Most of our commissions come through people who already live with handmade textiles and know what a natural dye bath does over time. Below are the studios, kitchens and guesthouses that keep coming back to the Woodstock bench.
Guesthouse
Three indigo wall panels and a run of madder cushion covers for their six rooms. They reorder dye notes each season so the palette stays consistent.
Restaurant
Twelve linen cushion covers in one madder bath, French-folded seams, hand-stitched closures. They go through a commercial laundry twice a week and have held their colour.
Stylist
An onion-skin dye run for a seasonal shoot, plus small knotted plant holders made from the offcuts of a larger commission. Shot against lime-washed walls.
Workshop host
Eight people at a time, materials included, finished pieces taken home. We keep the group small so everyone gets hands on the dye bath and the knotting frame.
Home stylist
Several stylists order per square metre for wall hangings and woven baskets, then come back for offcut plant holders sold at the studio door.
Materials
Undyed cord from local suppliers, dyed in-house with onion skin, madder root and indigo. Nothing synthetic, nothing rushed, and the fibre texture stays visible.
There is no factory floor behind this work. Every panel, cover and basket passes through the same two hands, and that shapes what we can promise and what we cannot.
Onion skin, madder root and indigo behave differently on every batch. We log the temperature, the mordant and the dip count, so a colour you approved in a sample can be repeated months later for a second room or a replacement cover.
Hemp, linen and cotton cord soften with use instead of pilling or going stiff. Plant dyes shift slightly over the first few washes, which is normal, and we tell you how to wash so the tone settles where you want it.
Saturday sessions in Woodstock stay at eight people. That is enough room to work and few enough that we can check your knots, fix a slipped row and talk through your dye bath before it goes cold.
Restaurant and guesthouse commissions are measured, not guessed. You get a written note on cord weight, knot density and hanging method before anything is cut, so the piece fits the wall it was made for.
Short lengths from large panels become small plant holders sold at the studio door. Nothing usable goes in the bin, and you can see exactly where the leftovers from your commission ended up.
The current dye batch hangs on the drying rail most weeks. Come and look at it in daylight, feel the cord, and decide from the actual material rather than a screen.
If you want the longer version of how we work, the studio method walks through dye prep and finishing step by step. For anything about a specific commission, get in touch and we will answer with real details.