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Traditional and contemporary willowweaving by an experienced maker.
Basketry and sculptural work using willow or other natural and found materials.
Basketmaking classes and tuition.

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Willow baskets, sculpture, tuition and other basketry things in Hastings and Rye area.

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It's that time of year again!.....nearly! Get your locally handmade Christmas presents and decorations at the Coastal Creatives Christmas Fair at Rye Harbour Sailing Club. Tomorrow 10.30am til 4pm. I'll be there with lots of basketry stuff all day!
#ryeharbour #eastsussex #1066country #whatsonrye #whatsoneastsussex #christmasfair #willow #basketry #baskets

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Not bad for a 5 minute drawing by James @cecilonthemarsh ! You can now buy our handmade natural willow charcoal for the bargain price of £3. Thats a 1/3rd off our usual price of £4.50 for the Black Friday Sale until 5th December. Follow the link in the bio.
#blackfridaysale #marshwillow #artistscharcoal #willowcharcoal #charcoaldrawing #willow #wasteproduct

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Come and make willow bugs at Mini Woodfest on Saturday 30th November from 10 - 12pm
See below for other activities that are happening throughout the day

Free Event from the Wood People Connective
Celebrating trees, wood, and woodlands

Activities include:
- Woodland Walks with Ben Fairlight Edwards and Jim Roseveare
- Art and planting Activities with Becky Mccray and Mary Dawson
- Willow Bugs with Julie Gurr
- Steam Bent Wood with Nick Meech
- Wonderful Mycorrhizae with Thilaka Hillman
- Wood People Connective Talk
- Archery Fan Structure display - Woodland Enterprise Centre - Project Rewild - Nature play, camp fire stories and songs. In Summerfields wood (behind Bohemia Walled garden) 1pm - 3pm

The Wood People Connective is a new 'connective' of local people who through our individual work, and projects we do together, inform and celebrate with the wider public the value of trees, wood and woodlands through creative and experiential methods. (Art, craft, music, bushcraft, story, play, activities, and opportunities to learn new skills)
#woodpeopleconnective
#woodpeople #willowweaving #willowbugs #basketry #childrensactivities #whatsoneastsussex #whatsonhastings #hastings #bohemiawalledgarden #summerfieldwoods

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Wonderful and diverse first baskets from students on my coiling course.
#proudteacher #studentswork #basketry #coiledbaskets #coiling #naturalmaterials #foundmaterials #baskets #original #creativity #weaclass #workerseducationalassociation

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Charcoal made from offcuts of my basketry willow now for sale on eBay. Not your normal charcoal but still good. Follow the link in the bio for full description and to buy.

#wasteproduct #willowcharcoal #artistscharcoal #creativeartist #artmaterial #naturalmaterials #naturalcharcoal #marshwillow

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#Repost @lornacrabbe
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Making a tiny basket for a squirrel.

Some very intricate work being done by Lorna in my Coiled Baskets class in Hasting yesterday
#studentswork #coiledbasket #workerseducationalassociation #craftclass #basketry

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Interesting basket that I was asked to repair recently. Wondering if anyone else has ever seen a handle like this before? Scroll through to see the damage and repair. Fortunately the handle was intact 😊 just the base and foot needed worked on.

#basketrepair #brokenbasket #basketrenovation #willowbasket #corndollytechnique #willowweaving #basketry #basket

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Didn't realise there had been a delay to the start of this exhibition but thankyou @sarah_myerscough_gallery for letting us in anyway. Great work by several artists including amongst others @carolinesharpartist @lauraellenbacon @soojin_kang and........ wondering how you got the esparto grass to be such a dark colour @timjohnsonartist is it dyed?

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Some creative and colourful mat making going on on class today by @joyfunnell
#studentswork #burreed #colouredwool #workerseducationalassociation #craftclass #hastings #eastsussex

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The holly hasn't quite gone black so my baskets were going to be put in the 'naughty corner' with work by other people who had sneaked some colour into the Black and White exhibition @hastingsartsforum
#willowweaving #holly #whitewillow #basketry #artexhibition #stleonardsonsea #eastsussex

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