Ruth Woods May 25 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...
Ruth Woods May 4 3 min Celebrating all crafty Mothers this Mother's Day My mother was a brilliant seamstress. I remember the whirring sound of her sewing room. She would sit behind her industrial sewing...
Ruth Woods Apr 29 4 min Exhibition Alert: Nicole Robins, Sydney basketry and fibre artist Nicole Robins is a prolific fiber and basketry artist with a wonderfully unique, contemporary style. Her latest exhibition When Nayure Moves
Ruth Woods Mar 10 3 min Meet the Makers: Lee Atkinson I’ve always enjoyed working with fibres, and love the tactile nature of the basketry, and the organic shapes and forms of baskets.
Ruth Woods Feb 16 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.
Ruth Woods Jan 27 2 min Creative Mending - renew your wardrobe with these fun mending techniques! Creative Mending adds a fun twist to traditional mending techniques. It allows you to use a garment’s flaws – a tear, a rip, or a lost...
Ruth Woods Jan 2 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...
Ruth Woods Dec 10, 2020 3 min Basket Making in Brazil Ellen enrolled in our Baskets from the Garden online workshop last month. She asked me about plants she could use, and I was curious to...
Ruth Woods Nov 12, 2020 2 min My favourite plants to use in basketry Making baskets using plants is all dependant on where you live. The climate will have a huge bearing on what you will find growing...
Ruth Woods Oct 4, 2020 3 min Meet the Makers: Kerrie Bowles Kerrie is a basket maker, hand-dyer and painter amongst other things. She learnt to make baskets with us a few years ago.
