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Buoy Baskets/Lois Walpole

Basketry and Beyond

Buoy Baskets/Lois Walpole

by bruce on Jan 31, 2017 • Comments Closed

27 28 29 March 2020 Lois brings her recycling and basketmaking expertise Cornwall to lead a 3-day workshop, developing utilitarian and sculptural forms with found materials gleaned from local coves and beaches.

Basketmakers

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Basketmakers

by bruce on Feb 25, 2014 • Comments Closed

Six makers, from Spain, Canada and the UK, were involved in the construction of the ‘startrap’. Basketry and Beyond promotes the sharing of skills and techniques.

Basketmaker's tool kit

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Basketmaker’s tool kit

by bruce on Feb 25, 2014 • Comments Closed

Fairly simple tools are needed to start making willow baskets; a bodkin, knife, rapping iron and secateurs. This basket of tools seen at the Festival 2013 belongs to Dieter Deringer.

Heritage

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Heritage

by bruce on Feb 25, 2014 • Comments Closed

Completing the lid on a basket. This ‘fowl crate’ for transporting a live hen is a copy of one found in the Museum of English Rural Life that was originally made by Blackwells of Barnstaple.

Weaving

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Weaving

by bruce on Feb 25, 2014 • Comments Closed

A demonstration of rush hat making at the Festival at Dartington in 2013. The English rush was cut in July/August in the river Isle in Somerset. The soft material is woven over a mould to keep the shape.

Materials

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Materials

by bruce on Feb 25, 2014 • Comments Closed

The sides of this basket are woven using split and shaved brambles. The courses in February 2014 were supported by a grant from the Heritage Lottery.

Startrap

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Startrap

by bruce on Feb 25, 2014 • Comments Closed

Made for the 2013 festival during the ‘Weaving Space’ artist’s residency supported by Arts Council England. Bamboo, willow and sisal were woven into a 7m x 4m structure using a technique found around the Mediterranean for making fish traps.

Welcome to Basketry and Beyond

Welcome

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Welcome

by bruce on Mar 25, 2012 • Comments Closed

Basketry and Beyond is a not-for-profit organisation encouraging and furthering the craft and skills of basketry. Basketry and Beyond started in 2003 and works to weave the magic of basketry in people’s lives. We do this by: Providing a range of courses for the beginner and those wishing to further their knowledge and skills. Organising...

Buoy Baskets with Lois Walpole

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Buoy Baskets with Lois Walpole

by bruce on Jul 23, 2018 • Comments Closed

BUOY BASKETS, FLOTSAM AND JETSAM 27/28/29 March 2020. £180 includes tuition, basic materials, refreshments, an inspirational talk. VENUE CAST 3 Penrose Rd Helston Cornwall. TR14 8TP Lois Walpole brings her recycling and basketmaking expertise to Cornwall to lead a 3-day workshop, using found materials from local coves and beaches. Lois’s recent touring exhibition,‘Weaving Ghosts’, is...

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