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1. Best Basket 2017

   2017-06-19 21:44:00 UTC
   I’m over the moon that my Highland Hairmoss Basket has been awarded third prize in the Best Basket 2017 competition held by the Worshipful Company of Basketmakers. What a huge and unexpected honour The basket is made of hairmoss (Polytrichum commune), picked in Toscaig on the Applecross peninsula where I…

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2. Inspired By…

   2017-05-16 08:13:00 UTC
   A year ago my “Variations on a Flamingo” coiled baskets, inspired by a David Bailey photo in the V&A collection, were selected for the “Inspired By” exhibition in Morley Gallery. It was a privilege to be part of such a varied and interesting exhibition.  The exhibition guide is still online,…

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3. Tulips in Toscaig

   2017-04-24 17:47:00 UTC
   Our neighbours on Applecross Croft grew these glorious, very elegant tulips and photographed them in my candy cane basket! Today it is snowing outside, but the tulips are safe inside, in a vase in our kitchen… A basket of Applecross Croft tulips! © Valerie Hodgkinson Tulips from Applecross Croft ©…

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