2021 - our ninth year of Weaving by the Sea and sixth year at the at the excellent Cesar Hotel in Vilanova I La Geltru, Catalonia, Spain. Six courses over seven days and a special day out to Mas de Barberans.
1st Courses 24th, 25th, 26th September 2021
- Square bags and baskets with Mai Hvid Joergensen
- Willow Backpacks with Mònica Guilera
- Ply Splitting - bags, baskets and wall pieces with Tim Johnson
Monday 27th September 2021
Day trip to Mas de Barberans and 'LOOKOUT'
Day trip to Mas de Barberans and 'LOOKOUT'
An exhibition exploring European basketmaking today
2nd Courses 28th, 29th, 30th September 2021
- Handbags and baskets with Zigzag weave and 'donkey windows'
with Mai Hvid Joergensen
- 'Cofe' basket in the Mediterranean 'Nansa' Fishtrap Technique
with Mònica Guilera
- 'Camel Looping' from North Africa - baskets and mats
with Tim Johnson
Week 1: Square bags and baskets with Mai Hvid Joergensen
Week 1: Willow Backpacks with Mònica Guilera
Day trip to the Museu de la Pauma, Mas de Barberans, Miravet and 'LOOKOUT'
Curated by Tim Johnson & Mònica Guilera
Week 2: Handbags and baskets with Zigzag weave and 'donkey windows'
with Mai Hvid Joergensen
Week 2: 'Cofe' basket in the Mediterranean 'Nansa' Fishtrap Technique with Mònica Guilera
'Camel Looping' from North Africa - baskets and mats with Tim Johnson
Friday 24th - Sunday 26th September 2021
with Mai Hvid Joergensen
Friday 24th - Sunday 26th September 2021
Create
your own willow bags and baskets using 'squarework' techniques.
Beginning with a rectangular 'Catalan' base or French style base with
scalloms, you will then go onto weave a willow siding and have the
opportunity to combine other soft materials for colour and texture. Fit
leather handles and straps in a variety of colours to complete your
design ideal for shopping, papers and magazines or even a laptop.
Willow Backpacks
with Mònica Guilera
Friday 24th - Sunday 26th September 2021
Ideal for picnics, shopping at the grocery store or a day on the beach these attractive and light weight backpacks feature a traditional Catalan base combined with split willow skein sidings and a bundle border borrowed from traditional fishing baskets. You will design your own colour combinations of leather straps and border stitching to create your own individual and sustainable statement.
If time allows some participants may go on to make round baskets with split Canya (Arundo donax) siding and a bundle border - the perfect accompaniment for your backpack for bread and fruit.
Ply Splitting - bags, baskets and wall pieces
with Tim Johnson
Friday 24th - Sunday 26th September 2021
When ropes, strings and cords made up of two or more elements are divided and another element passed through, a very simple and useful weaving structure is made. When this process is repeated with many ropes or strings a whole world of textile creativity opens up. This family of techniques went unnoticed by textile artists in the west until the 1980s when it was researched and popularised by the master weaver Peter Collingwood.
In this workshop you will work on a variety of projects with both hand made rush cordage and coloured cotton cordage exploring ply-split braiding and ply-split darning to create bags, baskets and wall pieces with a variety of colour and texture combinations.
Monday 27th September 2021
Day trip to Mas de Barberans and 'LOOKOUT'
An exhibition exploring European basketmaking today
Curated by Mònica Guilera and Tim Johnson
Workshop Details - 2nd Week
Tuesday - Thursday, 28th - 30th September 2021
Handbags and baskets with Zigzag weave and 'donkey windows'
with Mai Hvid Joergensen
Tuesday - Thursday, 28th - 30th September 2021
Create your own willow handbags and baskets with a light and open feel and decorative patterns, starting with a choice of round or oval bases you will then work the siding in an open weave structure.
Basketmaking beginners will work with the beautiful zigzag weave while those with some experience have the opportunity to work with either the zigzag weave or with the affectionately known 'donkey windows' weave based on the open section of traditional Irish donkey panniers.
You will create handbags and baskets in the size and proportion that you choose combined with a variety of traditional and decorative borders and handles and leather strap options to complete your personalised baskets.
'Cofe' basket in the Mediterranean 'Nansa' Fishtrap Technique
with Mònica Guilera
Tuesday - Thursday, 28th - 30th September 2021
The Mediterranean is home to a beautiful and distinctive technique of weaving used by fishermen to make a variety of fishing baskets and traps. In Catalonia ‘Nansa’ fish traps 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 learn to make a ‘cofe’ , a round basket that was used to place the fishing lines and hooks in preparation for line fishing. This basket will give you a good grounding in this very special technique based on triangles combining willow with a variety of colourful threads.
'Camel Looping' from North Africa - baskets and mats
with Tim Johnson
Tuesday - Thursday, 28th - 30th September 2021
Looping structures may be found all over the world used to make a great variety of bags, baskets, traps and even camel muzzles! Using
Tim's large collection of flexible structures, bags and baskets as
reference you will gain an overview of their variety and explore a
framework to understand their structures and properties.
In this workshop you will learn a special two element looping structure from North Africa used for camel equipment to make your own handbags, baskets and mats. During the course you will use a variety of soft plant materials including water hyacinth, split rush, cyperus sedge and esparto grass, additional passive elements may also be used for greater rigidity.
Curated by Mònica Guilera and Tim Johnson
Workshop Details - 2nd Week
Tuesday - Thursday, 28th - 30th September 2021
with Mai Hvid Joergensen
Tuesday - Thursday, 28th - 30th September 2021
Create your own willow handbags and baskets with a light and open feel and decorative patterns, starting with a choice of round or oval bases you will then work the siding in an open weave structure.
Basketmaking beginners will work with the beautiful zigzag weave while those with some experience have the opportunity to work with either the zigzag weave or with the affectionately known 'donkey windows' weave based on the open section of traditional Irish donkey panniers.
You will create handbags and baskets in the size and proportion that you choose combined with a variety of traditional and decorative borders and handles and leather strap options to complete your personalised baskets.
'Cofe' basket in the Mediterranean 'Nansa' Fishtrap Technique
with Mònica Guilera
Tuesday - Thursday, 28th - 30th September 2021
The Mediterranean is home to a beautiful and distinctive technique of weaving used by fishermen to make a variety of fishing baskets and traps. In Catalonia ‘Nansa’ fish traps 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 learn to make a ‘cofe’ , a round basket that was used to place the fishing lines and hooks in preparation for line fishing. This basket will give you a good grounding in this very special technique based on triangles combining willow with a variety of colourful threads.
'Camel Looping' from North Africa - baskets and mats
with Tim Johnson
Tuesday - Thursday, 28th - 30th September 2021
In this workshop you will learn a special two element looping structure from North Africa used for camel equipment to make your own handbags, baskets and mats. During the course you will use a variety of soft plant materials including water hyacinth, split rush, cyperus sedge and esparto grass, additional passive elements may also be used for greater rigidity.
