Garden Trugs
For those with more experience of working with willow, this is an opportunity to make a frame basket based on a 'long oval' shaped frame rather than the circle frame taught in the Frame basket workshop. You will follow similar weaving methods as for the simpler round frame basket, but with greater depth and the addition of a handle to result in a traditional trug-shaped basket; essential in the garden.
Material charge £30 to include the prepared organic willow frame. You will be shown how to make the frame at the end of the workshop to make sure that all the skills are covered. All the tools required will be provided.
Phil lives in NW Cumbria where he grows his own sustainable willow for basket-making, garden structures and also bird sculptures, all popular workshop topics. Follow him on instagram philbradleybasketmaker.