Abundant funeral flowers
This family requested a double curve ended coffin (rather than our standard petal shape), and the sympathy flowers were provided by the...
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WovenFarewellCoffins
- May 10
- 1 min
Sympathy flower course
Plastic and foam free flowers... naturally... I'm teaching on a 3 day sustainable sympathy flower course in June with Tallulah Rose...
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WovenFarewellCoffins
- May 7
- 1 min
Willow urn
Today involves finer weaving that normal, I've been making a brown willow urn order. Using a double French randing side weaving and a...
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WovenFarewellCoffins
- May 6
- 1 min
Dying Matters week Devon open day and Sheffield events!
As part of the national Dying Matters week organised by HospiceUK, we are taking part in a few events. In Devon, Sophia is opening her...
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WovenFarewellCoffins
- May 4
- 1 min
A special review
"Woven Farewell Coffins provided us with a beautifully crafted willow coffin for my lovely mum" Thanks to this family for sharing with...
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WovenFarewellCoffins
- May 2
- 1 min
Hello from a willow coffin weaver
Hello! For the new folks who haven't come across us before - welcome! Sophia here, I started Woven Farewell Coffins coming on 5 1/2 years...
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WovenFarewellCoffins
- Apr 14
- 1 min
Willow urn workshop
A snapshot into my willow urn workshop teaching this weekend, what a brilliant group! It felt like we were a big team by the end. Steph...
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WovenFarewellCoffins
- Apr 12
- 1 min
Adorning a coffin
I recently had the honour of making K's coffin, partly with his family. K's talents and passions revolved around interiors wooden...
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WovenFarewellCoffins
- Mar 18
- 1 min
British willow coffins
Meet Abi, the Lincolnshire arm of Woven Farewell Coffins, who started out as a grave digger while working for a natural burial ground....
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WovenFarewellCoffins
- Feb 10
- 1 min
Top Five Regrets from the Dying
Have you ever thought about what regrets people at the end of their life might feel? How that might help us live more in line with our...
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WovenFarewellCoffins
- Feb 7
- 1 min
Willow coffin workshop
Come and join us for willow coffin weaving in the rolling hills of Devon, UK! A 5 day programme and a small class size, with a myself and...
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WovenFarewellCoffins
- Feb 2
- 1 min
Can willow baskets be made by machine?
The answer is no! Every wicker work you see is made by hand - even mass produced products in China. It's cheaper to pay people pennies on...
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WovenFarewellCoffins
- Jan 31
- 1 min
Willow coffin history!
These stunning pieces are reusable/ rental willow body carriers from many moons ago in Sutherland, UK. I assume the deceased would have...
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WovenFarewellCoffins
- Jan 22
- 1 min
Learning to weave a willow coffin and... Changes to direct cremation?
Last week I had a lovely lass as my student in the workshop who I taught how to weave a willow coffin, while I wove alongside her. She...
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WovenFarewellCoffins
- Jan 20
- 1 min
Did you know?
Did you know that we donate 5% of our profits to the Woodland Trust? We are one of the only coffin makers in the world to share our...
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WovenFarewellCoffins
- Nov 3, 2023
- 1 min
Willow urn tutorial for Order of The Good Death auction!
I have an exclusive experience available at Order of the Good Death's Memento Mori Market, a virtual auction of unique experiences that...
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WovenFarewellCoffins
- Oct 10, 2023
- 1 min
Autumn funeral flowers
What do you automatically think of when you think of sympathy flowers? Generally not this? Now that we're fully into autumn, there's a...
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WovenFarewellCoffins
- Aug 31, 2023
- 1 min
Collaborative funerals
We recently had the honour of providing a coffin for Halimah Van der Matten, a very gorgeous, talented, and much loved soul. She was my...
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WovenFarewellCoffins
- Jan 27, 2023
- 1 min
Home visit?
Something that can be so special before a funeral is to create space for folks to visit their loved one and to say goodbye in a more...
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WovenFarewellCoffins
- Nov 21, 2022
- 1 min
Untitled
The Woven Farewell Coffins team! Hubbie and I working on something very exciting.... A new kind of coffin, one that is a responce to our...
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