Life Lessons
I learnt to sew as a small child at my mother’s knee. Like many 70's children home crafts were the weekend activity of choice, and my...
Amanda Cobbett
- Jan 8, 2021
- 4 min
Precious Moments
I have acquired something precious. something that marks a moment in time. Actually, it marks several moments in time....let me explain.
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Amanda Cobbett
- Nov 25, 2020
- 2 min
Kindness Spreads
As I walked on, I began to think about how hard it would be to spend every day in survival mode
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Sarah Copping
- Sep 30, 2020
- 3 min
Feeding The Soul
I spent a happy hour tumbling down a rabbit hole of exploration into historic heritage crafts'
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Sarah Copping
- Sep 16, 2020
- 3 min
A Time for Reflection
bees will stumble drunkenly against me as they attempt lift-off, hindlegs heavy with pollen and hoverflies investigate me,
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Amanda Cobbett
- Sep 16, 2020
- 2 min
The Art of Stitch
Stitch is universal, it can speak to you without words. Everything is conveyed in the cloth. A stitch does not bleed or spread like paint;
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Sarah Copping
- Sep 16, 2020
- 3 min
Running wild
A single 500-year old oak is a whole ecosystem - ten thousand 200-year old oaks is not....
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Sarah Copping
- Sep 16, 2020
- 3 min
Mushrooms: The Art, Design and Future of Fungi
R4 Saturday Review presenter, Tom Sutcliffe, praised Amanda’s work as ‘beautiful things’ created with an ‘almost scientific exactitude'
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Amanda Cobbett
- Sep 16, 2020
- 1 min
A Perfect Storm
now that the forest branches are bare of leaves they have revealed blooms of lichen and moss clinging on persistently
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Sarah Copping
- Sep 16, 2020
- 2 min
In Praise of Autumn
There is a pyrotechnic vibrancy at this time of year that I love.....
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Amanda Cobbett
- Sep 16, 2020
- 2 min
What’s the forecast? A colour story
Colour is my Jam..is anyone else obsessed too?
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Amanda Cobbett
- Sep 16, 2020
- 2 min
Staying connected
A blast of earthy undertone from the forest floor mixed with hint of pine and top notes of wild blackberries mixed with the citrusy fresh sm
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Sarah Copping
- Sep 16, 2020
- 4 min
We did it! 5 Stars at first Chelsea Flower Show
It won’t have gone unnoticed that for the past 3 months or so the RHS Chelsea Flower Show has somewhat dominated our lives
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Sarah Copping
- Sep 16, 2020
- 3 min
Chelsea Fever
We are working at fever pitch in preparation for the Chelsea Flower Show in May. For the past few months we have been making lists,...
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Amanda Cobbett
- Sep 16, 2020
- 3 min
Walk This Way
Walking is my salvation. Even on the coldest, wettest days I’m out there. Its rhythmic motion is totally levelling. Undoubtedly it has...
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Sarah Copping
- Sep 16, 2020
- 3 min
Heartwood and Soul
We pull into the rural yard with its assortment of barns and outbuildings, and park outside what might once have been a tractor shed. We...
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Sarah Copping
- Sep 16, 2020
- 3 min
Interconnected Threads
Put the kettle on - let’s take five.... Hello! My name is Sarah and I am delighted to have started working with Amanda, relieving her of...
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