Willow medicine & Mixed Natural Fibre basket Workshop

Willow & Mixed Natural Fibres Workshop

Join us in person for a fun and hands-on Willow & Mixed Natural Fibres Workshop! Dive into the world of natural materials and create your own unique frame basket using willow and a mix of beautiful fibers. Perfect for all skill levels, this workshop is a great way to get crafty, relax, and connect with nature. Bring your creativity and leave with something special made by your own hands!

During this hands-on workshop, you’ll discover how willow can be combined with materials such as cane, yarn and raffia to create unique basket forms. You’ll also have the opportunity to look at examples of baskets made from naturally dyed fibres and explore different techniques and textures.

As part of the workshop, we’ll also learn From Julia Behrens Medical herbalist about the medicinal qualities and traditional uses of willow and sweet birch, connecting the practical craft of working with natural materials to the plants themselves.

This workshop is unusal fusing ancient plant knowedege with basket making -making fun—learning, creating, and weaving old traditions into something new. This will be enjoyed as part of the Tree in Translation programme or as a stand-alone workshop. No previous basket-making experience is required. With specialist gust Basket weaver Katy Young.

Katy Young is one of the main founders of Wyld Service this is an outdoor community cooperative focused on traditional nature-based crafts and eco-therapy. They operate from a dedicated permaculture plot tucked inside Stanmer Organics in Stanmer Park, Brighton she has many ancestral skills from natural plant dying to weaving baskets and holding kind nurturing healing space for people to just be.