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  1. Bags, Bottles & Baskets

    2019-06-13 15:50:37 UTC

    The poster… “Sarah Paramor: Bags, Bottles & Baskets” is all set up at Inverness Museum! The museum is always worth a visit. It has lots of treasures (my particular favourites being the Gaelic Bible, the witchstones, and the Bernera Goddess…), and now you can see some of my basketry bags,…

  2. Basketry: Function and Ornament

    2019-05-13 15:33:59 UTC

    Basketry: Function & Ornament  I am thrilled to be included in a wonderful survey of contemporary basketry taking place later this year. What a line-up to be part of!  The description below is on the Ruthin Craft Centre website. Annie MacDonald’s image of my “Dark Tendril Bag” being used to…

  3. Isobel Wylie Hutchison…

    2018-10-18 21:38:44 UTC

    The Isobel Wylie Hutchison Collection at Carlowrie Castle launches on 24 October 2018 “A Bag for Isobel”, a plaited hairmoss bag inspired by a botanist’s vasculum, is part of this Craft Design House collaboration… Images coming soon Meanwhile, this is my artist’s statement on the piece: “A Bag for Isobel”…

  4. Hats, hats, hats

    2018-06-10 20:36:50 UTC

    For some reason, I get to do lots of hat-related things. I have met some fantastic milliners and makers of hats, and I even made a “scythe crown” that ended up being eaten by a goat… In celebration of basketry hats… Edie Obilaso of And They Loved Hats and I…

  5. My dad liked maps…

    2018-01-08 19:07:51 UTC

    When my dad died, I inherited lots of maps. Sadly, I have terrible mapreading skills, so I have been putting them to other use… Baskets, beasties, bottles and boxes… The exploration continues.

  6. Basketmakers’ Dozen

    2017-08-27 18:52:33 UTC

    Our Basketmakers’ Dozen show was held in London’s Craft Central in July 2017. Twelve basketmakers, multiple materials (everything from washing line to hairmoss, via cane, willow and rush), and lots of fun! Thank you to everyone who came, and thank you for all the nice comments. This is a club…

  7. Basketry on the catwalk…

    2017-03-10 09:19:00 UTC

    Noel Stewart, S/S17: rush and willow transformed! Noel Stewart, A/W16: cane as you’ve never seen it before… A little of my basketry went into these extraordinarily beautiful pieces by the hugely talented milliner Noel Stewart. I’m very proud to have made a small contribution to two of his glorious collections!…
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