Samhain Brooms Workshop

Gather in a friendly group with Lynette, The White Witch of Wiltshire, and Artist, Tamsin Loveday for this gentle, crafty workshop celebrating Samhain.

Bundle together a range of natural materials to make a mini "Witches broom" or a hand brush, bound with colourful threads and personalised with charms and herbs.

Samhain is the Celtic New Year festival, marking the gateway to Winter, traditionally celebrated midway between Autumn Equinox and Winterer Solstice.

Lynette will lead us in a short welcoming and cleansing ritual to create a safe space and help us to set our intentions. She will talk a little about Samhain folk traditions and how to use your broom to sweep in the New Year. Lynette will guide us in setting intentions and share information about colours and symbols of the festival.

Tamsin will support all creative aspects of the workshop and make sure that we all have everything we need for a companionable evening of crafting.

We will bundle together natural Coir, a sustainable fibre used in brush making for centuries. We will chose from a bouquet of herbs and other plant material, coloured threads and charms to personalise our brushes and brooms.

Refreshments, materials and eventbrite fees are included in the ticket price.

You will recieve a portion of Coir, a choice of wooden handle, a choice of herbs and plant material, a choice of symbolic charms, threads, and herbs.

This magical workshop will be hosted in the Barefoot Bindery Studio upstairs at Fisherton Mill, Salisbury.

About Lynette - The White Witch of Wiltshire

Lynette is a "Mist Witch" with around 19 years experience as a Tarot Reader, and Witch. Lynette can be found on Salisbury Charter Market every Tuesday and Saturday offering readings and selling Witchcraft, Pagan, and Tarot related goods ranging from Handmade Spell Bottles and Kits, to Tarot Decks and Books. Lynette has achieved Gold Level Endorsement with World Divination Association, and is studying Bardic Level with The Order of Bards, Oblates, and Druids

About Tamsin - Artist

Tamsin is a Multidisciplinary Artist with a special interest in paper, printmaking and book-arts. Tamsin sometimes says she makes art “by any means necessary”, responding creatively to research by matching ideas and materials in ways that resonate with the theme.

Tamsin's art practice is research and process led, where "the work" is more often about experience than product. She deeply curious about things that connect us to each other, to landscape, the past and traces of these things. Tamsin has recently been exploring ritual practices and folk customs associated with the wheel of the year, ancient monuments and sacred sites which has led to a growing interest in magical thinking.

Working from her studio in Salisbury, Tamsin offers creative bookbinding solutions and services in addition to actively promoting creativity for wellbeing through creative workshop experiences. Tamsin is also an arts and health practitioner with mental health first aid training