Steph Shaw

I am a willow weaver specialising in bespoke willow coffins and ashes urns. I also enjoy making traditional and contemporary willow baskets for commissions and the Take4 cooperative gallery in Ledbury I am part of. 

I completed the Level 2 City and Guilds in Basketry at Westhope College in June 2023 where I passed with a distinction and have become a confident basketmaker. 

Based in North Herefordshire, I live on a small farm where I grow almost 1/4 an acre of willow and harvest this to use in my work. I love this circular aspect of the craft: weaving willow which is grown here and then is woven into a coffin, before being returned to the earth is truly special.

I also work alongside families, giving them the chance to weave part of their loved ones coffin and being a part the process. 

• Basketry
• Contemporary
• Recycled Materials
• Traditional
• Willow (Basketry)
• Willow Coffins