Courses coming up this Spring:
Hedgerow Baskets
Monday & Tuesday 17th & 18th March 10am -4pm,
Balwest, nr Helston
£185 including all materials, tea and cake
Join me for a creative 2 day basketry workshop using colourful locally grown willow and gathered hedgerow materials such as dogwood, old man’s beard & bramble.
You will learn to weave a round base and make a beautiful and strong basket with a handle using traditional tools and techniques. Suitable for beginners and improvers
Contact me to book your place: [email protected]
Monday & Tuesday 17th & 18th March 10am -4pm,
Balwest, nr Helston
£185 including all materials, tea and cake
Join me for a creative 2 day basketry workshop using colourful locally grown willow and gathered hedgerow materials such as dogwood, old man’s beard & bramble.
You will learn to weave a round base and make a beautiful and strong basket with a handle using traditional tools and techniques. Suitable for beginners and improvers
Contact me to book your place: [email protected]
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Willow Sciathog Friday 4th April 10am-4pm, Potager Gardens, Constantine £95 including materials The Sciathog is a traditional Irish frame basket originally used for sieving potatoes. Today this beautiful basket would work well serving food as a platter or as a fruit bowl on your table. In this one day workshop, we will be making a small version of this basket, making hoops, a long centre scallom and placing ribs symmetrically. Suitable for beginners & improvers To book this course go to: www.potagergardens.org |
Wooden Handled Asymmetric Basket
Monday & Tuesday 14th & 15 th April 10-4pm,
Balwest, near Helston
£185 including all materials, tea and cake
We will be making these beautiful and distinctive baskets using locally grown colourful willow and a foraged wooden handle.
You will learn to weave a round base and stake up using traditional tools and techniques. You will learn waling and a variety of side weaves and will border down with the rather wonderful contemporary Stanislaw border incorporating a wooden handle.
You can bring your own chosen piece of wood if you would like.
Suitable for beginners and improvers.
Email me to book your place: [email protected]
Monday & Tuesday 14th & 15 th April 10-4pm,
Balwest, near Helston
£185 including all materials, tea and cake
We will be making these beautiful and distinctive baskets using locally grown colourful willow and a foraged wooden handle.
You will learn to weave a round base and stake up using traditional tools and techniques. You will learn waling and a variety of side weaves and will border down with the rather wonderful contemporary Stanislaw border incorporating a wooden handle.
You can bring your own chosen piece of wood if you would like.
Suitable for beginners and improvers.
Email me to book your place: [email protected]
I have some more courses planned for May, June and July including:
A round basket with leather handle at Potager Gardens in early May
An oval basket for beginners in mid May
Two 3 day summer courses in June and July at the wonderful Prussia Cove Studio where we will make a beach basket and a willow backpack with time for picnics and swimming at the cove.
Please message me through the contact page if you would like to be added to my course list
A round basket with leather handle at Potager Gardens in early May
An oval basket for beginners in mid May
Two 3 day summer courses in June and July at the wonderful Prussia Cove Studio where we will make a beach basket and a willow backpack with time for picnics and swimming at the cove.
Please message me through the contact page if you would like to be added to my course list
Kettles on!
Woodland baskets