Natasha Christensen of Slow Woven Textile Studio is a Manawatū based weaver and fibre artist who works with only natural fibres and hand-dyes yarn in colours inspired by the beautiful native plant life of Aotearoa, New Zealand.

She works from her studio which is located on a farm near Ashhurst and is a large, light-filled workspace, which she shares with her father rural artist Graham Christensen. She weaves on a beautiful hand-crafted kauri floor loom made by famed Marton loom maker the late Bruce Nitschke.

Natasha’s work is as much art as it is practical – you might see one of her throw-blankets hanging in a gallery but equally you might find it thrown over the arm of a favourite chair ready to be wrapped around the shoulders of its owner as they curl up with a good book on a chilly night.

Slow Woven celebrates the slow nature of weaving, the patience and mindfulness required, and the true beauty of a unique hand-crafted textile.

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You can read more about Natasha in a recent article in The Post and in an interview over on Felt.