We are Rod and Sue McLean, a couple of Kiwis with a passion for heritage, craftsmanship and living right. Together we are McLean & Co.
We specialise in weaving beautifully bespoke fabric using the finest of locally sourced New Zealand wool, crafting limited edition textile pieces for you, your family and friends to treasure.
Our weaving reflects a past era of sustainability and self-reliance, one which we believe many people are searching for. Our aim is to live and share our passion for sustainable skills and woollen textiles.
We love and are proud to conserve, use and promote our very rare Hattersley Domestic Weaving System,
share its history and protect its future .
Sue is a textile artist known for her stitched garments and artworks. A love of fabrics and stitching has been part of her life since childhood.
She loves sharing her skills and knowledge and has done so her whole life, teaching students from play centre through to Year 13 in her various teaching positions.
In recent years she has completed her City and Guilds Certificate in Design and Stitch, and Post Graduate Diploma in Visual Arts from the Dunedin School of Art. Sue's love of traditionally woven and stitched fabrics is evident in the fashion and home wares she creates.
We believe in what we are doing.
Sustainability and ethical practice is important to us.
We love creating textiles with meaning.
We create textiles that are kind to our planet.
Textiles that tell a story of time and place.
Textiles that tell of passion and commitment.
We love that they connect people with the handmade.
We love that our fabrics are beautiful and useful.
We love that they are treasured for their integrity.
Crafted with love.
