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Willow Obelisk and Dragonfly
COURSE FULL

Spend a day making lovely willow objects for your garden. You will make a willow obelisk, beautiful in its own right but also great for supporting climbing plants like runner beans or sweet peas, and then if you have time, a dragonfly decoration.

This workshop is suitable for complete beginners as well as people with basketry experience. Please note that you need a certain amount of hand strength to work with willow.

A light lunch, refreshments and all materials are included in the workshop fee. Please consider how you will get your (tall!) obelisk home.

Date Thursday 16th April
Tutor Alisha Davidson
Time 10.00am - 4.00pm
Ref 3902
Fees £90
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Willow Garden Trug
COURSE FULL

Learn how to make this super useful garden trug frame basket. You will attach the frame to the ribs, learn the weave and how to adapt it for the style of the basket. You can make a basket with an over handle or side handles to your preference.

Each basket can be made in a variety of willows and foraged materials that are available at the time. Once woven its ready for foraging adventures and collecting eggs, vegetables, berries or whatever you fancy!

This workshop is suitable for complete beginners as well as more experienced basket makers. Please note that you need a certain amount of hand strength to work with willow.

A light lunch, refreshments and all materials are included in the workshop fee.

Date Thursday 23rd April
Tutor Alisha Davidson
Time 9.30am-4.30pm
Ref 3903
Fees £90
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Berry Basket

Create a basket in a day in this workshop with one of our brilliant basketry tutors. Suitable for beginners or those wishing to improve their skills, you will learn how to make a lovely little basket that will be perfect for berry or egg collecting. This course has been so popular with our students that we are running it again!

You will make one traditional stake and strand basket using several varieties of coloured and stripped willow. Learn the principles of stake and strand basketmaking, making bases, inserting side stakes, 3 rod whale, a trac border and inserting a handle.

Your tutor will provide each student with an individual bundle of materials, enough to complete one basket. Each student's bundle will contain a variation on colours which depend on materials available at the time of the workshop.

This workshop is suitable for all skill levels

All materials, a light lunch and refreshments are included in the course fee.

Date Thursday 21st May
Tutor Alisha Davidson
Time 9.30am-4.30pm
Ref 3987
Fees £90
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