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Freeweaver Studio is pleased to be part of Open House London Open City 2026 once again, our fourth year in a row!This is...
10/08/2026

Freeweaver Studio is pleased to be part of Open House London Open City 2026 once again, our fourth year in a row!

This is what we’re planning in our new location:

Fri 18 & Sat 19 September, 2–6pm
Studio 27, Meantime Studios, Greenwich SE10

A working weaving studio using maritime fibres — h**p, flax and jute — on Japanese floor looms. Freeweaver continues a tradition of making on a site that once housed the National Maritime Museum textile restoration and archive department.

Alongside the open studio, a collaborative photography exhibition with Britta Jaschinski, Environmental Photographer of the Year 2026, presents handwoven garments captured on the Greenwich foreshore.

Free entry. All welcome. Registration via openhouse.org.uk essential (online bookings open house.org.uk from 19 August).

Autumn internships at Freeweaver Studio, GreenwichWe’re looking for interns to join our independent weaving studio as pa...
10/08/2026

Autumn internships at Freeweaver Studio, Greenwich

We’re looking for interns to join our independent weaving studio as part of the autumn cohort. You’ll be working alongside us in a busy, working textile studio, helping with loom preparation, warping, studio days, exhibitions and events.

Applicants should have experience with our approach to freestyle weaving on Japanese floor looms. If you’ve taken a workshop with us or trained in this tradition, we’d love to hear from you.

Minimum two days per week.

Based at Studio 27, Meantime Studios, Greenwich SE10.
18 September to 18 December

To apply, send a short message about yourself and your weaving experience to [email protected]

Deadline: 20 August 2026

07/08/2026

A few glimpses of the studio.
Book your Introduction to Creative Floorloom Weaving via www.freeweaver.studio to join us in our airy new workspace

Cloth from the Forest 01 August - 31 August 2026We are now entering the second weekend of showing Cloth from the Forest ...
05/08/2026

Cloth from the Forest 01 August - 31 August 2026

We are now entering the second weekend of showing Cloth from the Forest at Freeweaver Studio’s Weavers Loft in Greenwich.

The exhibition brings together wild silk, handwoven cloth, cocoons, yarns, tools and field research from East India. My relationship with these materials began during a three-month textile residency with silk and jute communities in Odisha, Assam and Meghalaya.

This work inspired me to create the Festival of Natural Fibres, alongside Kishore Shah and the late Paula Wolton. It now seems important to continue with the initiative, after four substantial Festivals in London (2018 - 2022) and travelling exhibition of Natural Fibres from 2019 - 2024 around the UK.

“Cloth From The Forest” is the first of a series of month long exhibition at the studio as part of a continuing exploration of natural fibres, hand processes and the relationship between cloth, landscape and livelihood. Photo 2 is a new piece of handwoven forest silk by Erna Janine.

Visits are by appointment.

There will be a guided tour of the exhibition on 15 August, Booking is available via Eventbrite (free)

naturalfibres

It’s August and the h**p at Contemporary H**pery is getting ready to be harvested. Freeweaver Studio is delighted to be ...
04/08/2026

It’s August and the h**p at Contemporary H**pery is getting ready to be harvested. Freeweaver Studio is delighted to be taking part in the H**p Harvest Retreat, joining a wonderful gathering of artists, makers, growers and educators celebrating the remarkable potential of h**p.

Throughout the retreat, participants will have the opportunity to explore the many uses of this extraordinary fibre through workshops, demonstrations and conversations that connect craft, sustainability and contemporary practice. We’re looking forward to sharing our approach to handweaving with h**p yarns, exploring their unique texture, strength and natural beauty on our Japanese floor looms.

It’s not too late to get your tickets via www.wakelyns.co.uk

**pharvestretreat **pery

Shipping Lanes. Handspun linen, indigo dyed, woven on a Japanese WX90 loom with RailReed attachment. Created in 2023 as ...
02/08/2026

Shipping Lanes. Handspun linen, indigo dyed, woven on a Japanese WX90 loom with RailReed attachment.
Created in 2023 as a commission for London International Shipping Week at the International Maritime Organisation on the Albert Embankment — a symbolic representation of women entering the maritime world and being recognised.

Photographed outside our old Deptford studio by

Shipping Lanes. Handspun linen, indigo dyed, woven on a Japanese WX90 loom with RailReed attachment. Created in 2023 as ...
02/08/2026

Shipping Lanes. Handspun linen, indigo dyed, woven on a Japanese WX90 loom with RailReed attachment.
Created in 2023 as a commission for London International Shipping Week at the International Maritime Organisation on the Albert Embankment — a symbolic representation of women entering the maritime world and being recognised.

Photographed outside our old Deptford studio by

Another lovely image from a recent shoot by We are now settling in well into our new home at Meantime Studios in Mariti...
31/07/2026

Another lovely image from a recent shoot by

We are now settling in well into our new home at Meantime Studios in Maritime Greenwich and are running workshops 5 days a week. Come along if you’re interested in learning to weave in an airy creative space using handmade Japanese looms. All skill levels welcome
Bookings via www.freeweaver.studio

If you come along this month, you’ll have a front seat to our new Wild Silk exhibition which runs throughout August.

28/07/2026

, a puppeteer and long-standing member of the Freeweaver community, has been weaving with us since our first year in London.

As an artist in residence, she partly developed a body of work for her puppetry practice at the studio, exploring how woven cloth, structure and movement could contribute to character and performance.

Shown here with h**p from **pery

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Long term studio friend and sustainable fashion designer Leila Daniele has woven her latest collection at Freeweaver Stu...
24/07/2026

Long term studio friend and sustainable fashion designer Leila Daniele has woven her latest collection at Freeweaver Studio over the last few months. Stay tuned for more and give her a follow

Repost from Leila Daniele
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LA TERRE BRUNE - Handwoven fabric

Model: Celic Dorig
Photography/editing: Leila
Fabric: Leila Daniele

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