Kaliwoods
A celebration of all the trees we had studied, and some of those we hadn't. We started with our circle asking how we'd been in these 3 missing weeks - it was a most illuminating and expansive dive into other worlds. Rachel was almost taking off in helium balloon as Pits funding application was submitted… Continue reading Elders 15 – Celebration of trees
