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Church Stretton Arts Festival

I have six pieces of work in Church Stretton Arts Festival, Tuesday 1 August to Saturday 12 August 10.30-5 at St Lawrence Primary School....

City and Guilds Basketry Level 3

In October 2019 I started a two year City and Guilds course at Level 3 in Basketry at Westhope College. With all the Christmas...

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Workshop with Anne Mette Hjørnholm

I had the amazing opportunity of two days learning with Anne Mette Hjørnholm from Denmark. She is a fantastic basketmaker - you can see...

Therapeutic willow at 360 Back Garden

In the last few months I have been volunteering to bring the opportunity to work with willow to vulnerable people in Shrewsbury. The...

Learning and Sharing - Polish Asymmetric Basket

At our regular meeting of basketmakers at Acton Scott this month I had arranged to demonstrate the Polish asymmetric basket. As a...

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Sourcing, cutting and planting willow locally

On Boxing day I returned to a Co-operative Housing scheme in Leintwardine where they have a wonderful wetland drainage system for their...

Making mixed media ceramic and willow crafts

I started to work on ceramic and willow products when I thought of creating an interesting contemporary piece for the City and Guilds in...

Weaving by the Sea 2018

I spent a really amazing few days at Weaving by the Sea, Vilanova i la Geltrú this September, with other Travelling Weavers. This is a...

Willow Bunting Workshop at Westhope

Lovely to spend a really fun half-day workshop at Westhope College recently with some women from a local Women's Institute group who...