cat lewis artist

as a market didn’t go ahead this weekend, i’ve stock to sell. it’s been good to get making simple things this week, clearing out scraps n offcuts. the baskets are stylish, useful and much better for a good life than a bag full of frayed odd pieces. https:…

in the quest for more seasonal and local dye practice, i’m playing with the fresh japanese indigo grown by Tracey, making n mending club member, at their allotment (my balcony being out of use this summer for cladding renewal!)

on the last day of my week retreat i spent today gathering and learning about devon and cornwall earth and mine waste pigments with Pete Ward at Studio Kind in barnstaple. bideford black we started at fremmington quay, for a little geology class. this is…

i want to talk about making, slowness, process and purpose, again. the making n mending club have been at St Fagan’s museum all day, a whole crew sharing, processing, spinning, teaching and talking about flax and linen. among the frequently asked questions

It’s open day at Tudor Lane.

with my limited energy, i choose to spend time on real interactions above writing blogs and social media posts. i no longer use instagram twitter etc. i’ve been pondering on the energy used to store all the information we stack up, forget, duplicate and d…

the week has been amazing.

the summer season of making n mending gatherings at global gardens has started. we’ve started solar dyeing with garden plants and dye powders and we’re making a collection of samples for reference to be kept in the classroom. here’s what else is planned:…

i spent the day a day in the swansea sun, cwmdonkin park birds tweeting in the background, working with owen to dye cotton cloth for an exhibition piece he’s making. martha and the pomegranates owen twisting cotton we used pomegranate, onion, cabbage, with