FREE NATIVES

Discover & support Nottinghamshire artists & makers in these ‘virtual studios’, plus by exploring the OSNotts website and by visiting them in their studios and workplaces around the county & city on the dates stated.

  • Visit Free Natives at her Open Studio on 11-12 June, 2022 (10-4) (North Notts, venue 9).
    • alongside fellow Harley Artists: Jane Withers & Michael Hanmer, Louise Asher (Hope & Elvis), Phil Neal, Michelle Reader & Steve Handley.
    • Refreshments – Harley Cafe, Welbeck Farm Shop & Notcutts Garden Centre are all a short walk away.
    • Full Wheelchair Access – there is a small step of 30/40mm at the door.

Lauren Geoghegan - Free NativesBOTANICALLY DYED CLOTHING
Made to order and small batch organic clothing that is botanically dyed from the Welbeck estate.
Harley Foundation Studios, WELBECK S80 3LW
www.freenatives.com
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ABOUT FREE NATIVES

Free Natives was conceived in the frozen new year of 2020. We offer versatile garments with a story, that fit seamlessly with the rest of your wardrobe.

  • Designs and colour palettes are heavily influenced by nature, and our interaction with it. The colours, the sounds, the smells. The textures, even.
  • Garments are made to order or in small batches, avoiding unnecessary waste.
  • The label is conceptualised, sampled, dyed and sewn by Lauren Geoghegan in Nottinghamshire, England.

FREE NATIVES – STUDIO

My studio is based on the Welbeck estate as part of the Harley Foundation Studios. It is a purpose built studio space and here I design, make and botanically dye all the clothes for Free Natives.

FREE NATIVES- WORK

I make clothes for my sustainable clothing brand Free Natives, I specialise in the heritage craft of botanical dying. Working with locally foraged materials, flowers grown in my garden at home as well as utilising kitchen scraps for a truly zero waste ethos.

If you are interested in this work, please contact the artist directly through the links above.

ACTIVITIES

A recent bundle dye piece I completed using onion skins to dye a sample for our spring/summer range: