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Willow baskets, sculpture, tuition and other basketry things in Hastings and Rye area. See also @romneymarshwillow

Cutting willow at Hambrook Marshes today. Lovely d

Cutting willow at Hambrook Marshes today. Lovely day for it too.
Got some nice stuff for basketmaking and some big willow for plant supports and bigger structures to add to our home grown willow that we have already cut and is seasoning nicely already.
It's hard work cutting and then lugging the willow to the car. The willow is pretty heavy when freshly cut. Fortunately I had a strong man helping @cecilonthemarsh .💪
Good to see @christianegunzibasketry and @dominiczwemmerart and @marybutcherbaskets too.😊

#willow #willowcutting #basketrywillow #willowcoppice #willowcoppicing #willowharvest #naturalmaterials #hambrookmarshes #canterbury

Willowweaving today! . . . . . #basketry #willow

Willowweaving today!
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#basketry #willow #basketmaking #willowweaving #making #crafting #heritagecraft #moderndesign #colouredwillow #weaving #contemporarycraft #handmade #contemporarybasketry

The workshop is needing a tidy up I think! #messy

The workshop is needing a tidy up I think!

#messystudio #basketryworkshop #willowweaver #basketrymaterials #basketmaking #waitingforspring #basketmakersassociation #sussex #iden #bosneyfarm

Just heard that I have funding to do my project fo

Just heard that I have funding to do my project for the upcoming A Town Explores A Book festival in St Leonards. Thanks to @ehmosaics for all the work with the funding applications to @aceagrams
#Repost @atownexploresabook
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More nonsense celebrations with outdoor artist @juliegurrwillowweaver, another team member just to have heard that her festival project with design and technology students @st.leonardsacademy.official is funded by @aceagrams and @hastingsboroughcouncil.

Julie’s pictured with a colourful faber and faber edition of #EdwardLear’s words.
#ATownExploresABook21 #StLeonardsonSea #OwlAndPussyCat150 #NonsenseSongsStoriesBotanyAndAlphabets #willowweaving #festivaloutdoorart #artscouncilengland #outdoorart
Festival dates: 1-18 April 2021

Square work today 😃 #willowweaving #basketmaki

Square work today 😃

#willowweaving #basketmaking #squarework #madebyhand #commission #craftwork #whitewillow #madeinsussex #weaving #lockdownlife

Well look at this.....me in 2001 when I was living

Well look at this.....me in 2001 when I was living on Isle of Arran in Scotland! I had just started my willowweaving business and made this willow dome.with kids from Corrie Primary school. The article has just been published in #thearranbanner in their 20 years ago feature. Thanks to Julia Bovee for sharing.

@thearranbanner #willowdome #livingwillow #willowweaving.#basketry #localnews #corrie #isleofarran

Another commission posted recently. A backpack for

Another commission posted recently. A backpack for collecting kindling based on the design of traditional Irish or Scottish back creels. Bigger versions of this design were used to carry all sorts of stuff from potatoes and peat..... to fish or even babies sometimes.

#backcreel #madebyhand #madetoorder #willowweaving #basketmaking #basketry #backpack

Just posted this laundry basket off to its new own

Just posted this laundry basket off to its new owner.

#basketry #laundrybasket #handmade #craftcommissions #willowweaving #basketmaking #eastsussex #iden #willowlaundrybasket #madeinsussex #madetoorder

Doing a bit of reading on a dreary lockdown Sunday

Doing a bit of reading on a dreary lockdown Sunday afternoon. I got this book a couple of years ago and have only just started reading it. Really interesting history of the craft guilds in London and how The Basketmakers Company came into being. One of the reasons the guilds existed was as a way of keeping an eye on the quality of work and the materials used. The authors of this book state that one of the rules was that willow rods had to be at least one inch in circumference. Pretty big thick rods compared to what most basketmakers use today!

@basketmakersassociation @basketmakerscompany #basketmaking #baskets #willowweaving #willowbaskets #worshipfulcompanyofbasketmakers #craftguild #londonbasketmakers #basketmakinginthemiddleages #craftsmanship #craft

Back in the workshop today for the first time sinc

Back in the workshop today for the first time since before Christmas. In this cold weather it has taken 10 days for the willow to soak so it is flexible enough for weaving. A few commissions to complete now. This is one work in progress.

#whatwillitbe #unfinishedbasket #willowweaving #handmade #crafting #making #basketmaking #weaving #wonderfulwillow #workinprogress #outofhibernation

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