• home
  • directory
  • jenny pearce basketmaker and textile design
  • Jenny Pearce Basketmaker and Textile Design

    Jenny Pearce Basketmaker and Textile Design logo

    HR8
    HR8 2TG
    HR8 2TG

    01531 670574

    Profile:

    Basketmaking based on a variety of Celtic and English regional designs. The material we work with is mostly unstripped willow with its variety of textures and colours. On a weekend course you can expect to make at least one basket, possibly with a handle. Nobody is allowed to leave without a basket! The course is suitable for both beginners and those with some experience. Originally from Dublin and now living in rural Herefordshire I have been a basketmaker since the early 1990’s, learning my craft mostly in the West of Ireland, but also from expert basketmakers in England and France. I started out in Textiles, spending a year at the London College of Furniture on a Constructed Textiles course. It was this course that gave me a passion for making and eventually led me in the direction of willow weaving. Texture is very important in my work. I am inspired by rugged nature, rocks and trees, but also by the way nature renders even ugly things beautiful. I prefer to work with ‘unstripped’ willow with its variety of texture and colour and grow a lot of my own willow. Texture is equally important in my textiles, which are mostly inspired by the landscapes of the West of Ireland and the Isles of Scilly

    Listed under:

    Basketmaking - products & services , Felt making - products & services , Basketmaking - courses

    There’s a crash coming – a slap from Mother Nature. This isn’t pessimistic; it’s realistic.

    The human impact on nature and on each other is accelerating and needs systemic change to reverse.

    We’re not advocating poverty, or a hair-shirt existence. We advocate changes that will mean better lives for almost everyone.

    Sign up to our newsletter

    Facebook icon Twitter icon Youtube icon

    All rights reserved © lowimpact 2023