This time of year when the leaves are blown from the trees I can’t help myself from harvesting interesting twigs and vines from the hedgerows. I love the colours and textures of bark and found in my store bark from eucalyptus and pine which I had previously harvested. A few days soaking in my trough…
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Arts week – Burnham on Sea
I worked with year 6 pupils on the first day of their arts week to create a willow person in a small courtyard at the centre of their school. We were lucky that it was a very warm day for the time of year, the children were great and I found the noisy seagulls a…
Willow Great Crested Newt – Basingstoke
It was a glorious day working in a conservation meadow with children and their parents. The Making (Basingstoke) organised these free workshops at The Vyne (Basingstoke) and I was one of two artists working on the estate that day. As the day progressed so did the willow newt!
Willow People – Wiltshire
Lots of willow, three days of glorious sunshine and year 6 pupils resulted in three exciting figures complete with scooter.   Â
Willow animals – Bristol
A great week of weaving ‘deer on the lawn’ at Downs School. I worked with years 4, 5, 6 and 7 over two and a half days, we wove our own frames for the animals and the pupils were responsible for thinking about proportion and shape whilst concentrating on weaving for strength.  Â
Willow dragonflies – Shepton Mallet
A rainy day so ideal for a half term willow workshop – childen joined me at Kilver Court today making superb dragonflies to take home for their gardens.
Smallest school – Somerset
A delightful tiny Somerset school with only 20 pupils who wanted to make dragonflies in the sun.
Festival decorations – Priddy
Two days working in a Priddy’s tiny school to make decorations for the marquees at Priddy Folk Festival next week.  Previously I have worked at the festival making willow fish but these two days involved all the pupils making willow flowers as well as colourful tissue paper and willow flowers.
Sweet pea support group – Shepton Mallet
Willow structures, garden focal point and support for sweet peas.
Shepton in Bloom
I have made a solid woven 3.5 meter ‘willow flower tower’ as part of Shepton in Bloom 2010. The tower, surprisingly heavy and only just fitting on my car roof rack, provides a focal point to the bottom of Town Street as well as a sense of fun and a reminder to Somerset’s willow growing tradition. Â