A quieter kind of making. The Indigo Shed is a simple, working studio beside the croft — a space to slow down and create with your hands. There is no pressure here. No outcome to reach. Just time, materials, and a return to something more instinctive.

Open Studio (Self-led)

Open Studio (Self-led)
​The Indigo Shed is open to guests.
A place to step into for a while — to draw, paint, or sit quietly.
Materials are there if you need them. No plan required.
Just a small space to slow down and spend time with your hands.
Free / Included £0 (for staying guests)

• access to sketchbooks, pencils, simple materials
• quiet, come-and-go use

Whitle a love spoon

Clay Bead making (self-Led)

Clay Beads
£45 per person (2 hrs)
Create a small collection of beads — for a key ring, amulet, necklace, or bracelet.
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Imprint textures from the land, form simple shapes, and let the process unfold at its own pace.
This is a self-led, unhurried space — you may arrive, soften into it, and stay as long as feels right within your session.
Your pieces are carefully finished and baked, ready to take with you or sent on.

Leather Medicine Bag Workshop

Wood Carving

Carve a wooden spoon or explore other small forms a spreader, a bead, a simple object.
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An unhurried process of shaping, refining, and working with the grain. You’re free to take your piece and continue carving by your own fire  especially welcome through the quieter winter months.
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​£45 per person (2 hrs)

​Collage

Gather and make your own Medcine Bag

There’s something in making a medicine bag by hand, cutting, threading, holding the material that brings you back into yourself.
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Once it’s made, you take it out into the landscape.Walking slowly, you begin to notice what calls to you. A stone. A feather.
A fragment of something half-hidden.Not things to collect, but things that meet you. Over time, the bag holds these small findings a quiet record of where you’ve been, and what you’ve felt.
£45 per person (2–3 hrs)

Indigo Dying

Collage
A question is held lightly.
Images are found, torn, and arranged without overthinking.
Drawn from transpersonal practice, this is a quiet dialogue with the unconscious.
Guidance is offered where needed, with space to work independently.  A considered worksheet and all materials are provided.

£25 Per Person

Indigo Shibori Retreats
Two-day immersive workshops exploring cloth, stitch, and dye.
A slow, hands-on process where pattern reveals itself over time.
Held as small, seasonal retreats with accommodation, firelit evenings, and space to rest between making.
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Discover the full retreat TBC