28th June 2025. Naturally Useful, Marcassie Farm, Moray. Create a basket of your own design, choosing a style, shape and size from a range of options. Each basket will start with a round base. You will be guided along your…
14th to 24th August 2025. Port of Mentieth, Stirling. The Hoolie is back 2025 – but it’s not like anything you’ve seen before! This year, we’re running events on two back-to-back weekends in August, with guest workshops in between. The…
23rd to 25th May 2025. Hamilton, South Lanarkshire. Visit The Scottish Basketmakers’ Circle stand at the inaugural Scottish Garden Festival. The SBC is all about promoting the art of basketmaking and related crafts – think chairseating and those impressive environmental…
30th May 2025. Edinburgh. Join Max Johnson on a beginners-friendly workshop that serves as a solid introduction to stake and strand basketry. Email Max (max@maxjohnsonbasketry.co.uk) for bookings. 10am-4pm, £90 for the day plus £5 materials. Water of Leith Conservation Trust,…
Sat 17th & 18th May 2025. The Steeple, Newburgh, Fife. SILVERHARE BASKETS – Willow Weaving with Donald and Karen Spy. Join Donald and Karen for a two-day workshop, focusing on round baskets. Make a useful and traditional round basket with a…
Sat 31 May. The Barn, Burn O Bennie, Banchory. Join us in FOLD, our contemporary craft & design store, for a special meet-the-maker and pop-up shop with local basket weaver Helen Jackson. Helen will bring her latest woven work and be…
Thu 15 May 2025. Online. Join us for this special online #Hagchat, as we mark the launch of the online exhibition of Hag. Knowledge, Power & Alchemy through Craft. At this online event we will speak with artists Jo McDonald and…
1st-7th August 2025. Tarland, Aberdeenshire. A primitive skills gathering encompassing crafting, fire, nature and community.The opportunity to come together as a community based around building connections with each other and the landscape through working with natural materials. Activities that might…
23rd to 26th May 2025. Alyth, Perth & Kinross. Rachel Bower makes functional baskets for everyday use. She enjoys playing with colour, pattern and texture to create designs that are both strong and visually striking. Rachel will also be exhibiting…
To the 3rd May, 2025. Edinburgh. Lizzie Farey’s practice concentrates on wood and willow, which she harvests once a year from her willow field in Kirkcudbrightshire. Her work also incorporates foraged larch twigs, pussy willow, rushes, reeds and bog myrtle….
