One of the plant fibres I will be providing for the Weaving Workshop that is coming up soon is Red Hot Poker, she is dreamy to weave with, long and soft and creates sweet baskets. Rosie's Red Hot Poker Basket

KieKie (Freycinetia banksii) I have been given some Kiekie and experimented with weaving her, curious to discover her qualities. And then I met her deeply in her home soil on the West Coast of New Zealand Growing abundantly, prolifically, and in full splendor. All I could do was gasp in delight to see this plant being growing so happily. I began caress her leaves, observe her growth pattern, notice where she grows best and who grows beside her. I began to build a relationship with her and to...

I began her two years ago after arriving from Australia to live in New Zealand Completed near to my second anniversary of being here. Two years of integrating life. Two lands I call home. Two places to roam for weaving fibres. Twined into one masterpiece. I longed for guidance to smooth out the ripples in the texture and yet the imperfections have become my declaration to Life. To weave on, To walk on, Find internal brilliance, innate beauty and deep love for Who I AM.