2025.

Lake District.

Immerse yourself in ancient woodland in the home of spelk basketry. Learn how to make a living in connection to woodlands and the seasonal cycles, this course will take your basketmaking and natural design to the next level. Part retreat, part professional training, all fun. I’m so excited to teach this course and I know you are going to love it.

The only long-term course in UK split wood basketry. 30 days learning the alchemy of turning locally coppiced trees into jaw-droppingly beautiful products.

Each month you’ll learn a new basket pattern in oak, hazel, ash, and chestnut, either by me or another expert tutor, and you’ll go home with at least one that you’ve made. Learn how to boil oak, split hazel, pound ash and steam chestnut to weave baskets in styles from the UK, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, Spain and US.

Numbers are limited to 7 with 2 tutors so you’ll get plenty of 1-1 attention. The programme for the year is partly dictated by seasonal cycles of harvesting materials. There is flexibility in the last three months should you wish to try a particular style you’ve researched or revisit previous lessons.

For more information and to book visit Lorna Singleton’s website