Karen Bek

I weave contemporary and traditional willow baskets, adapting traditional techniques and incorporating other foraged, found and coppiced materials to create baskets that showcase the properties of natural materials.  I only use sustainably harvested materials and grow 35 varieties of basketry willow, each selected for their different characteristics.   I want to show how craft work can contribute to a more sustainable and environmentally protective future.  My work as a Social and Therapeutic Horticulture practitioner has influenced how I now teach willow weaving and basketry, using the craft to promote wellbeing and therapeutic practices.  My basketry and weaving workshops are designed to encourage the practice of slow and meaningful craftwork and I deliver workshops throughout East Anglia.

• Basketry
• Contemporary
• Garden Structures
• Living Willow
• Natural Fibres
• Recycled Materials
• Rush (Basketry)
• Skeined Willow (Basketry)
• Traditional
• Willow (Basketry)
• Willow Sculpture