October 2026

Tidekettle is quietly making paper and paper art here on Bridge Street and continues to develop and evolve. With much reluctance, and for purely logistical reasons, I decided this summer to stop teaching regular courses at West Dean, but individual students are welcome to contact us here.

In the coming months I'll be restocking the IRL shop and tidekettle.com after a busy season, so I'm not taking any bespoke paper or pulp processing orders for the time being. For up to date opening times, please check Instagram updates or text us at 07528 217004.

Some must conquer mountains

Bag them, stand on top, bestride.

Taunted by weather, they hunker, mutter, plot, and try again.

As clouds scud by below them, punch the air.

 

Some prefer the journey down, the little caves, the mossy stones.

They know the crust is thin and seek their refuge there,

Among the boulders and the ferns

Beneath the sheep-cropped grass with Mother Time.

 

Lucy Baxandall

 

Collaborations, etc:

Recycling project with Pith Supply here in Berwick.

Perversions of Paper, Invitational Symposium, June 20 2014, Birkbeck College, London

Meeting the Mayor of Kagithane in Istanbul with the late, great Oz Tugrul and his lovely family (sorry no Turkish g's/i's!)

Working with young entrepreneurs