Willow Cutting Volunteer Day
9th December 2023. Rye, East Sussex. The willow has grown well this year here at Marsh Willow, and we are getting to the time of year when the leaves drop and we start to think about the harvest. We have…
9th December 2023. Rye, East Sussex. The willow has grown well this year here at Marsh Willow, and we are getting to the time of year when the leaves drop and we start to think about the harvest. We have…
18 Nov – 19 Nov 2023. Eastfield, Edinburgh. Anna will be opening her studio space for the weekend, for people to admire all the beautiful coloured willows unwoven and ask any questions about the basket-making process and set up. You…
11 November 2023. Forget Arts Centre, Fife. Make a useful and beautiful willow basket using traditional weaving techniques. Donald will guide you as you make a round bread/fruit basket using a selection of Fife and Somerset willows. Starting with the…
10th November 2023. Green Door Learning, Surrey. Spend a fun day making a reindeer that will be about 75cm tall with Judith Needham. He will look great on a table or window sill, even better by the front door to…
9th & 10th December 2023. Carbrach, Moray. This two-day rural craft workshop is hosted by Frank from Westfield Croft. Frank is a local crofter, harvesting his own Willow on his smallholding in Aberdeenshire. The workshop will be held at The…
3rd November 2023. Green Door Learning, Surrey. This is your chance to make your own beautiful Willow star covered in random weaving then decorate it with fairy lights with Judith Needham. Hang it on your front door, in your porch…
28th October 2023. Forgan Arts Centre, Fife. Make a useful and beautiful willow basket using traditional weaving techniques. Donald will guide you as you make a round bread/fruit basket using a selection of Fife and Somerset willows. Starting with the…
17 Nov & 24 Nov 2023. Central Scotland School of Craft, Dunblane. Join master basket weaver Anna Liebmann for two fun and sociable days weaving foraged frame baskets and create a round or oval willow masterpiece. You can choose to…
28th Oct 2023. National Museum of Rural Life, East Kilbride. Join Max Johnson from Seileach Basketry for a fun, relaxed introduction to willow weaving at the National Museum of Rural Life. Choose from two half-day workshops where you will create your…
28 and 29th of October 2023. Craignish Village Hall, Ardfern. Join a workshop with Kathy Potter-Irwin. These are 2 day workshops. Aimed at beginners and improvers. There are 6 people per workshop.Generally participants produce 1-2 baskets. Run at Craignish Village…