Starting at 10:00 at the Woodfield Pavilion - finished by 3pm
Cost £30, including materials and light refreshments. Click here for your TICKET
Please bring your own lunch.
In this workshop you will learn
The construction of a traditional ‘stake and strand’ type of basket
to use several different types of weave
how to select appropriate materials
a whole new vocabulary used in willow basket-making
If you have a favourite pair of secateurs and an apron, bring them along.
Also, an old tea towel or two and a water spray bottle or watering can. A range of
basket-making tools will be available.
Be prepared for working outside for some or all of the workshop - wrap up warm!
We will use willow gathered locally from off Tooting Common. Enable Leisure
and Culture who manage the Commons for Wandsworth Council arranged for a
group of local conservation volunteers to cut back the wild willow. This willow has
not been planted and is not purposefully grown for baskets so the sizes of rods
will vary greatly.
The course is run by local Tooting resident, Geraldine Kelly. As a member of the
Basketmakers Association I first learned to make baskets about 20 years ago.
Since then, I’ve done many courses, learnt a variety of basketry techniques,
made many more baskets, and run various basket-making workshops.