Symbols & Stories™
Textured & Scalable Wall Hangings
The Symbols & Stories™ collection is our most sought-after offering— a growing tapestry of small-to-large-scale, customizable wall hangings that bridges ancient technology and contemporary design.
While visually stunning as decor, these pieces are first and foremost powerful mediums for tactile storytelling and the exploration of intergenerational and ethno-cultural cosmologies.
Each design utilizes the intricate techniques of macrame
(a modern and form of hand-knotting and finger weaving—a proprietary process rooted in our Material Genealogy™ framework.
These pieces translate universal symbols of order, connection,
and resilience into tangible, textured form.
Explore the Collection:
We invite individuals and organizations to engage with
Symbols & Stories™ through a variety of accessible
pathways such as some listed below.
Bespoke Commissions:
Personalized creation for individual, small batch,
or aligned collaborations.
Design Customization:
Tailoring featured designs to resonate with specific
stories and intentions.
Wholesale & Consignment:
For galleries, boutiques, and organizations looking to
offer meaningful merchandise.
Museums & Exhibitions:
Available for unique installations, educational
collaborations, and display.
Workshops & DIY Kits:
Engage in the meditative practice of creating select designs and learn the "medicine of the knot" firsthand.
All pieces are made-to-order, ensuring that each work is a unique, intentional anchor for your space and your journey.
To learn more about our related framework, visit our research stream to view our methodology.
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Personalizing Your Path
A bespoke offering for individual and collective continuity.
If you do not see a design that fully resonates with your current journey, we welcome the opportunity to explore co-creating a
custom piece tailored to your specific needs and details.
This is an accessibility-centered offering, designed for those who seek a unique anchor for a personal or cultural milestone, a specific awareness colour, or a specialized restorative keepsake.
Through a quiet, collaborative process, we can integrate specific fibers, reflective motifs, or commemorative colours that honour your unique story or fit a unique intention.
Whether for personal wellness, a gift of solidarity, or a corporate team-building commission, or cultural event, we are here to help you weave a connection that is as unique as your own story and lineage.
For some samples of our designs that can be customised,
as same inspiration, click the button below to see featured and related designs from some of our collections.
Wallhanging Workshops
To learn more about our macrame (hand-knot and finger weaving) workshop offerings, formats, and booking details, continue reading below.
Curated Workshops
Our wall-hanging workshops span a spectrum from exploratory and creative-to- ceremonial and restorative.
Whichever engagement pathway is taken, the intention is to support sensory wellness, cultural continuity,
and creative expansion.
Medicine Hands
A hands-on medium or process used for sensory engagement and integration
which fosters remembrance, intergenerational ways of knowing,
and cultivates connections.
Our workshops are more than art classes; they are curated to be guided, sensory-informed, pathways that serve as a bridge for seekers, quiet observers, and creatives to explore their divergent sensibilities and those navigating the profound silences, build skills and awareness, and
discover more accessible ways
to improve wellbeing.
We offer beginner-to-advanced levels across multiple formats to ensure accessibility and inclusion for all capacity and creative levels.
Workshop Booking Related Specs.
To learn more about our macrame (hand-knot and finger weaving) workshop offerings, formats, and booking details, continue reading below.
Essential Booking Information
The Information Below May Answer the Most Common FAQs.
Group In-Person Bookings (indoor & land-based):
In-person group bookings typically require 4–10 participants
(project, location, dependent).
Outdoor land-based bookings are sometimes more flexible
and adaptable. However, please note that most land-based bookings are curated for participants to be sitting on the grounds with blankets, cushions, or other comfortable seating.
For those have mobility needs that require adaptable or adjustment seating, please contact us in advance to discuss so that we can ensure we can accommodate or curate a land-based workshop option or series that will be accessible in the event the
outdoor space may pose barriers outside our control.
Forest Walks, Hikes, Foraging and Excursions (Add-Ons)
Some of our land-based / outdoor bookings include additional activities to enhance the workshop experience, sensory engagement, and to integrate culturally responsive component that helps with the embodied ways of knowing elements.
Some of these experiences are low-barrier and some can include elements that can be more challenging depending on different factors that relate to health and safety. As such, waivers will be required to be signed by all participants that will include questionnaires to ensure all details.
For those who find some physical experiences challenging (ie: hiking along uneven or difficult terrain with loose rocks, steps, inclines/declines along route, length of path or trail, distance away from the city, pace, etc.), please email us prior to booking to discuss.
In the event a certain land-based workshop and/or add-on may not be most suitable or accessible, we are happy to explore additional options to ensure you can benefit from the methodology and related experience in a way that aligns with a broader range of capacities.
For more information related to our land-based offerings,
click the button below.
Online Workshop Sessions:
All online workshops require participants to pre-purchase
their materials and supplies. Please email us if you have any questions that are not included in the related booking once posted.
Theory-Based Workshop Sessions:
Occasional lectures on the History of Hand-Knots, Intro to Macramé as Ancestral Technology, Sensory Wellness and more. A more complete list will be provided on our workshop booking and event page once it's complete. However, in the meantime,
please reach out to inquire if this offering is of interest.
Exclusive Workshops
Specialized rates apply for Ceremonial Macrame Affirmation Dolls, Symbols & Stories Living Threads, and Ribbon/Tribute sessions, as these involve proprietary restorative methodologies.
Curated & Specialized Spaces
To honor the proprietary restorative methodologies of Material Genealogy™ and Material Remembrance™, select workshops are curated for specific audiences based on shared lived
experiences, cultural lineages, or archetypal roles.
These spaces are intentionally held to allow for embodied ways of knowing and deep sensory integration that require a specific, focused community of practice.
We recognize that these "quiet sanctuaries" are essential for healing and wellness from the silences of lineage gaps and intergenerational lived experiences. To maintain our commitment to AODA compliance and universal inclusivity, we offer parallel,
open-enrollment sessions for all methodologies.
This ensures that the medicine of the knot remains an accessible medium and pathway for all seekers, participants, and
collaborators, regardless of their path.
Materials & Equipment
Standard workshops use mood-board colour cords. For specialized sessions (Ribbon Keepsakes or Tactile Tributes),
custom colours and motifs must be pre-selected. Please note that customized colours, that fall outside our standard colour palettes are subject to additional fees and are contingent on availability
(as some macrame cord colours, and related sizes, are more challenging to source than others).
All materials included and provided in workshop unless otherwise specified with the exception of online workshops.
All online workshops require participants to pre-purchase
their materials and supplies.
Age Range for Standards & Exclusive Workshops
Adults 18+.
Seniors & Exceptional Abilities
Workshops bookings for seniors and those with adaptable neurodiversity, visual impairment, and those in occupational (and related) therapy treatment are available.
At times, the bookings may appear in our general workshop
offering event page (once launched), however, for those who
wish to explore special bookings or related programs,
please email us to express interest.
Youth Mentorship
We offer specialized arts-based mentorship for education, group homes, or rehabilitation centers. Please email us to inquire as these bookings are unique in scope and will not be featured
in our general workshop booking area.
Accessibility and Grounding for Cultural Continuity
The intention of land-based workshops is to collaborate with the elements of nature for grounding, cultural continuity, and to
enhance embodied ways of knowing.
As such, we encourage folks to consider this when they are booking and to also explore all workshop formats, we offer to ensure they book an option that is most accommodating, suitable,
and adaptable to their needs.
Additionally, these outdoor land-based workshop are part of
our accessibility offerings for those who face challenges
with indoor workshops as they create some cultural and sensory barriers. As well, some indoor spaces are designed more for practical and conventional purposes which sometimes conflicts with the need for environments developed using an eco-conscious and/
or human-centred-design spaces.
Catchment & Radius:
Our home base is Midtown Toronto (Yonge & Eglinton). A 20-30 minute travel radius is included in base rates; travel time outside this area is subject to additional travel time rates.
To ensure we can accommodate your booking, we encourage you to be pre-book (or contact us) a minimum of 1-2 month in advance of desired booking date. Additionally, please note
CRA 2025 mileage rates apply.
Payments:
Secure payments via EFT (Canada), PayPal, or Square.
Deposits, Refunds, & Credits
A 50% non-refundable deposit is required to secure most
bookings; full payment may be required in
advance for select events. Related information will be provided in the workshop booking details and related process.
If the above resonates with you, please see more helpful
information to support next steps.
For Workshop Bookings &
Related Collaborations:
Participants are encouraged to participate at their comfort level.
A quiet space or grounding activity is integrated into
all sessions to support sensory regulation.
As Accessibility is one of our core values, we follow
Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) standards.
We ask that participants and collaborators let us know, contact us in advance of booking a workshop so that we can ensure we can accommodate related accessibility needs.
For Non-Profits, Libraries, and Museums, please note that our rates are informed by the CARFAC 2025 Professional Fee Schedule
which establishes related standards for peer-level
professional artist in Canada.
Weather Contingency Plan:
For land-based workshops, please review "Rain Date" and/or
"Indoor Alternative" policy in booking details or in updates emailed to participants (in advance of scheduled workshop).
In the case that information provided may raise questions, or if you want to explore additional considerations in relation to workshops, please contact us by clicking the button below.
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