Get in the festive spirit with this special edition willow weaving workshop! In this 3 hour workshop you will be shown how to make three different willow Christmas decorations, all suitable for hanging on a Christmas tree or around your home.
These decoration will be made from buff willow rods, that is willow that has had the bark stripped off the rod leaving the willow a straw like colour. This is a lovely natural material and the workshop will show you how extremely versatile this sustainable material is!
You will make three different decorations designs each using different willow weaving techniques.
- A simple 5 pointed star, which enables you to practice bending the willow to create the star shape.
- A Swedish star which involves a wearing technique of threading willow rods over and under each other to create a large attractive star.
- A woven spiral that involves the twisting and folding over of willow rods to form an attractive spiral shape.
At the end of the workshop you will have a selection of hand made Christmas decorations to take home.
All material and tools provided.
This workshop will be lead by Cat Stevens
Cat studied sculpture at Edinburgh Art College. She is a professional gardener, art psychotherapist, potter and stained glass maker.
