WILD HEARTH WOVEN
Unveil & Meet your very own bespoke Soul Basket
What would it look like
and feel like...
To share your story with me
As I listen in witness
And weave it into form
So that you, and the world can behold your gift, your essence.
I listen to, and weave your spirit, your essence, your story into a bespoke totemic basket that will express your inimitable magic.
The entirety of the basket or sculpture will be woven from wild foraged plants and elements of the land, sometimes the sea. Plants carry mythic and medicinal virtues within their bodies, and their mythic characteristics will be woven intentionally and intuitively to capture and carry meaning in your unique vessel.
Your Soul basket will be an expression of the ecology of the Land, as well as of your inner soulscape.
Why might this be for you, or a Loved one?
These vessels carry meaning, symbols and the stories of the Land as well as your essence within them. They can be powerful allies, protectors and a totemic guardian to mark an important element, reminder and stage in your life.
Maybe you, or a loved one are going through, or coming up to a significant transition in your life. This could be a coming of age, a bereavement, transition in work, life, home, relationship. Or, you may wish to celebrate and capture an essence of your Spirit, that wishes to be expressed in this vessel. It might be that you have emerged from the underworld, carrying gifts and wisdom and there’s an inkling to begin sharing your story upon your return.
These totem baskets can express this story, this journey for you. carrying wisdom that has been woven into your tapestry, as well as holding space for what is to emerge.
This is where I would come in to listen, and intuitively translate your story into it’s woven form to carry your wisdom forward.
What this is...
A journey. We partake on this journey together, and it will require trust.
It’s a mystery. We have no idea what will emerge on the other side of this experience, or how your vessel will look in its form.
It’s alive. Your basket is alive.
It’s a being all on its own, a reflection of you, something dynamic, as is the process of weaving its form.
This is you entrusting me with your story and my practice of translating the language of your essence into your basket.
It is you trusting in my relationship with the Land and the ancient lineages in which I have woven through and from to carry the skill to be able to bring your vessel to life.
It is your belief in my integrity and deep listening for how your basket wishes to be.
This is not...
It is not you commissioning me to weave you a basket you like the look of.
This is not you telling me what you think I want to hear.
Your story may not be for me to weave, maybe it wishes to express itself in a different way, lets remember to begin to explore if anything comes alive in our initial conversation
This is an experience that I offer, which happens to culminate in a vessel woven for you, through me.
How I work
My job is to get out of the way, and listen to the Spirit of the basket that wishes to express itself through your story.
Similar to protecting a vision quest, my commitment is to be a hollow bone, for that which wants to be expressed and pass through me, that which is far more intelligent, more creative than I could ever be.
Yes, I have the skills to be able to weave in a diverse way. I have been blessed to have lived with and learned from indigenous basket weavers in Panama & Australia, of whom I credit learning not just the skill, but relationship to Land, place and community. Weaving has and is inherently part of our history and our future.
How we would work together
We would begin by connecting over a 45 min call, primarily to feel into if your story wishes to be woven by my hands.
If it feels aligned, we will begin a series of coaching calls (online or in-person) to listen for the story or the essence of Spirit that wishes to be told in woven form.
The coaching sessions will be designed to draw out meaning, symbols, story and myth, celebrating your essence and all the threads that make up the beautiful tapestry that you are.
The sessions will begin to draw out the story and essence, then as I begin to weave your vessel, we will schedule continued sessions to check in, and allow me to share what is coming up for me as I weave your story. This process can support both me and the basket in tuning in on its trajectory, as well as for you in hearing what is coming up and through the vessel that is a well of connection for you too.
Our final session will be once the basket has been completed and you have had a chance to meet it. This session will allow for any questions you may have about meaning, symbols and curiosities that have arisen from meeting your Soul basket.
The meeting of your Soul basket for the first time can be a profound experience, like meeting a long-lost family member that brings important news. To honour this, we will create and hold a ceremony to mark this meeting and hold space for the integration of this piece of your soul revealing itself in physical form.
This might be for you if...
You’re in the process of or about to embark on a significant phase in your life and you're looking for guidance. This could be crossing thresholds like coming of age, childbirth, marriage, separation, bereavement & loss.
Maybe you’re a couple who wishes to explore the woven nature of your relationship.
Perhaps you’re part of a community or company who wishes to express the nature of your values in this physical woven art form.
It might be that a loved one is stepping into some big changes in their life, maybe this Soul basket is a gift that reminds them of their Nature & essence as they navigate challenges.
The Art
This is a work of (he)art, originating from practices rooted in traditional communities that have shared their wisdom, as well as practices in deep listening and Nature Connection such as Cha Dao (The Way of Tea), and Wilderness Vision Quests.
These stories require an artful way of listening, which will be held through the coaching sessions. These pillars will act as guides in our tracking of your story. Through this period I will be spending time gathering and foraging for seasonal plant fibres specifically for each Soul Basket. These plants will require tender processing, splitting, drying or retting for sometimes several months before they are ready to be woven with.
Finally, after all of that, the process of weaving the story into form begins. The time required to weave in this art form from start to completion would take minimum 2 months of full time weaving.
The Exchange
Connect with me if you're feeling drawn to explore whether this vessel wishes to be woven and to explore options for your commission package.
Costs will vary based on the scope and the timeline of the commission, and can be arranged on a sliding scale basis from
£3800 - £7800. Payments can be made in monthly installments.
