Willow Basketry

What You Will Study

A 5 session course where you will learn the skills and techniques required with this heritage craft, where each session you will take home what you have made in group.

The course structure will be as follows;

Week 1 - introduction to working with willow - making a tension tray.

Week 2 - frame baskets - making a berry picking basket.

Week 3 - garden structures - making a plant support

Week 4 - stand and stake baskets part 1 - making a basket base

Week 5 - stand and stake baskets part 2 - Making an asymmetric hand basket

Learners will leave the course having made a tension tray, a berry picking basket, plant support and a asymmetric hand basket!

You will need to purchase, secateurs, small shop knife (more information about this will be provided to learners once booked on).

Course will run from 6pm-9pm (there will be a 2 week break over the Easter Holidays with no session running on the 10th, 17th April)