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Hazel Splints Workshop with Rachel Evans
By Ruthin Craft Centre
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Ruthin Craft Centre, Lôn Parcwr, Ruthin, UK
Using the hazel cockle basket as inspiration, you will learn how to make hazel splints for weaving. Once you have prepared some splints you will use pre-prepared hoops to make a shallow frame basket made from willow and hazel. Find out more about the workshop and book your place here: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/basketry-symposium-3717009
The workshop is part of Ruthin Craft Centre’s Basketry Symposium of workshops and other events accompanying the ‘Basketry: Rescuing, Reviving, Retaining’ exhibition, open until 12 January 2025. The symposium is made possible with The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
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