Buoy Baskets/Lois Walpole
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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 This ‘fowl crate’ for transporting a live hen is a copy of one found in the Museum of English Rural Life that was originally made by Blackwells of Barnstaple.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.
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Course in 2020
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Course in 2020

by bruce on Jul 23, 2018 • Comments Closed
WORKSHOP DATES: 27/28/29 March 2020 PRICE £180, includes tuition, basic materials, refreshments and inspiring evening talk by Lois VENUE Helston, Cornwall Lois’s most recent touring exhibition, ‘Weaving Ghosts’, is based around materials found on Shetland beaches.

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