Useful Links – Scottish Basketmakers' Circle

On this page you will find some useful links related to basketry and SBC

General

Woven Communities – traces Scottish vernacular basketry from the perspective of the communities who made and used them as well as the different basket types.
Basketmakers Association –
Northumbria Basketry Group –
Craft Scotland –

Venues offering basketmaking courses

Gartmore House – offers residential art & craft holidays
Naturally Useful – basketmaking courses in Moray
Scottish Craft School– Dunblane
The Shieling Project – Residential courses near Beauly
Cromarty Arts Trust – day courses in the Black Isle
The Lint Mill South Lanarkshire
Poldrate Arts & Crafts Centre – Classes in Haddington

Video Resources

Basketry on Film – private Facebook group
Ethnographic Documentaries – videos of lost crafts
Hanna Van Aelst – how to videos from Ireland

Basketry Supplies

Musgrove Willow – willow, tools & equipment
Rush Matters – suppliers of English rush