Storytelling from the British timeline
These blog posts are intended as a place to share my crevice process and annual workshops.
Throughout the year there will be news of new products - workshops - artwork and more. Each ‘quarter’ will see the release of a new Blog and on each ‘cross quarter’ sabatte
Video-log: COMING 12025
Ostara: (Vernal Equinox) March 20th: Beginning of spring
Litha: (Summer Solstice) June 21st: The longest day
Mabon (Autumn Equinox) - September 21st: Beginning of autumn
Yule (Winter Solstice) December 21st: The longest night
Imbolc: February 2nd: The first new growth
Beltane: May 1st: Spring & summer midpoint
Lammas: August 1st: Beginning of the harvest
Samhain: October 31st: End of the harvest
I was once content with producing a quality product that demonstrated my particular skills while endeavouring to respond to the ever changing ebb & flow of the British cultural and tribal narrative.
I called this 'fashion'.
The past few years have caused me to reconsider that 30 year contribution. Today my field, like many others, feels superfluous to today's needs! Struggling to reflect the landscape in which it performs.
What has ‘fashion’ become?
So, I began to build a timeline, mapping 300,000 years of British history (as you do). This led me to the practices of long term thinking and the value of marking time by mapping the unfolding annual cycle of the turning seasons on the 'wheel of the year,' highlighting calendar-based customs, folklore festivity, ancient and new, that connect us all to the land and offer insight into our life's journey.
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