Tutor: Jane Welsh
On this two day course (Sat 26 & Sun 27) you will be using Somerset rush to make your own unique and beautiful hat and possibly another smaller project.
You can choose between making a flat topped or round topped unique summer hat from rush, which is a soft and aromatic material that is a pleasure to work with.
You will need to provide your head measurement and choose between a round or flat top prior to the course. Please email these details to sharon@theploughartscentre.org.uk
Suitable for all levels.
All equipment provided.
Tea & Coffee available throughout the day for a small donation.
10am-4pm
If a workshop you'd like to do is fully booked ring Box Office (01805 624624) to be added to the waiting list, you might be lucky! This also helps us ascertain the demand for particular workshops when programming.
Please note limited access and no wheelchair access to St Anne's.
About Jane
I have been basket making for 24 years and have been working professionally and running courses for the last 14 years. I feel ardently about protecting the knowledge of our traditional rural crafts that are so much a part of our heritage. I like to get people enthused to work with willow and rush, these versatile, sustainable materials.
My background is in arts and crafts. Having studied art, design and furniture making, worked in traditional timber framing and dabbled in stone masonry and stained glass, I then became hooked on basket making, mainly learning from the much respected Gloucestershire basket maker Sheila Wynter.
In 2022 I won 3rd prize in the Basketry of the Year Award.