Adventures in wood, stone and spirit
WHITE CROW WORKSHOPExploring the human need to make and create
AN ETHOS,NOT A PLACE OR A space
The White Crow
бе́лая воро́на
In Russian, the idiom бе́лая воро́на or “white crow” is used to describe an outsider, a person who is different from their surroundings or who goes against the tide. The term can be used in a positive sense, as here, or in a negative one when it would mean something like the English idiom “black sheep”.
The creative output of such a maker, one who has had little or no contact with formal art education and who is self taught may be referred to as Outsider Art in the English-speaking world.
The outsider
Outsider Art doesn’t need to be overtly naive. Neither does it need to eschew the standards and qualities of cultural expectations in their entirety. But making the deliberate choice to avoid institutional constraints is what makes being a White Crow inevitable. Having spent many years in other careers battling against a tide running towards conformity with unsatisfactory and nonsensical standards and norms, creating the White Crow Workshop environment is the path towards embracing and relishing being the round peg in an endless landscape of identical square holes.
Workshop Departments
Stone
Wood
Light
Spirit
What we do
Our Services
Bespoke Design
Highly collaborative and interactive design by masters to ideate the perfect unique piece for your home or business.
Master Craftsmanship
Fine materials and expertise are brought together to realise your design.
Spiritual Peace
Shinrin Yoku or “Forest Bathing” and Reiki therapies applied to restore peace and balance to troubled souls.
Cross-Discipline Collaboration
Private social network groups facilitate projects between creatives and makers to nurture new talent and re-invigorate experienced artists.
What Drives Us
Our Mission
To explore new ways of creating, making and thriving spiritually and economically in a post-pandemic world
To leave no stone unturned, no lesson unlearned and no progress unshared.
To re-discover peace, balance and fulfilment.
Get Involved
Active participation will be resumed when legislation and government guidelines on non-essential travel, social distancing and group meetings permit.
Upcoming Events
Date To Be Confirmed - Forest Bathing
All Day Event will be rescheduled when legislation and government guidelines on non-essential travel, social distancing and group meetings permit.
Date to be confirmed - Introduction to stone carving
10am – 4pm Event will be rescheduled when legislation and government guidelines on non-essential travel, social distancing and group meetings permit.
WORKS
Featured Projects
Workshop Refit
Building fabric renovation, tool reinstallation and shop projects
UPCYCLING & RECYCLING
Working with re-purposed HDPE
PHOTOGRAPHY
Learn
Notes for Contributors
Time & TALENT VS CASH
The White Crow Workshop is being launched at a time of great upheaval and the old ways – from before March 2020 – are starting to be referred to as “BC”. Before COVID-19.
It does not need saying that a great many people suddenly and unexpectedly have a lot more time on their hands and perhaps less money. That needn’t prevent a contributor from getting involved.
New Ways Of Working
The Post-Pandemic world will be different. For some that is not a matter of choice as companies fail to make the transition successfully. Many will be finding that new values will be applied to old skills, that what was previously a “side hustle” could now be a viable way of life. Perhaps the White Crow Workshop will provide the right environment to test that out.