Painstakingly woven with needle and thread (actually really theraputic and meditative!) these pieces are a celebration of woven structures and yarn types, without any of the focus on garment or fashion. #needleandthread #wovenart #handwoven #houndstooth #wovenstructure #yarn

Colour palette inspired by one of mums still life paintings - another hand painted ikat piece celebrating the humble PLAID #lime #onyx #handpainted #lorrainepodlesny #handwoven #ikat #plaids #checks #colourpalette

Two finished pieces which will become part of a new series of woven yarn windings on wood. Painstakingly woven by hand with a needle and thread, using deadstock yarn or plant-based fibres. #wovenonwood #handwoven #offloom #needleandthread #dogtooth #hemp #plantbased #deadstock

Woven blocks of mustard yellow wool in a 4/4 twill structure, with a natural linen background in a satin structure. Both warp and weft are dead stock wool (mill waste). #millwaste #wasteyarn #warpandweft #handwoven #woven #mustardyellow #twill #linen #wool #linenandwool

Oversized houndstooth on birchwood, A4 size, woven with needle and thread, using a black latex chord, and a thick rustic linen. #houndstooth #oversizedhoundstooth #wovenstructure #needleandthread #handwoven #woven #blackandwhite #wovenart

Two new woven windings on wood. Off-loom weaving, made with needle and thread. One is inspired by sashiko stitching on Japanese Boro textiles, the other is a study of a 2/2 twill. Both A4. #twill #22twill #sashikostitching #sashiko #boro #wovenonwood #needleandthread #handwoven

Woven in blocks of a variety of structures - twill, waffle, satin, hopsack - this piece is made entirely of mill waste yarn. #millwaste #wasteyarn #deadstock #blocks #waffle #twill #hopsack #satin #wool #wovenstructure #handwoven #woven

Meet The Maker: I'm Sarah Ward (weaver). I started the Aviary studio in 2016. My main focus is artisanal craft, sustainability, plant based fibres and natural dyeing. The goal: to put a spotlight back on the ancient craft of weaving, and celebrate the makers that keep it alive!

Close up of one of the ikat pieces, this one focused on menswear shirting checks and plaids. #menswear #shirting #checksandplaids #checks #plaids #menswearcheck #ikat #handwoven

Slowly building up a store of natural dyestuffs 🥑 Dried avocado stones and skins make pink, dried oak galls to mordant, and dried onion skins, brown and red to make shades of green and khaki! #naturaldyes #plantdyes #plantbaseddyeing #oakgall #mordant #onionskins #avocado

Ikat denim warp in the sizing bath (cornstarch). Next, the warp will be dried and wound onto the loom ready for threading and weaving! #denim #denimwarp #sizingbath #sizingagent #indigodyed #naturalindigo #handwovendenim #handwoven

Tamil indigo dyed redline selvedge denim on the loom! The warp is mill waste cotton, and has been dyed naturally and without toxic chemicals. #redline #selvedge #denim #redlineselvedge #selvedgedenim #redlineselvedgedenim #handwoven #handwovendenim #denim #indigo #naturalindigo

Winding on the ikat dip dyed denim warp with its redline selvedge. Naturally dyed with Tamil indigo, on a mill waste cotton warp. #redlineselvedge #selvedgedenim #redlineselvedgedenim #denim #selvedge #dipdyed #ikat #indigodyed #dipdyedindigo #warp #handwoven #millwaste

Weaving through the next section of ikat denim from white to blue. #ikatdenim #denimfades #redline #redlineselvedge #selvedgedenim #handwovendenim #denim #handwoven

Very excited to be using Hack Your Jeans yarn to make my next hand woven selvedge denim warp. Hack Your Jeans make new yarn out of recycled old jeans (🙌) which is exactly the direction we need to be going in, away from virgin cotton. LETS BE KIND to our planet 🌍 #hackyourjeans

We now have a dedicated page for Aviary Denim on our website 👖✨ the-aviary-studio.com/denim #denimmaker #denim #handwovendenim #denimworkshop #selvedgedenim #sustainabledenim #sustainablepractice #slowdesign #millwaste #wasteyarn

New denim tests happening on the loom! #denimmaker #denim #handwovendenim #selvedgedenim #wasteyarn #millwaste #denimworkshop #sustainabledenim #sustainablepractice #slowdesign #slowdenim

Denim dip tests happening in the dye garden! All natural indigo and plant based dye vat 👖✨🌏 #denimmaker #denim #handwovendenim #selvedgedenim #wasteyarn #millwaste #denimworkshop #sustainabledenim #sustainablepractice #slowdesign #slowdenim

Mill waste cotton hanks oxidising in the sun after being double dipped in the natural indigo dye vat 👖🌏 #denimmaker #denim #handwovendenim #selvedgedenim #wasteyarn #millwaste #denimworkshop #sustainabledenim #sustainablepractice #slowdesign #slowdenim #naturalindigo #indigodye

We're now showing our collection of woven designs via zoom ✨ We have checks, stripes, pattern, texture, colour stories, Ikats and denim innovations, in a variety of weights and qualities. All of our silks, cotton's, wools and linens are woven with mill waste yarn 🌏