Generations of Exceptional
Craftsmanship
Basket Maker
It has been said that humans have an intuitive ability to weave a basket, just as a spider weaves its web or a bird makes a nest. The baskets I make are made using English willow mainly sourced from the Somerset levels.
I first ventured into basket making in 1985 by making rough hedgerow baskets as a hobby then I obtained a placement with a Basket Maker in Somerset through the Rural Enterprise Scheme.
My goal was, and remains, to keep the traditional basket making techniques alive and enable rural crafts to continue to provide an active place in the modern plastic age.
I am continually amazed at the craftsmanship of old and how they managed to achieve perfection in their work with such primitive tools and basic techniques.
Country folk often had part of their garden set aside for growing willow to make baskets, as would farmers for making hurdles.-
Proud to be plastic free
We are all becoming more aware of the environmental impact of single-use plastics
It’s said that 70% of all plastics ever created are still in the environment today, and unfortunately they are not going away any time soon.
It can take decades for plastic to degrade, and in the meantime, our oceans, forests and land are becoming increasingly polluted.
Do we really want to leave the planet to our children knowing that there will be more plastic in the oceans than fish by 2030?