Weaving Beings: Conversations with The Lissome

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The Lissome is an independent publication exploring the intersection of Earth-centred fashion design, mindfulness, ecology and system transformation through poetic and sensuous storytelling. This inaugural podcast series heralds in the launch of the fourth print edition, entitled ‘Love Ethic’. Follow us along each month as we speak to the conscious creators, who feature in the magazine, to explore their ideas and inspirations as it relates to bell hooks’ iconic book, All About Love: New Visions. This is a collaboration with The Architecture of Contemplation podcast together with The Lissome.

Episodes

  1. María Baños on ritual, collective creation and the regenerative wisdom of the seed

    12/16/2025

    María Baños on ritual, collective creation and the regenerative wisdom of the seed

    Today we are joined by María Baños, Creative Director, Visual Artist, and founder of the creative and curatorial studio Art Studies as well as the female movement Muses of Now. María’s multidisciplinary practice spans film, art publications, and scenography, always connected by a distinct sense of depth, intuition, and empowered feminine storytelling. In this conversation, we explore the core themes that guide her work: her fascination with the mystical and the communal, her belief in art as a catalyst for change, and her dedication to transmitting the beauty of the intangible. We delve into Muses of Now as an exploration of contemporary female archetypes, and we learn how Shifting Landscapes, her recent project co-envisioned with artist Berta Blanca T. Ivanow and architect Andrea which features in The Lissome, came into being and evolved into a public expression of devotion, aesthetic presence, and subtle political commentary. María shares her insights on what it takes to create collaborations that bridge deep meaning with deep aesthetic pleasure, the invitation she extends to those who experience her work, how the political interplays within her creative world, and her own practices and rituals for resilience. Order your copy of The Lissome No 5, Rise Up Rooted, Like Trees: https://www.thelissome.com/shop/the-lissome-rise-up-rooted ⁠⁠⁠ Support the show with a membership subscription: https://www.thelissome.com/membership Sign up for The Lissome Substack: https://thelissome.substack.com/ More from María Baños: https://www.instagram.com/bymariabanos More from Hardeep and The Architecture of Contemplation podcast: https://www.instagram.com/hardeep.earth/ Audio Producer, Ivan d’Avoine: https://www.instagram.com/ivandavoine

    1h 1m
  2. Emma Hague on Growing Regenerative Textile Futures

    11/20/2025

    Emma Hague on Growing Regenerative Textile Futures

    In our latest episode of Weaving Beings: Conversations with The Lissome, we journey into the landscapes of soil and fibre. Our guest is Emma Hague, a clothing and textiles systems ecologist, and founding director of South West England Fibreshed, Bristol Textile Quarter and Bristol Cloth. With a background in political and economic anthropology, Indigenous rights, natural resource development and conflict, Emma’s career over the last 15 years has been at both grassroots and global policy levels with lots of hands-on experience in the UK and South America. The Fibershed is a non-profit organization that has been one of my guiding lights for many years. It was founded by Rebecca Burgess in 2010 in Northern California as a way to revive localised textile industries through regenerative practices and processes. Since then Fibershed has grown into a global movement, and according to their latest 2024 annual report, there are now 79 Fibershed affiliates worldwide in 18 countries and 4 continents. What makes the Fibershed approach so relevant is its simplicity: it reconnects what we wear to the landscapes that sustain us. Instead of textiles travelling thousands of miles through long and opaque, global supply chains, Fibershed focuses on soil health, local fibre, regional processing and fair relationships. It’s a model that reduces harm, strengthens communities and brings climate-beneficial farming into the heart of design. Order your copy of The Lissome No 5, Rise Up Rooted, Like Trees: https://www.thelissome.com/shop/the-lissome-rise-up-rooted ⁠⁠⁠ Support the show with a membership subscription: https://www.thelissome.com/membership Sign up for The Lissome Substack: https://thelissome.substack.com/ More from South West England Fibreshed: https://southwestenglandfibreshed.co.uk/ More from Hardeep and The Architecture of Contemplation podcast: https://www.instagram.com/hardeep.earth/ Audio Producer, Ivan d’Avoine: https://www.instagram.com/ivandavoine

    1h 5m
  3. Michael Meade on Re-Centring Myth in the Age of the Machine

    10/09/2025

    Michael Meade on Re-Centring Myth in the Age of the Machine

    How do we stay rooted when the world feels as if it’s unravelling, and what new forms of wisdom can emerge from mythic imagination? In this episode of Weaving Beings Season Two, host Hardeep Kaur is joined by storyteller, mythologist and elder Michael Meade for a conversation about finding meaning in liminal times. From his childhood discovery of myth to his lifelong work with mythology and ritual, Michael reflects on how collapse and renewal are twin movements in the story of life. Together, they explore the language of myth as a guide for clarity of vision and courage, the importance of creative and contemplative practice as an anchor, and the remembering that we are each a thread of genius in the great weaving of the world. Order your copy of The Lissome No 5, Rise Up Rooted, Like Trees: https://www.thelissome.com/shop/the-lissome-rise-up-rooted ⁠⁠⁠ Support the show with a membership subscription: https://www.thelissome.com/membership Sign up for The Lissome Substack: https://thelissome.substack.com/ More from Michael Meade: https://www.mosaicvoices.org/ More from Hardeep and The Architecture of Contemplation podcast: https://www.instagram.com/hardeep.earth/ Audio Producer, Ivan d’Avoine: https://www.instagram.com/ivandavoine

    1h 35m
  4. Anna Roos van Wijngaarden on Travelling with Questions and Learning from the Forest

    09/09/2025

    Anna Roos van Wijngaarden on Travelling with Questions and Learning from the Forest

    In this episode of Weaving Beings, Season Two, host Hardeep Kaur is joined by writer and sustainability journalist Anna Roos van Wijngaarden to explore the delicate art of listening – as a writer, as a traveller and as a guest on the land. The conversation traces Anna’s recent journey into the Peruvian Amazon, where she met designers and researchers working with native materials like kapok and shiringa, fibres that hold the potential to regenerate the ecosystems they come from. Together, they speak about authorship, relational knowledge and the tension between regenerative intention and systemic extraction. Anna reflects on what it means to move at the pace of trust, to write with integrity and to observe without taking. From textile rituals in the rainforest to her own daily practices of presence and care, this episode offers a reflection on the responsibilities of storytelling and the value of slowing down. Order your copy of The Lissome No 5, Rise Up Rooted, Like Trees: https://www.thelissome.com/shop/the-lissome-rise-up-rooted ⁠⁠⁠ Support the show with a membership subscription: https://www.thelissome.com/membership Sign up for The Lissome Substack: https://thelissome.substack.com/ More from Anna Roos van Wijngaarden: https://www.instagram.com/roosvineyard/?hl=en More from Hardeep and The Architecture of Contemplation podcast: https://www.instagram.com/hardeep.earth/ Audio Producer, Ivan d’Avoine: https://www.instagram.com/ivandavoine

    55 min
  5. Lily Cole on Living in Alignment and Reclaiming the Power of Story

    08/07/2025

    Lily Cole on Living in Alignment and Reclaiming the Power of Story

    How do we live in alignment when the world feels out of balance — and what becomes possible when we do? In this episode of Weaving Beings Season Two, host Hardeep Kaur is joined by writer, filmmaker, and cultural thinker Lily Cole for a conversation that moves between early activism and spiritual presence, from fashion runways to forest stillness. Together, they explore the power of storytelling as a vessel for nuance and listening in a time of polarisation, and reflect on how practising peace and optimism in our own lives is one of the most radical things we can do right now.With references to Rumi and Ram Dass, the ecology of interconnection, and the tension between clarity and complexity, this episode invites listeners into a slower, more thoughtful pace — one that encourages a deeper form of agency, grounded not in reaction, but in care. Order your copy of The Lissome No 5, Rise Up Rooted, Like Trees: https://www.thelissome.com/shop/the-lissome-rise-up-rooted ⁠⁠⁠ Support the show with a membership subscription: https://www.thelissome.com/membership Sign up for The Lissome Substack: https://thelissome.substack.com/ More from Lily Cole: https://www.lilycole.com More from Hardeep and The Architecture of Contemplation podcast: https://www.instagram.com/hardeep.earth/ Audio Producer, Ivan d’Avoine: https://www.instagram.com/ivandavoine

    1h 6m
  6. Dörte de Jesus on Crafting a Magazine Around Resilience, Care and Community

    08/05/2025

    Dörte de Jesus on Crafting a Magazine Around Resilience, Care and Community

    In this opening episode, host Hardeep Kaur is joined by Dörte de Jesus, founder and editor-in-chief of The Lissome, who introduces the core theme of the new edition: resilience. In this thoughtful and expansive exchange, Dörte shares what led her to explore resilience and offers an intimate look into the creative process behind the magazine. From curating contributors and selecting interviewees like Lily Cole and Michael Meade, to directing a regenerative fashion shoot in Portugal, she reflects on how this issue came to life, how it redefined her understanding of resilience, and what it means for the future of fashion and community. You’ll also hear reflections on the magazine-making process itself – how each edition is woven intuitively and in community, and how the magazine as a craft artefact in itself represents the values of The Lissome. Order your copy of The Lissome No 5, Rise Up Rooted, Like Trees: https://www.thelissome.com/shop/the-lissome-rise-up-rooted ⁠⁠⁠ Support the show with a membership subscription: https://www.thelissome.com/membership Sign up for The Lissome Substack: https://thelissome.substack.com/ More from Dörte de Jesus: https://www.dortedejesus.com/ More from Hardeep and The Architecture of Contemplation podcast: https://www.instagram.com/hardeep.earth/ Audio Producer, Ivan d’Avoine: https://www.instagram.com/ivandavoine

    1h 25m
  7. Ania Zoltkowski on Pluriversal Paradigms for Fashion

    09/26/2024

    Ania Zoltkowski on Pluriversal Paradigms for Fashion

    In this episode, Hardeep Kaur is in conversation with Ania Zoltkowski – a sustainable fashion-textile designer and educator. We learn about: Ania’s early start in fashion design; how these early experiences showed her the limitations of the mass scale fashion industry; her desire to learn how a new vision of craft and making could be realised; connecting with craft from her own roots and finding embodied joy within it; the need for a radical shift towards love to help heal our relationship to Nature and how the story that Ania contributed to the latest issue of The Lissome, was such a powerful rite of passage. ______ Follow us along each month as we share a new insight with a creator featured in the magazine. The Lissome is a magazine created by an international community of creatives in fashion and beyond. It is an independent publication exploring the intersection of earth-centred fashion design, mindfulness, ecology, and system transformation for poetic and sensitive storytelling. It provides a gentle space for conversations and contemplation, inspiring positive change and making hopeful futures for all. This series is a collaboration with the Architecture of Contemplation podcast; With The Lissome, we hope these conversations foster deep thoughts and even more deep actions. With this, we leave you to enjoy. ______ Order your copy of The Lissome No 4, Love Ethic: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.thelissome.com/shop Support the show with a membership subscription: https://www.thelissome.com/membership Sign up for Lissome Letter: https://thelissome.substack.com/subscribe More from Ania Zoltkowski: https://www.aniazoltkowski.com/ More from Hardeep and The Architecture of Contemplation podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-architecture-of-contemplation/id1648892931, https://www.instagram.com/perse.london/ Audio Producer, Ivan d’Avoine: https://www.instagram.com/ivandavoine/

    1h 7m
  8. Andrés Altamirano on the Wisdom of the Andes

    08/20/2024

    Andrés Altamirano on the Wisdom of the Andes

    In this episode, Hardeep Kaur is in conversation with Andrés Altamirano, an Ecuadorian-born visual artist and photographer working primarily between New York and Latin America. Andrés’ work explores the intricate facets of identity, culture, and language within transitional spaces. In this conversation, we discuss Andrés’ identity and using his passion for story-telling to share the richness of his heritage; themes of migration and loss of identity; the ability of technology to empower local communities on their own terms; the wisdom contained within the mountains and animal life of the Andes; seeing textiles as a means of keeping a community woven together in solidarity and the hope for intergenerational awareness; and, finally, how the story in the latest issue of The Lissome came to be. ______ Follow us along each month as we share a new insight with a creator featured in the magazine. The Lissome is a magazine created by an international community of creatives in fashion and beyond. It is an independent publication exploring the intersection of earth-centred fashion design, mindfulness, ecology, and system transformation for poetic and sensitive storytelling. It provides a gentle space for conversations and contemplation, inspiring positive change and making hopeful futures for all. This series is a collaboration with the Architecture of Contemplation podcast; With The Lissome, we hope these conversations foster deep thoughts and even more deep actions. With this, we leave you to enjoy. ______ Order your copy of The Lissome No 4, Love Ethic: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.thelissome.com/shop Support the show with a membership subscription: https://www.thelissome.com/membership Sign up for Lissome Letter: https://thelissome.substack.com/subscribe More from Andrés Altamirano: https://www.andresaltamirano.com/ More from Hardeep and The Architecture of Contemplation podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-architecture-of-contemplation/id1648892931, https://www.instagram.com/perse.london/ Audio Producer, Ivan d’Avoine: https://www.instagram.com/ivandavoine/

    56 min
  9. Dr Amy Twigger Holroyd

    07/16/2024

    Dr Amy Twigger Holroyd

    In this episode, Hardeep Kaur is in conversation with Dr Amy Twigger Holroyd – Associate Professor of Fashion and Sustainability at Nottingham School of Art & Design. We learn about: Amy's decades long work as a designer, maker, researcher and writer in the fields of fashion and sustainability; her own experience and learnings in creating a knitwear brand; building a participatory culture that is multidisciplinary and truly global; the story that inspired Amy to create Fashion Fictions; using the imagination as a radical tool for future-building, and how one particular Fashion Fiction made its way into the latest issue of The Lissome. Follow us along each month as we share a new insight with a creator featured in the magazine. The Lissome is a magazine created by an international community of creatives in fashion and beyond. It is an independent publication exploring the intersection of earth-centred fashion design, mindfulness, ecology, and system transformation for poetic and sensitive storytelling. It provides a gentle space for conversations and contemplation, inspiring positive change and making hopeful futures for all. This series is a collaboration with the Architecture of Contemplation podcast; With The Lissome, we hope these conversations foster deep thoughts and even more deep actions. With this, we leave you to enjoy. ______ Order your copy of The Lissome No 4, Love Ethic: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.thelissome.com/shop Support the show with a membership subscription: https://www.thelissome.com/membership Sign up for Lissome Letter: https://thelissome.substack.com/subscribe More from Dr Amy Twigger Holroyd: https://amytwiggerholroyd.com/ Fashion Fictions: https://fashionfictions.org/ More from Hardeep and The Architecture of Contemplation podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-architecture-of-contemplation/id1648892931, https://www.instagram.com/perse.london/ Audio Producer, Ivan d’Avoine: https://www.instagram.com/ivandavoine/

    1h 14m
  10. Virginia Vigliar on Poetic Antidotes in Times of Crises

    05/16/2024

    Virginia Vigliar on Poetic Antidotes in Times of Crises

    In this episode, Hardeep Kaur is in conversation with Virginia Vigiliar – a writer and curator exploring justice, ecology, feminism, and art through a poetic lens. We learn about: Virginia's own early questioning of the systems in which she was immersed, the process of de-conditioning from these systems, activating the craft of story-telling and ritual to help others in their own seeking, harnessing care and joy over anger and fear, and the unexpected story that led to Virginia's feature in the latest issue of The Lissome. Follow us along each month as we share a new insight with a creator featured in the magazine. The Lissome is a magazine created by an international community of creatives in fashion and beyond. It is an independent publication exploring the intersection of earth-centred fashion design, mindfulness, ecology, and system transformation for poetic and sensitive storytelling. It provides a gentle space for conversations and contemplation, inspiring positive change and making hopeful futures for all. This series is a collaboration with the Architecture of Contemplation podcast; With The Lissome, we hope these conversations foster deep thoughts and even more deep actions. With this, we leave you to enjoy. ______ Order your copy of The Lissome No 4, Love Ethic: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.thelissome.com/shop Support the show with a membership subscription: https://www.thelissome.com/membership Sign up for Lissome Letter: https://www.thelissome.com/newsletter More from Virginia: https://www.virginiavigliar.com/ Virginia’s course Wisdoms of Water: https://advaya.life/courses/wisdoms-of-water More from Hardeep and The Architecture of Contemplation podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-architecture-of-contemplation/id1648892931, https://www.instagram.com/perse.london/ Audio Producer, Ivan d’Avoine:

    1h 7m
  11. Dr Mila Burcikova on the Seasons of Garden and Fashion Making

    04/01/2024

    Dr Mila Burcikova on the Seasons of Garden and Fashion Making

    In this episode, Hardeep Kaur is in conversation with Dr Mila Burcikova – a designer, maker, and researcher at Centre for Sustainable Fashion, London College of Fashion. We learn about: Mila’s journey as a maker and academic in the field of sustainable fashion, her current research project, Life in Clothes, her thoughts on the interconnections and parallels between fashion-making and farming practices, the role of time and cyclical patterns of nature in sustainable living, and the unique story behind Mila’s feature in the latest issue of The Lissome. Follow us along each month as we share a new insight with a creator featured in the magazine. The Lissome is a magazine created by an international community of creatives in fashion and beyond. It is an independent publication exploring the intersection of earth-centred fashion design, mindfulness, ecology, and system transformation for poetic and sensitive storytelling. It provides a gentle space for conversations and contemplation, inspiring positive change and making hopeful futures for all. This series is a collaboration with the Architecture of Contemplation podcast; With The Lissome, we hope these conversations foster deep thoughts and even more deep actions. With this, we leave you to enjoy. ______ Order your copy of The Lissome No 4, Love Ethic: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.thelissome.com/shop/the-lissome-love-ethic Support the show with a membership subscription: https://www.thelissome.com/membership Sign up for Lissome Letter – https://www.thelissome.com/newsletter More from Mila: https://www.sustainable-fashion.com/meet-the-team/dr-mila-burcikova- More from Hardeep and The Architecture of Contemplation podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-architecture-of-contemplation/id1648892931, https://www.instagram.com/perse.london/ Audio Producer, Ivan d’Avoine: https://www.instagram.com/ivandavoine/

    1h 6m
  12. Dörte de Jesus on the Narrative and Curation of “Love Ethic”

    02/21/2024

    Dörte de Jesus on the Narrative and Curation of “Love Ethic”

    Welcome to Weaving Beings, Conversations with The Lissome. These conversations are here to herald in the latest edition, number four, entitled Love Ethic. We speak to the conscious creators who feature in the magazine to explore their ideas and inspirations as it relates to bell hooks’ iconic work – All About Love: New Visions. This first episode finds Dörte de Jesus, founder and editorial director of The Lissome, in conversation with Hardeep Kaur, host of The Architecture of Contemplation podcast. We learn about Dörte’s origin story, the spark that launched The Lissome, the journey it’s been to get to the latest, beautiful edition – Love Ethic – out into the world, and what the future holds for this community of conscious creators. Follow us along each month as we share a new insight with a creator featured in the magazine. The Lissome is a magazine created by an international community of creatives in fashion and beyond. It is an independent publication exploring the intersection of earth-centred fashion design, mindfulness, ecology, and system transformation through poetic and sensitive storytelling. It provides a gentle space for conversations and contemplation, inspiring positive change and making hopeful futures for all. This series is a collaboration with the Architecture of Contemplation podcast – together with The Lissome, we hope these conversations foster deep thoughts and even more deep actions. With this, we leave you to enjoy. ______ Order your copy of The Lissome No 4, Love Ethic: ⁠⁠⁠https://⁠⁠www.thelissome.com/shop⁠ Support the show with a membership subscription: https://www.thelissome.com/membership Sign up for Lissome Letter – https://www.thelissome.com/newsletter More from Dörte: https://www.dortedejesus.com More from Hardeep and The Architecture of Contemplation podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-architecture-of-contemplation/id1648892931, https://www.instagram.com/perse.london/ Audio Producer, Ivan d’Avoine: https://www.instagram.com/ivandavoine/

    1h 9m
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The Lissome is an independent publication exploring the intersection of Earth-centred fashion design, mindfulness, ecology and system transformation through poetic and sensuous storytelling. This inaugural podcast series heralds in the launch of the fourth print edition, entitled ‘Love Ethic’. Follow us along each month as we speak to the conscious creators, who feature in the magazine, to explore their ideas and inspirations as it relates to bell hooks’ iconic book, All About Love: New Visions. This is a collaboration with The Architecture of Contemplation podcast together with The Lissome.

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