What You Will Learn!
- Willow weaving techniques to enable you to create plant cages and obelisks to accommodate the nature of the plants you grow in your garden.
- Pairing Weave
- Selecting willow
- Creating jigs to support constructing the structures
Description
In this course I take you through the steps to make garden obelisks and plant cages, using either cultivated willow or foraged willow.
We look at several jig options for making the structures, covering such aspects of how to select material when foraging, how to set the frame sticks into the jig and how to weave and shape the structure. The key technique of filling and strengthening the structure is the Pairing weave, which is a strategic skill to learn as it is also a foundational skill in basketry and fence construction too.
Who Should Attend!
- Suitable for beginners
- People who weave with fabric and would like to explore other areas of weaving
- Craft lovers and people who love natural sustainable materials
