1st Courses 27th, 28th, 29th September 2019
- Nansa Beach Baskets & Handbags with Mònica Guilera
- Loop, split & hitch - soft material techniques inspired by tradition
with Tim Johnson
- Openwork Oval Baskets with Mai Hvid Joergensen
Monday 30th September 2019
The Catalan Tradition with Paco Trepat Special Event - Vilanova i La Geltru
The Catalan Tradition with Paco Trepat Special Event - Vilanova i La Geltru
2nd Courses 1st, 2nd & 3rd October 2019
- Keep basket in Mediterranean Nansa Fishtrap Technique with Mònica Guilera
- Contemporary Netting and Knotting with Tim Johnson
- Catalan with a Twist with Mai Hvid Joergensen
Above: Openwork Oval Baskets with Mai Hvid Joergensen
Above: Keep basket in Mediterranean Nansa Fishtrap Technique with Mònica Guilera
Workshop Details - 1st week
Friday 27th - Sunday 29th September 2019
Nansa Beach Baskets & Handbags
with Mònica Guilera
Friday 27th - Sunday 29th September 2019
Learn to make beautiful, lightweight and strong beach baskets and handbags in this workshop with Mònica Guilera, combining
the traditional Catalan base with the special 'Nansa' fishtrap
technique, bundle border and leather handles. Working with willow this
workshop will provide you with a good grounding in this very
special technique and a useful basket to treasure for years to come.
Loop, split & hitch - soft material techniques inspired by tradition
with Tim Johnson
Friday 27th - Sunday 29th September 2019
Inspired by traditional baskets and woven objects from Africa and the Mediterranean this new workshop gives you the opportunity to learn a variety of uncommon soft material techniques including ply-split darning, 'Camel looping' from the Sahara and an unusual knotted basket structure from Turkey.
You will learn different string making techniques and combine a variety of rushes, grasses and sedges with colourful strings and cordage to create bags, baskets and wall pieces of your own design.
Openwork Oval Baskets
with Mai Hvid Joergensen
Friday 27th - Sunday 29th September 2019
Openwork willow baskets provide the perfect combination of strength and lightness ideal for shopping baskets and other utility baskets around the home. Combining a thick willow hoop at their base with scalloms and a fitched base and siding, your baskets may be finished off with a variety of traditional borders and handle styles. Mai will teach oval baskets with a handle with the additional option of round and oval trays with various borders as time allows.
Monday 30th September
The Catalan Tradition with Paco Trepat
Special Event - Vilanova i La Geltru
with Tim Johnson
Friday 27th - Sunday 29th September 2019
Inspired by traditional baskets and woven objects from Africa and the Mediterranean this new workshop gives you the opportunity to learn a variety of uncommon soft material techniques including ply-split darning, 'Camel looping' from the Sahara and an unusual knotted basket structure from Turkey.
You will learn different string making techniques and combine a variety of rushes, grasses and sedges with colourful strings and cordage to create bags, baskets and wall pieces of your own design.
Openwork Oval Baskets with Mai Hvid Joergensen
Friday 27th - Sunday 29th September 2019
Openwork willow baskets provide the perfect combination of strength and lightness ideal for shopping baskets and other utility baskets around the home. Combining a thick willow hoop at their base with scalloms and a fitched base and siding, your baskets may be finished off with a variety of traditional borders and handle styles. Mai will teach oval baskets with a handle with the additional option of round and oval trays with various borders as time allows.
Monday 30th September
The Catalan Tradition with Paco Trepat
Special Event - Vilanova i La Geltru
Monday will be a day off from our teaching but we are arranging a special demonstration of traditional Catalan basketmaking by master basketmaker Paco Trepat. With a lifetime working in the tradition Paco is a basketmaker in command of his craft and he is renowned for the range of his traditional repertoire and the scale and quality of his baskets. Not to be missed!
Workshop Details - 2nd Week
Tuesday 1st - Thursday 3rd October 2019
'Keep' basket in Mediterranean 'Nansa' Fishtrap Technique
with Mònica Guilera
Tuesday 1st - Thursday 3rd October 2019
The Mediterranean is home to a beautiful and distinctive technique of weaving used by fishermen to make fishing baskets, traps and keeps. In Catalonia ‘Nansa’ fishtraps were made in a variety of shapes and sizes depending on the kind of fish they wanted to catch, the traps were usually made in the winter with a very tough kind of rush (Juncus acutus) as well as split cane (Arundo donax) and olive stems.
In this workshop you will work with willow to make rounded baskets that elegantly contain space based on traditional 'keeps'. These were made in a variety of shapes and sizes with lids and were kept underwater to keep the catch alive until sufficient were caught to take them to market.
Contemporary Netting and Knotting with Tim Johnson
Tuesday 1st - Thursday 3rd October 2019
One of our most ancient technologies - knotted netting has been used for thousands of years to make a wide variety of traps, bags and clothing. This workshop will provide you with the opportunity to learn the basic netting techniques to make open flexible structures - and then explore their creative potential for a wide variety of contemporary baskets, body adornments, textiles and sculptural projects.
The emphasis of this course will be on experimentation and exploring the properties of combining knotting techniques with diverse materials to create your own innovative work.
Catalan with a Twist with Mai Hvid Joergensen
Tuesday 1st - Thursday 3rd October 2019
'Catalan
with a Twist' takes the special design features of the traditional
Catalan willow base and combines it with a variety of special weaving
structures and diverse materials to create unique baskets of your own
design with a variety of borders, handles and straps. Special
Mediterranean materials like olive stems, palm inflorescence and rush may be combined
with colourful willows to create texture and pattern.
