Basketmaking, chair seating and willow work
Weave a willow hen basket with Dominic Parrette
Ref: S2D10759
Intermediate
£291About this course
Learn to make this traditional frame basket, with a hen-like shape. You will learn how construct the willow hoops and ribs and use a randing weave as you build up your basket.Course Description
These traditional frame baskets are believed to originate in the Scottish Islands, although the forms are also found elsewhere in Europe.
You will start with the construction of willow hoops to make the frame and then will set these on a jig or former to help control the basket shape. A randing weave will be used throughout the basket with additional ribs added as the basket builds. You will learn a weaving technique known as packing, as a necessary part of frame basket construction.
The aim is to improve your frame basketry technique with particular emphasis on frame construction.
The skills learnt will include materials selection, preparation and use; use of jigs to set frame shape; techniques to set hoops accurately; setting ribs with symmetry; and packing as a weaving technique.
You will gain an understanding how to construct three-dimensional woven form using frame basket techniques.
Timetable
Arrival Day - this is the first date listed above
Courses start early evening. Residential students to arrive from 4pm, non-residential students to arrive by 6.45pm.
6.45pm: Welcome, followed by dinner (included).
8 - 9pm: First teaching session, attendance is essential.
Daily timetable
Classes 9.15 - 5pm, lunch is included.
From 6.30pm: Dinner (included for residential students).
Evening working - students may have access to workshops, but only with their tutor's permission and provided any health and safety guidelines are observed.
Last day
Classes 9.15am - 3pm, lunch is included.
Residential students are to vacate their rooms by 10am please.
(This timetable is for courses of more than one day in length. The tutor may make slight variations)
Course Materials
Included
- On this course the tutor will supply all of the materials.
What students need to bring
- Apron
- Sturdy footwear with covered toes
- Sharp secateurs or side cutters (if possible)
- Camera (optional) to record techniques
Tutors
Dominic is a basketmaker and coppice worker with over ten years
experience in teaching his craft.
He makes a woven willow structures, organic forms and frame baskets
using a range of traditional and contemporary techniques.
Accommodation
Residential option available. Find out accommodation costs and how to book here.
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