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I made my first coiled basket with Jeanette Nowak in Shetland in 2015 and first willow basket in March 2020 with Karen Collins. I have been addicted to weaving ever since. After learning the basics of round willow work thanks to Hanna Van Aelst's online course, I honed her craft with John Cowan in Lanark. For now I am practicing and experimenting with what I know and slowing expanding my skills. Besides working with willow and willow bark, I also enjoy collecting natural fibres and willow bark to make wee baskets and cordage out of them.
I started planting willow in 2020 and have planted more every year since. As of 2023 I grow 60 basketry varieties.
I am always open for swaps or barter, or sell at 50p per cutting.
Varieties grown:
Acutifolia - Americana - Augustifolia - Basfordiana - Black Maul - Bleu - Bourdiala - Brittany Blue - Brittany Green - Britzensis - Carl Jensen - Chermesina Yelverton - Cohue Blue - Continental Tall - Daphnoides - Daphnoides de Haute Marne - Dark Dicks - Dickie Meadows - Flanders Red - Golden Willow - Goldstone - Green Dicks - Grisette Emilien - Grisette Noire - Harrison A - Helen's Yellow - Helix - Irette - Irish Black - Jagiellonka - Jaune de Falaise - Jaune Hative - Light Dicks - Miyabeana - Nancy Saunders - Nigricans - Noir de Villaine - Norbury - Oxford Violet - Packing Twine - Petite Grisette - Pheasant - Pommersk Dugpil - Purville - Rouge d'Orleans - Sardine - Silver - Sinker - Uralensis - S. Tortuosa - Vitellina Cardinalis - Whissender - Whissender Light - White Whelsh, ...
I teach beginners.
I don't organise workshops for groups myself but I am happy to travel and teach groups of up to 6 participants if invited to.