Oamaru Mail: Waitaki tartan article
May 12, 2023
Radio NZ - Country Life interview - 2019
July 18, 2022
Yesterday one of the people I was talking to during our "Meet the Maker" in Revology Concept Store asked if they'd heard me talking on the radio a couple of years ago. "Yes," I said, "I was interviewed by Kathryn Ryan on Country Life, and the link to it should be on our webs...
A gift of creativity from Owen
July 13, 2022
One day, earlier this year, I got an email from someone named Owen Douglas-Jones. Nothing strange in that as I often get emails from people I don't know. However this ended up being a very special email. It turned out Owen is a film maker, holidaying in New Zealand from the ...
Meet the maker - Oamaru 2021
August 20, 2021
We love being involved in the Waitaki Meet the Maker event. It's an opportunity to be part of something much bigger than ourselves, give back to the community and of course show people what we are doing in our shed.
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Shining on...
October 30, 2020
Our son Lachlan Dougal McLean shines on in so many ways, some tangible and some not, but he is always here, there and everywhere, shining for so many people in ways Rod and I will never be aware of. We are honoured and humbled to have been featured in a passion project by th...
North & South magazine article
June 18, 2019
The Ōamaru couple bringing back traditional textiles
by Sue Hoffart / 13 October 2018
Sue and Rod McLean hand weave traditional textiles in their Ōamaru workshop using three cast-iron looms that are more than 100 years old. Photo/David Atkinson
Patience, resilience ...
NZ Life and Leisure magazine feature
March 15, 2016
We are very fortunate to have been featured in NZ Life and Leisure this month, and also on their online magazine: Thanks to everyone who has made this happen x
http://thisnzlife.co.nz/weaving-future-bespoke-handwoven-t…/
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A Twist of Fate - Otago Daily Times article
January 27, 2016
Twist of Fate - Otago Daily Times article We have been lucky enough to be featured in the Otago Daily Times. Many thanks to Rebecca Ryan for the well written article about us.
http://www.odt.co.nz/lifestyle/magazine/368901/twists-fate...
Latitude Magazine Article about us
July 6, 2015
An article about us and our creative endeavours was featured in Latitude Magazine issue 35, June/July 2014. The article introduced our story and the story of the looms as we began this adventure of McLean & Co - Weave and Stitch. The story is still pretty much the same...
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