Flax gatherer basket

Ethical Making

Experiment

Reinvention

Sustainable

My recent collection makes a connection with basket making and handwoven textiles. They are woven with linen and paper yarn , long with stripped willow rods and bark.

Material

Fiber
Paper
Wood
Other

Craft

Basketry
Textiles
Other

General Technique

Constructing
Other

Specific Technique

Waffle weaving

Properties & Qualities

Application

Art Sculpture Other

Qualities

3D Flexible Textured / tactile Other

Colour

Earth-colour Green White Other

Sample Information

Date of Creation

2022

Dimensions

40 cm x 60 cm

Process & Production

5 shaft waffle weave with willow bark added as weft. Handwoven.

Credits

Craft Maker

Susan Redman

Photographer

Susan Redman and Shannon Tofts