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Hertfordshire Basketry

Workshop at 'Wot Ever' Scrap store, Welwyn Garden City - 5 February 2005

Wot Ever Scrap Store is a charity run store where members can use anything from the vast selcetion of recycled materials in the warehouse, which has been donated by local businesses and companies. The Group used the workshop space above the warehouse and had free reign to choose the materials from the warehouse they wanted to make baskets using mainly coiling and plaiting techniques.

At work coiling
Members at work at the beginning of the day Coiling around plastic sheeting using wire.
copper basket plaiting
Stake and strand base using copper and electrical wire. Making a plaited basket from fabric strips.

examples of earlier work

Examples of baskets made from recycled materials that Guild members have made previouslyto to use as ideas and inspiration.

inspecting the work plaiting
The Group insepcts the finished results of the workshop. Some of the baskets (both finished and unfinished) made during the workshop.




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