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Baskets, cane, creative, heritage, learning, Weaving, Workshop

Small things for Easter

April 17, 2019 withyarts Leave a comment

We’ve been making small things for Easter – egg baskets and a decorative platter all in cane.

Baskets, cane, creative, heritage, learning, museum, Weaving, Willow, Workshop

Following in a Tradition

April 8, 2019 withyarts 1 Comment

The group at Headway are putting their new found skills to use weaving some beautiful things out of cane and willow. We have also had the chance to look at one of the baskets from Time and Tide Museum to compare the techniques we are using with those of the past.

Joan has nearly finished her basket.

Janet has finished hers and started on an egg basket.

Owen has been weaving with willow, making an obelisk and a tension plate.

Baskets, cane, Community, creative, heritage, learning, Weaving, Workshop

A New group…

March 5, 2019 withyarts 1 Comment

For the past few weeks we’ve been working with people at Norfolk and Waveney Headway We are starting from scratch learning weaving techniques, using cane. Group members started with baskets on a base which Sarah had already fixed the uprights into.

Janet has a brick inside her basket to keep it still.

Stephen is using a paint can as a weight.

Week 2 and Michael joins the group. The others start their baskets from scratch weaving their uprights into the bases.

Stephen is weaving a square basket
Owen’s basket is oval
Janet’s basket is spring colours

Michael has finished his beautiful multi-coloured basket.

Baskets, creative, heritage, learning, Weaving, Willow, Workshop

Making Baskets with Willow

December 15, 2018 withyarts Leave a comment

For the past couple of weeks group members have been making baskets using willow. First tackling the base…

…then weaving between the uprights…

…and finally making the border…

Here are three of the finished baskets

Baskets, cane, Community, creative, heritage, learning, Weaving, Willow, Workshop

Catching the Memories and Passing on the Skills

November 27, 2018 withyarts 2 Comments

Withy Arts’ new project, Catching the Memories and Passing on the Skills, funded by Heritage Lottery Fund, has just started. One of the aims of this year long project is to teach participants the skills of basket making which were so important to Great Yarmouth’s past. The fishing industry used baskets in great quantities until plastic took over and for this reason, Great Yarmouth was a place of skilled craftsmanship.

For the first few weeks participants have been learning the basics of weaving in both willow and cane and in the process, made some beautiful objects, pictured below.