July 2025 Botanic Gardens Inverness Naturally Useful from Forres have installed a willow sculpture trail at the Botanic Gardens in Inverness running until the 29th July. The Botanic Gardens will also be hosting a two day willow animal sculpture workshop…
Permanent display Shetland Museum and Archives, Lerwick. The Crafts of Foragers, offers a captivating glimpse into Shetland’s rich tradition of basket and rope-making using locally foraged plants. The exhibit, now open to the public, includes a small collection of Shetland…
If you haven’t managed to catch the exhibition, or if you would like to visit again, make sure you head along to Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries by 8th June. The exhibition runs until 8 June 2025, 5pm. Can’t make it to Dunfermline?…
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….
12 April to 29 June 2025. Worksop, Nottinghamshire. Featuring the work of over 60 of Britain’s most skilled basket makers, Basketry: Rescuing, Reviving, Retaining showcases the beauty and surprising diversity of traditional British basketry.Step into the gallery and be immersed…
Until 22 March 2025. Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries. The Scottish Furniture Makers Association in partnership with Scottish Forestry and the Association of Scottish Hardwood Sawmillers present Ash Rise, an exhibition of new work from 20 of Scotland’s leading and emerging…
8th March – 8th June 2025. Dunfermline, Fife. Opening at Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries on 8th March 2025, International Women’s Day, Hag. Knowledge, Power & Alchemy through Craft will bring together the work of 13 of Scotland’s most inventive,…
9th to 14th November 2024. Glasgow. Ideal Living reinvents the home with a new perspective on design showrooms. The Glasgow-based exhibition invites attendees to ‘live’ in the space, using the objects on display like their own homes. It is a…
11th to 20th October 2024. Coburg House Art Studios, Edinburgh. The baskets are things of beauty; sturdy and precise. Anna aims to contrast the dappled hues of the different willow barks within her work. Through the year, particularly as she…
28 September 2024 – 12 January 2025. Ruthin, Denbighshire. Basket making in the British Isles today is rich and diverse. A combination of knowledge, skills and practices, it encompasses a wide range of materials, forms, techniques and cultural influences. The…
