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…
21st & 25th November 2023. Naturally Useful, near Forres. Naturally Useful, willow growers, makers and teachers of basketry need your help! We’re getting ready to expand our work in the community next year as a place for adults with additional…
Saturday 25 November 2023. Burntisland, Fife. Are you interested in joining other local basketweavers at an informal and friendly self-help group based in Fife? If so, please join us for an inaugural meeting at textile artist Susie Redman’s studio in…
Closing date: 24 Oct 2023 Funded by The National Lottery through Creative Scotland in partnership with a range of local authorities and arts agencies across Scotland, the Visual Artist and Craft Maker Awards (VACMA) will support artists at all stages…
Closing date: 25 Oct 2023 The LOEWE Foundation launches the seventh edition of their Craft Prize, an international award celebrating excellence in craftsmanship. About the Craft Prize The LOEWE Foundation Craft Prize seeks to acknowledge and support international artisans of…
£1,000 (Sims Hilditch) Heritage Crafts aims to ensure that traditional craft skills are passed to the next generation: to provide fulfilling livelihoods rooted in the human desire to make; as the building blocks of a more sustainable economy; and to…
The Worshipful Company of Basketmakers This annual bursary of £3500 is to provide support to someone keen to pursue a development opportunity which will benefit their basketry practice. The bursary is open to anyone who makes the major part of…
22nd to 25th June 2023. Each year Scottish Women’s Institutes collaborates with the Royal Highland Show to manage the Handcrafts Competition. This year the basketry completion theme is Rainbow. A Fruit Basket, any basketry type. You don’t need to attend…
With Hungry Jay Media. I am working on an exciting brand-new BBC show presented by The Repair Shop’s Jay Blades and a very special guest. In the show they’ll meet creative hobbyists from around the country, and it’s all about…
