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Make a bark basket
By Anita Lomas
Learn to work with willow bark and make your own Bark Basket
We will start exploring how to harvest this natural resource, before we focus on turning naturally dried bark into a flexible, leather like material to work with. Learn to cut, fold and weave using traditional basketry techniques, and learn to incorporate a variety of soft materials, such as rush to bind the bark strips together.
Add your own creativity of style to make this basket truly yours. You will leave with the confidence to use bark, with the understanding of how to harvest bark, and the skills to weave with traditional techniques and combine bark with other soft materials. This course will open your eyes to what’s possible to create, using the natural resources around.
Anita is teaching this course inside a large beautifully converted barn space at Manor House Farm in the tranquil setting of Sheldon, Bakewell, Derbyshire DE45 1QS. Teas, coffee and biscuits will be provided. Please bring your own lunch. All necessary tools will be provided. This course is suitable for complete beginners or those with some basketry weaving experience.
Cost: £75 Full day course 10am – 4pm
TO BOOK: Visit the secure online shop on Anita Lomas’ website – Much Nita Weaving, or click the link here: https://www.muchnita.co.uk/product-page/learn-to-make-a-bark-basket
For further details please email [email protected]