Everywhere you look around
February said to fair March: I’ll borrow of thee three days, and they shall be The worrst that e’er were seen.
So goes the folktale of February’s borrowed days, a story of an old woman who mocked February for being too weak to bring real hardship. In return, February ‘borrowed’ days from March and used them to rain/hail/storm the worst of weather in a hellish final hurrah. Revenge energy.
Feb seems to be blowing with the cold weather still kicking, but the January fug has lifted and it is the month of love after all.
Kisses x
Things that caught our eye
> Time for Damp Feb
> On blowing up your life
> Modern, luscious oils to get lost in
> See fairies and cure gout
> Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova talks
> Weave and dye
Discover
The 18th century’s first lesbian power couple? The Ladies of Llangollen offers an incredible story of female friendship and love.
Read
‘Brush off the bloom of perfect innocence, as rough handling brushes the dew from the flower, and nothing can ever restore it’
Helen King’s Immaculate Bodies. On the vegetables, plants and fruits used to describe women’s bodies.
Make
The perfect adornment. Candied fruits are having a moment.
Explore
The Kitchen Studio - the newest addition to The Forge. Small but oh so perfectly formed and available for tiny parties, filming and photoshoots.
Shop
A celebration of British manufacturing and design. Kate Sheridan creates timeless contemporary designs.
Picture
A 17-year project on creativity, motherhood and the self. Annie Wang’s ‘The Mother As Creator’ captures awe.
Events at the Forge
Florist Social
14.03.25
An evening of food drink & merriment for florists, freelancers & flower growers
‘La Basketry’ Basket Weaving Workshop
06.04.25
Join us for an exclusive basket-weaving workshop with Tabara N’Diaye of La Basketry. ** 2 spaces left
Live at The Forge | Get The Blessing
11.04.25
Formed in 1999 by bassist Jim Barr and drummer Clive Deamer, best known as the rhythm section of seminal act Portishead, award-winning Bristolian jazz-rock disruptors ‘Get The Blessing’ are playing live at the Forge
Flower bundle dyeing workshop & plant-based lunch with Babs Behan
11.05.25
Learn to create mesmerising patterns on cloth, using a contemporary natural dyeing technique, also known as "bundle dyeing"
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