On the coldest of days, the brave and resilient rocked up, and we made our objects of clay: our buttons, hand huggers and animals. After a melange of soups - thank you Michael for adding Mushroom and potatoe to Kally's vibrant tomato - we introduced the clay objects from our pasts and our stories of… Continue reading Elders 9 – Making with clay
On a November day, we started our 6 week project with Tamlin, to explore wild clay from earth to object. Around the circle we dug into our memory of our past experience of clay, often returning to our childhoods and school Kally began finding her connection to Tamlin, both studying Wood, Metal and ceramics at… Continue reading Elders 8 – Clay project 1 – With Tamlin
Samhain, when the veil between the living and the dead is at its thinnest, and our conscious thoughts turn to our ancestors, those who have gone before us, those in our family or friends or animals we have lived amongst and are no longer with us. Thanks to the Pear Tree (Michelle Cheesbrough) who collaborated… Continue reading Elders 7 – Samhain
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Preparing for Samhain next weekend, we began our circle with a story of an ancestor, and around the circle arrived our beginning thoughts of who we would invite this Samhain to join with us, feast with us, be with us, and then invite them to leave. Grandparents were popular, a great grandmother included: John Gay… Continue reading Elders 6 – Planting bulbs and Samhain prepations
Here's our mycellium mind: Fly agaric under a birch - does it particularly like birch (yes, says Neil) How old does fungi get? How many days does the fruiting body fruit? Over the bridge at Hevingham Hall are hundreds of puff balls Chicken in the wood I'd always wanted to find, then a workman came… Continue reading Elders 5 – Fungi with Neil Mahler
We almost went home - no one came, except a spot of rain. We tried and liked the butternut soup, with a little kick. Then a car, and before you could say Squash, we had a gaggle of friends huddling around the fire, firing on all cylinders with ideas. Emily had located amongst her bookshelf… Continue reading Elders 4 – Squash
A surprisingly large number of elders gathered this week, warmed by fire, sun and the social glow of circling together with old and new friends. We shared dance moves and words that described how we felt. Several of us drew with sticky berry’d treasure inks and some sat noticing how calm kaliwoods was, the trees… Continue reading Elders 3 – hip and apple
Setpember 2024: Because of finding so many galls last week (between an pedunculate and Turkey Oak) we dedicated this day to galls and making gall ink. But Emily had anticipated, and bought along her home made gall ink, complete with rusty nail. We made our own gall ink from scratch: On the dissection table we… Continue reading Elders 2 – Galls
As close as we’ve ever got to the actual equinox, this felt like a really special time to be in the woods with our fabulous forest family. A full harvest moon 3 days ago and a super moon at that, autumn officially begins tomorrow in my diary but today felt like a day of soft warm… Continue reading Forest Family Saturday Sep 21st 2024
Kinda Elders in the woods 