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Photography by Neil Hanna for Craft Scotland
My work as a basket maker is materials-led and rooted in a profound connection to place. I work with organically grown Scottish willows, rush harvested from the river in summer, and other materials foraged from the woods and wild places I know and love.
Drawing inspiration from heritage basketry, museum archives, and the historical use of locally abundant materials, my work explores how these techniques and materials might influence contemporary designs.
As well as studying Basketmaking at Westhope College (City and Guilds Level 2) and with a number of highly skilled makers during short courses, I have been hugely inspired by time spent in Denmark with Anne Mette Hjornholm, a world-renowned contemporary maker. I have spent time on the Isle of Eigg learning from Pascal Carr, and am also extraordinarily fortunate and grateful to have been mentored by frame basketry expert Alison Fitzgerald.
In 2025 I was selected as one of the Craft Scotland COMPASS Emerging Maker Programme participants. I have also received generous support from the Basketmakers Association and Worshipful Company of Basketmakers to research and attempt to recreate a traditional Scottish basket - the Arbroath Rip. I am a member of the Basketmakers Association and the Scottish Basketmakers Circle.
I teach a range of basketry workshops throughout the year, at a variety of venues across the UK. Many of these take place in and around Midlothian, Edinburgh, and central Scotland. Workshops include rush hat making and rush basketry, weaving with wild materials such as bramble or reedmace, and frame basketry techniques. As a tutor I draw on my experience as an outdoor educator and nature connection facilitator, creating experiences that support participants to reconnect with themselves, and with the living world. I enjoy teaching beginners and more experienced makers, and also offer 1:1 or small group tuition from my workshop.