Willow basket making with Anna Liebmann

Description

Develop your basket making skills with Scotland's foremost basket maker, Anna Liebmann will be teaching at Burmieston on the edge of the Scottish Highlands near Perth - a beautiful setting for your beautiful baskets. This two day course is for those who have made something from willow before. You will have a choice of making either a log basket, a kindling basket or a round shopping basket, please decide in advance! This will be a lovely weekend to make something for a loved one for Christmas perhaps or why not come with a friend to spend some quality time together? Accommodation is available onsite. A little about Anna - nature and history pass through her hands as she weaves using willow she grows, cuts, sorts and prepares herself. She also uses willow that was grown elsewhere in Scotland organically or conventionally in Somerset. Every year in the early spring you will find Anna in the willow patch with friends, harvesting the year’s crop, hand weeding and restocking for next year. The first crop was cut from the willow patch in 2005, the year her daughter was born. Anna grows eight types of willow in the patch, of different colours, hues and elasticity. Some of them are stout, making them ideal for a basket’s skeleton. Others are long and slender, and can be woven in and out of small spaces. Anna aims to contrast the dappled hues of the different willow barks within her work. The baskets are things of beauty; sturdy and precise. She carries this through into her teaching, gifting her knowledge to her students so they leave with a thing of beauty and a feeling of accomplishment.

What's included in the price?

- Yummy organic lunch and snacks on both days are included. - All materials are included.

Cancellation policy

Medium - Cancellation and a full refund can be obtained up to 4 weeks before the course starts

Maker

Burmieston

with Craft Courses since 2016

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