Workshop outcome: Experimental Brush-Making

Craft Hub commissioned the wonderful Rosa Harradine to deliver two workshops to introduce new makers to the craft of brush-making. Participants learned about the different plant fibres and their origins, as well as the hands-on process of making. Each participant managed to make three lovely brushes in different materials.

Material

Fiber

Craft

Tinkering

General Technique

Combining
Constructing
Forming and shaping

Specific Technique

Brush Making

Properties & Qualities

Application

Sample making

Colour

Mixed

Sample Information

Date of creation

2023

Culture & Context

About Rosa:
Rosa Harradine makes brushes and brooms using natural materials and aims to make pieces that are beautiful as well as useful. At the end of their natural lives, the brushes are completely compostable. All waste trimmings from the making process are added to her compost heap.

Rosa works from her garden workshop in Carmarthen and harvests wood for her broom handles from her own small patch of woodland. Her long-term goal is to grow her own fibre for making full-size brooms, as well as plants for making natural dyes. She strives to leave a small impact on the earth and this would be the ultimate in her quest for sustainability.

Rosa was chosen as a TOAST New Maker 2022 by the fashion and homewares brand who selected five makers demonstrating excellence in skill, originality and craftsmanship.

https://www.rosaharradine.com/

Credits

Library Contributor

UWTSD