Art therapy and weaving
Two ways of working things out with your hands.
Art therapy and therapeutic weaving are offered separately and often overlap. Neither one requires you to think of yourself as creative.
Working with materials
Art therapy
Art therapy here means using materials to get at something that conversation is circling without reaching. It is not an art class, and nothing you make is assessed, interpreted at you, or kept without your say-so.
Sessions might involve drawing, painting, collage, clay, colour exploration, visual journalling or mixed media — usually whichever is closest to hand and least intimidating on the day.
What that can look like
- Drawing
- Painting
- Collage
- Clay
- Colour exploration
- Visual journalling
- Symbolic expression
- Mixed media
You do not need to consider yourself creative. Curiosity is enough.
Photographs from the studio: coiled work in progress, dyed fibre, and finished pieces.
Slow craft
Weaving
Weaving is slow, repetitive and physical. It asks for just enough attention to settle the mind without demanding concentration, which is why it works so well alongside talking.
Sessions run at a frame loom with natural fibres. You can learn properly, or you can weave badly for an hour and get exactly as much out of it.
Ways of working
- Therapeutic weaving
- Mindful fibre work
- Beginner weaving sessions
- Personal symbolic pieces
- Collaborative community weaving
- Slow craft practices
- Natural fibre exploration
Mistakes stay in the cloth. Most people decide they prefer it that way.
Where they meet
Plenty of sessions use both — dyeing fibre with plant colour, weaving something drawn first, or working on paper while a loom sits half-finished nearby. You do not have to choose in advance which one you are booking.