Tutor:  Jane Welsh

This is a one day workshop to make a distinctive and decorative Zarzo basket which makes a beautiful fruit or flower basket.

Danish basket maker and gardener Ulla Misser developed this, now popular, design based on a traditional basketry techniques from Catalonia.

A variety of naturally coloured willow will be available to choice from. This course is suitable for beginners.

We will be using willow from the Somerset Levels.

All materials and tools supplied.

Suitable for beginners.

Focused children over the age of 10 are welcome if accompanied by an adult.

10am-4pm.

Tea & Coffee available throughout the day for a small donation.

If a workshop you'd like to do is fully booked ring Box Office (01805 624624) to be added to the waiting list, you might be lucky! This also helps us ascertain the demand for particular workshops when programming.

PARKING

The closest long term car parks (and the cheapest) can be found at:

Fair View, Barnstaple EX31 1JR

Pilton Causeway, Barnstaple EX32 7AA

About Jane 

I have been basket making for 24 years and have been working professionally and running courses for the last 14 years. I feel ardently about protecting the knowledge of our traditional rural crafts that are so much a part of our heritage. I like to get people enthused to work with willow and rush, these versatile, sustainable materials.

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My background is in arts and crafts. Having studied art, design and furniture making, worked in traditional timber framing and dabbled in stone masonry and stained glass, I then became hooked on basket making, mainly learning from the much respected Gloucestershire basket maker Sheila Wynter.

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In 2022 I won 3rd prize in the Basketry of the Year Award.