Forgan Arts Centre, Newport-on-Tay, Fife. Fortnightly Fridays between Jan 26th and March 22nd. Tutor Donald Spy will guide the class through the process of willow weaving using a selection of Fife and Somerset willows. During this fortnightly course, you will…
1-3 March 2024. Somerset House, London. Craft Scotland returns to Collect, the leading international fair for contemporary craft and design, with our ninth presentation in March 2024. Held at Somerset House in London, the 20th edition of the Fair will…
8th March 2024. Logie Coldhome, Aboyne. Learn the fundamental skills you need to know on how to coppice, grow and create and maintain living willow structures. In this hands-on workshop, you will work us to harvest and then build a…
3rd February 2024. Ladybank, Fife Cheer up gloomy February with a one-day introduction to the art of willow weaving. Our friend Jane Wilkinson, nationally known designer in willow, makes a welcome return to the Arthouse. You can see her own…
27th January 2024. Kirkcaldy. A small group of weavers met in Burntisland at Susie Redman’s studio on 2 December to weave a few Christmas stars and discuss formation of a Fife self-help basketry group. We decided to trial meeting on…
Ardfearn, Argyll. Carol Graham has been growing willow for basketry for 25 years at Ardfern in Argyll. She grows 17 varieties from Dark Dicks (Salix purpurea) to Pommert Digpil. The species have been chosen from the hundreds of varieties available…
Logie Coldstone, Aboyne We are a growing family-run business working out of our smallholding in Royal Deeside, on the edge of the Cairngorm National Park. We fell in love with growing willow over a decade ago after experimenting with a…
20/21st & 27/28th Jan 2024 South Lanarkshire Anna Liebmann will be running willow cutting days in January (TBC… 20/21 Jan, 27/28 Jan) at her patch in South Lanarkshire, where people are welcome to take material to make cuttings in return…
26th to 28th January 2024. Bolton Village Hall, Northumberland. We are introducing a new exciting series of workshops with Anna Corbett at Bolton Village Hall in early 2024. There are three workshops in the series, starting with the first, Looping…
3rd January onwards 2024. Naturally Useful, Forres. The willow harvest at Naturally Useful starts on 3rd Jan, order your willow cuttings from now on. Karen Collins be taking 40 cm cuttings each day throughout the harvest, which will be ready…
