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Celtic Knot Baskets - Hepple Self Help Group
Chairman's Report Northumbria Basketry Group 10th Anniversary Celebration Exhibitions
Introduction to Round Baskets - Etal
Making a Willow Lobster Pot, November 2010
Making a Willow Sphere - March 2015
Supporting the RNLI 26th October 2010
Supporting Washington Wetlands Centre - Press Release
The Whittondean Willow Plot Story
Visit to Sweden September 2010
Visit to Sweden September 2011
Weekend Basket Course 25/26 September 2010
Willow Nativity, St Cuthberts, Bedlington - Christmas 2010
Siobhan Sheehy, Charlotte Boxall, Anna Turnbull, Sheila Walton, Jacqueline Hepburn and Alan Winlow attended this workshop at Loch Na Fooey in beautiful Connemara in March 2013. It was unusually cold for Western Ireland and the waterfalls were frozen on the mountain sides when we arrived. The facilities were excellent with accommodation in two self-catering cottages adjacent to the simple workshop. We were glad to find that the latter was heated by a peat burning stove!
We had provided Joe with a list of items that we wanted to make during our stay and he had all of the willow prepared ready. Popular items were curly weave baskets, creels, scibs, bog wood baskets etc.
Joe Hogan is a kind and generous man and has a great depth of knowledge relating to making baskets and basketmaking in Ireland. He is an excellent teacher. We enjoyed an outstanding lunch each day at his home a short walk along the loch side. This workshop was a truly worthwhile experience. For further information see: http://www.joehoganbaskets.com/
Images by Sheila Walton, Ruth Thompson and Alan Winlow