AWA Natural
Small-batch tallow body care, handcrafted by Chi
Made with recycled Raven Place tallow • Traditional soapmaking
Shop the Awa Tallow Collection
From our kitchen to your skin.
Tallow that has already served a purpose in the Raven Place kitchen is thoughtfully transformed by Chi into handcrafted soap and body-care products.
AWA Tallow Product Range
Tallow Body Soap
A creamy, long-lasting traditional tallow soap for everyday bathing.
Tallow Body Soap Scrub
Satisfying, textured scrub after a day on the tools, farm or garden.
Tallow Face Cleanser
A simple handcrafted cleanser for a gentle daily face-washing ritual.
Tallow Shampoo Bar
A rich, traditional shampoo bar made for a simple, low-waste hair ritual.
Tallow Deodorant
A handcrafted, tallow-based deodorant made for simple everyday body care.
Why Tallow?
Tallow has been used in traditional soap-making for generations, valued for its ability to create a rich, creamy lather and a firm, long-lasting bar.
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Its naturally occurring fatty acids make it particularly well suited to soap-making, producing a soap that feels gentle and conditioning on the skin.
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For AWA, there's another reason to choose tallow: it makes use of a valuable resource that already exists. Awa's tallow has already had a purpose in the Raven Place kitchen. Rather than discarding it, Chi transforms it into something useful and beautifully handcrafted.
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So for Awa, choosing tallow isn't about following a trend.
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It's about traditional craft, thoughtful ingredients and giving something a second life.
The Raven Place Connection
From our kitchen → to AWA → to you
We use beef tallow in our Raven Place kitchen.
Rather than seeing the spent tallow as waste, we pass it to Chi, who transforms it into beautifully handcrafted AWA products.
Cook → Repurpose → Craft → Use Again
It's one small example of the circular systems we are continually building at Raven Place.
Nothing wasted. Everything with another life.
Meet Chi
The maker behind AWA
Chi is a creative maker with a lifelong passion for making, natural living and thoughtful, sustainable choices.
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Her creativity has taken many forms over the years, from art and handmade projects to natural products and ways of repurposing materials that might otherwise be overlooked.
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AWA brings all of that together through small-batch, handcrafted soapmaking.
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Make thoughtfully. Waste less. Create with purpose.
The AWA Philosophy
Make thoughtfully. Waste less. Create with purpose.
Less waste. More intention.
AWA is about making everyday products with care.
Simple ingredients. Traditional methods. Small batches. Thoughtful reuse.
It's about choosing quality over excess and finding another purpose for what we already have.