3 days a month during 2027.

Lake District, Cumbria.

Immerse yourself in ancient woodland in the home of spelk basketry. with Lorna Singleton.

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.

The original long-term course in 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, and others, either by me or another expert tutor. Learn how to boil oak, split hazel, and steam other tree species to weave baskets in styles from the UK, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, Spain and US.

Numbers are limited so you’ll get plenty of 1-1 attention. The programme for the year is partly dictated by seasonal cycles of harvesting materials. I leave some flexibility in the last months to tailor those classes to the needs of the group. You can try a particular style you’ve researched, revisit previous lessons, make baskets to a design spec etc.

FOR MORE INFORMATION & APPLICATION FORM visit Lorna’s website.