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Basket-weaving pop up and in store demo with Claire Gaudion
By Labour and Wait
Guernsey Basket Weaving Pop-Up at Labour and Wait, Covent Garden
Labour and Wait host a basket-weaving pop‑up and in‑store demonstration with maker Claire Gaudion.
The event will bring a curated selection of Claire’s handwoven baskets into the Covent Garden store for a limited period, accompanied by live weaving demonstrations allowing visitors to observe the traditional craft in action.
Customers will have the opportunity to meet the maker, learn about the materials and processes behind the work, and purchase baskets directly within the shop. This collaboration celebrates natural materials, traditional making techniques, and enduring household objects, values closely aligned with Labour and Wait.
Guernsey fishing baskets have been crafted for generations by local fisherfolk. Made predominantly from willow, these include the ponier à cou, courge, and Guernsey crab and lobster pots. Unique and endangered, these baskets are being kept alive and passed on by widening their relevance and through continued making, demonstration, and documentation of the craft.
Claire lives and works from her home in West Hampshire, but her family home is Guernsey, where her basket-making story began. Claire learnt by watching her dad, Max Gaudion, weave. Max is a retired Guernsey fisherman and craftsman who made all his own willow crab pots, ponier á cous and courges (local fishing baskets). He, in turn, learned by watching his uncle, Wilfred Gaudion, weave willow.
Claire continues to add to her collection and now makes Guernsey Tomato Baskets, as used in the early 1900s for exporting the crop off-island (also seen at Chelsea Flower Show this year), as well as seaweed (vraic) gathering baskets, and now small table baskets – as commissioned by Michelin star restaurant, Vraic, Guernsey, for serving their bread.
Labour and Wait
Founded in London in 2000, Labour and Wait is known for sourcing and producing timeless, functional products for everyday life. Inspired by traditional hardware stores and classic utility goods, Labour and Wait curates a considered collection of clothing, household objects, stationery, kitchenware and tools. With shops in Shoreditch, Marylebone and Covent Garden, Labour and Wait champions craftsmanship, utility and the idea that everyday objects should be both practical and beautiful.
Pop Up Shop
Labour and Wait
12 Dryden Street,
Covent Garden,
London, WC2E 9NA
11.00am to 7.00pm
Thursday 6th – Sunday 9th August 2026