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Ellie Beck weaving detail, naturall dyed yarn.JPG

Ellie Beck Weaving : The Things I Do Not Know 2018.JPG

2014, woven wall hanging, naturally dyed greens and landscapes.png

2017, woven wall hanging, wool & silk, naturally dyed, with flower stems.jpg

Ellie BEck weaving : Don't Let the Raptures pass you by.JPG

Ellie Beck Weaving: The Space Between 2018.JPG

2014, woven wall hanging, indigo dyed fleece and found stick.png

2017, woven wall hanging pinks, naturally dyed silk thread.jpg

2014, woven wall hanging, naturally dyed wool and fibres.jpg

2014, woven wall hangings wool, silk, naturally dyed indio.JPG

2015, woven wall hanging, botanically dyed fleece, silks and theads.png

Ellie Beck - loom weaving with Indigo dyed yarns.JPG

Ellie Beck - Petalplum - Weaving Myself - loom weaving blues and whites naturals indigo web size.jpeg

Ellie Beck Petalplum woven greys and pinks her landscape.JPG

Ellie Beck Weaving Natural Dyed yarn detail.JPG

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Ellie Beck Petalplum Loom weaving work in progress.JPG

Ellie Beck Petalplum Loom Weavings My stories - Seasons of our Creative Lives.JPG

Ellie Beck Petalplum Seasons of Our Creative Lives stories and ideas, loom weaving.JPG

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We sat on these rocks, with the wild ocean below us, and I said I wish I were a selkie - to cast off this skin, this human-ness. ⠀
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And then I saw this photo my husband took of us. At first I felt a little funny at the way I look here - the un-photogenic angle of my face. But then I realised this is me with the ocean inside me, soaking up the energy and force of the the vastness. Perhaps I am part selkie, but have yet still to learn the final act of stripping off my skin, the clutch that our bodies hold on us, and the way we feel caught up in how we look or how others view us (how we perceive others to view us). I am almost there, slowly slowly peeling back the layers.⠀
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My daughter is on the brink of girl womanhood... I feel so deeply the importance of raising my children (my girl & my boys) to listen to the wildness inside them, and learn to tune out the bubble of noise from outside that seems to want us to stop knowing ourselves.⠀
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How?? Some days I don’t know, but other days I see them on their own path, listening, learning, open & exploring. When they’re deeply immersed in their passions, their whispering interests, the deep intense pleasure & joy from doing what they love. And of course, being immersed in nature. ⠀
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And conversations, raw, honest, open communication about what it means to be caught up in other people’s stories vs honouring our own. ⠀
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I’d love to hear your stories, thoughts, ideas on how we honour our own voices amongst the noise of the world, and how we better our children through the tricky times (especially of teenage-hood).

The thing I love most about knowing some rules is breaking them. This wonky improvisational ‘log cabin’ quilt piece made out of my improv indigo vat.⠀
Sometimes it doesn’t matter if we make mistakes, what matters is just doing the thing. Trying, giving it a go, seeing what evolves or what happens ... do we discover something new about the process or ourself?!⠀
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Sometimes we end up making a patch of stitched together squares that make us immensely contented. And then we stitch words onto it, which only adds to the feeling of deep down blue-bliss. 💙💗⠀
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When I dyed my linen in various depths of blue (for #littlemomentscreative ) this is what I imagined. Now I just need to dye some more and make a bigger one. This little piece will become a tea quilt - for sipping & pondering & being ‘grateful’ (that’s the word I’m stitching).⠀
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When I said let’s have another baby I never in my deepest heartful imagination could have dreamt up this sweet crazy cheeky loving - ever-so-loving boy... who cries about not wanting to grow up and declares he’ll never leave home. ⠀
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What or who are you grateful for today? Do share or tag them below 🙏⠀

Stacks of fabrics, possibilities of new things... I’m shifting gears .. slowing even more, even deeper, needing to turn things off in order to hear, acknowledge, honour other things. ⠀
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Committing to a full time arts practice not possible - financially or parentally... finding ways to eek out what I need within the cracks around everything else.⠀
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{trying to work out how it might be possible to make my Patreon account help me more; yet also pondering the thoughts of what that means too... and if that’s the “right” way for me, right now}.⠀
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How do you work this balance of creative practice, parenting, income-making? 🤨 It isn’t easy is it!!

This elderflower is so tall this year, making me super happy watching all the butterflies & little birds sipping it’s nectar. I wonder if a person planted it, or a bird perhaps.⠀
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This week I’ve been working through the final edits of my book. I have just one paragraph to re-write & then a short intro... as well as wracking my brain for the right tag-line. Then my editor will give it a once over - again - and send it to the type setters. Ummmm wow!!⠀
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Also, because I run a multi-passionate business, I’ve also been dyeing raffia for an upcoming private workshop (super fun Christmas party idea!), & indigo linen for my #LittleMomentsCreative kits. As well re-writing ecourses, planning a special new collaboration with a dear friend. ⠀
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And wondering if I have space to squeeze in a workshop or two....⠀
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Also lots of swimming at our little creek because ☄️☀️. (And ignoring the messy house too; that’s pretty much the only way I get any work done 😟). ⠀
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How’s your day been?? Is your house always messy?? Is it hot there or cold, or rainy ??

This little tumble down shack, that one day will be my studio, where I can invite you to come & get creative together. Where we might gather blooms from a dye garden, sit & stitch or weave or make marks & colour & patterns upon fabric. And sip tea & eat cake too of course.⠀
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My dad began building this place about 37ish years ago, when I was 3 & we lived in an old army tent (which my dad had build a roof & floors into). Before he finished we moved up the hill into another house, that he built. And someone else took over, adding stone work & wonky windows. ⠀
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Since then it’s been home to different people & families, including my brother. And then us, while we built our new home. We had no electricity for 18months when we first moved in, which meant many candle-lit dinners & bedtime stories by torchlight. ⠀
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The original shape my dad was inspired by Japanese tea houses, so we call it the Tea House. And maybe next year we’ll have the funds, time, energy to repair it from leaky shack to beautiful studio. ⠀
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In the meantime - this patch of cosmos is making me deliriously happy. And sometimes sitting and talking with flowers is as important as building houses (studios).

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