Fantastic tips for Raffia Basket Making
Explore tips on setting up, working with raffia, and storing it to make the most of your projects with Annie Clarke
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Ruth Woods
- Jun 6
- 4 min
A Basket Weaver’s Tale: Benita’s Experience with Baskets from the Garden
Benita's journey our Baskets from the Garden course turning plants into art. Get inspired by her story and explore your own creativity!
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Ruth Woods
- May 7
- 5 min
From garden to basket: using New Zealand Flax for weaving
Explore the beauty and versatility of New Zealand Flax in basket making.
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Ruth Woods
- Mar 25
- 3 min
Using Vines and Creeper for Basket Weaving
There is something magical about vines. They defy gravity, winding and twisting creating environmental sculptures, sometimes in the most...
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Ruth Woods
- Mar 11
- 5 min
Fast Fibre - weave without waiting!
I want to weave now! Hands up if you’ve experienced wanting to weave and realising you haven’t the right plant fibre or you have to dry...
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Ruth Woods
- Feb 21
- 5 min
How to Prepare Plant Fibre for Weaving
It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of...
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Ruth Woods
- Jan 16
- 3 min
Finding Materials to Create Recycled Fabric Baskets
To create gorgeous functional and decorative baskets you need to find some materials to create them with. This isn’t that difficult but I...
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Ruth Woods
- Apr 25, 2022
- 3 min
How much raffia do I need to make a basket?
When I'm teaching, I'm often asked how much raffia is needed to make a basket. It's a good question, because, I assure you, once you...
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Ruth Woods
- May 25, 2021
- 4 min
Meet the Makers We Love!
Meet Louise Freckelton Louise lives on a small-scale alternative farm and conservation area named Highfield Farm and Woodland. It's a...
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Ruth Woods
- Feb 16, 2021
- 2 min
Meet the Makers: Lisa McClure
I’m new at making baskets but I'm just loving the creative outlet. I enjoy the natural colour palette that creating them brings.
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Ruth Woods
- Jan 2, 2021
- 2 min
Where to find recycled materials for basket making
Crafting doesn't need to be a trip to the store for lots of new packaged items. That's the beauty of this craft - you can use mostly...
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Ruth Woods
- Aug 1, 2020
- 2 min
How to make a raffia basket
I often feel a tiny bit of jealousy when someone tells me they've just learned to basket weave. I remember the feeling of discovering...
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Ruth Woods
- Jul 30, 2020
- 3 min
What is raffia? We discuss the material that basket makers love
Raffia is a natural fibre that is perfect for basket weaving; it is strong, holds dye superbly, and is easily malleable. Basketmakers...
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Ruth Woods
- Jun 24, 2020
- 4 min
Meet the basket makers we love
The latest edition of Meet the Makers talks to two talented basket weavers who learnt their craft later in life. Both make stunning baskets
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Ruth Woods
- May 4, 2020
- 6 min
Some craft inspiration from the makers we love!
Connective stories across our Craft School Oz community. Seeing what inspires others, what gets them making baskets, is what inspires me!
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