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business + boundaries: on closing our premises to the public
Photos // Exhibition opening: Longwater, Institute of Modern Art - September 2020
A letter to our customers about the raffia supply situation early 2022
How to make a twined basket with coconut coir
Love the sight of all that coconut coir, but have no idea what you'd make with it? Here's an idea!
This is a cute and easy little basket I'm making with coconut coir. Trust me, making one of these is really more simple than it looks!
Understanding raffia.
I love raffia. Within days of discovering the fibre, I was right into it. I use it a lot, and it's my preferred core for basket making. Also, as a retailer, a lot of raffia has passed between my hands this year. So I'm starting a series of posts on the unspoken things about raffia.
Why we choose recycled cotton
Behind the scenes: sustainable packaging
What we're making: raffia baskets with Habu silk paper
Some photos of an easy crocheted coil basket I made using raffia and Habu's fine linen and silk yarn.
I found a groove late 2014 making a couple of baskets with raffia and the very fine Habu silk wrap linen paper. I started, below, with water blue...
a few reasons why...
By the time we go live with the site, this post might be buried a bit back, visible only to those very keen types who like to read everything and enjoy a good ramble, which is a relief. Hey, you. Hi.
So this might be a bit of a winding and long rehearsal to the about us page circa 2015. The what, why,