Learn traditional basket making techniques and make your own beautiful willow basket.

Your expert teacher Pippa Scott will guide you through traditional techniques to make your very own beautiful rustic frame basket, based on the Welsh Cyntell and Irish Sciathog.

The course is for anyone with an interest in basket making and traditional crafts and skills, no previous experience necessary.

Pippa also teaches a follow on course in October called Flat-bottomed Willow Basket Making.

Key information

• Duration: 1 day
• Saturday 11th March 2023
• Start and finish times: starts at 10am and ends at 4:30pm
• Fees: £85
• Includes: tuition, all materials, lunch
• Terms and Conditions:
  • you must be 18 years or over to attend our courses.
  • For full list of terms and conditions click here

Meet your tutor

Pippa is a member of the Basketmakers Association, and began willow basket-making in 1987 – gradually moving on to sculptures, and larger structures for gardens.

She also grows and harvests her own willow.

Pippa’s endless enthusiasm for the subject is highly infectious, making her classes enjoyable for people of all ages and experience.