Traditional Fruit and Vegetable Baskets in White Willow Spent a couple of days making Covent Garden Sieves this week. This traditional British basket was taught to me back in 1986 by my Master Terry Bensley who made them along with many other traditional baskets all of his working life. They were used on Covent Garden […]
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Japanese Order
Just completed this order for Seiichiro and Asako Ito of Kagoamidori in Tokyo, Japan. We are looking forward to the visit of Asako later this month. Asako is coming over for the Foire Paniers Vannerie at Issigeac on 16 July and coming on to our house overnight on the 18th to get a flavour of […]
Willow Stripping at Chez Neymard
Perfect day for stripping some sticks yesterday, blue sky, gentle breeze and although it’s maybe a week or two early I was eager to strip our first white from the beds at Chez Neymard. Didn’t strip as easily as usual but still lovely to do and finished up with some beautiful sticks for square work […]
Willow Cutting at Chez Neymard
Got the willows cut early this season, all done by January, thanks to some help from our friend, basket student and neighbour Fabrice Serafino. Fabrice is planting his own bed here in the Dordogne this year and swapped time for cuttings, so a great way for him to get started and for us to ease […]