Willow Basket Weaving-Introduction to Advanced
2 Days
$195
DATES SCHEDULED
March 11th - 12th, 2023 Makewin Lodge, Alberta Centre For Trapping and Bushcraft, DAPP
2 Day Introduction through to Advanced Willow Basket Weaving Workshop
My name is Candice Cullum. I am a wild crafter and wild harvester based in Kneehill County Alberta. Being a forth generation Alberta farm kid, picking berries, harvesting and making use of what nature provided was a part of our daily life.
https://www.facebook.com/thefullbaskets
I spend the warmer months volunteering as the Red Deer regional coordinator for the Alberta Mycological Society. With a deep passion for wild fungi I carry a lot of baskets.. Which easily lead into my next passion, weaving wild willow!
When the cold weather sets in and I can no longer harvest fungi, the willow beckons me. The lovely variations of colour and texture achieved through wild weaving means no matter how many I make, I can never make two the same!
An art form that is slowly falling away made it difficult to find classes in my region so I began learning online and making tutorials where I saw they were lacking.
The need for more sustainable compostable methods to shop and carry inspired me to begin teaching anyone who was willing.
From a very small Facebook group of 8 local beginners we’ve grown to include folks spanning across the globe.