by Hannah Van Aelst | Jan 4, 2023 | Willow
How to start growing willow for basket making. A question I get asked a lot is how do I get started growing willow? How much area do I need to plant? What varieties would you recommend? Let’s dive into all of that here. But firstly I want to say I do not have...
by Hannah Van Aelst | May 12, 2022 | Life as a basket maker, Uncategorized
What do I do in winter? Working with willow is very season dependent. Winter starts with the harvest. After that the long process of grading willow, sorting by size, starts. This winter I also planted some longer stemmed willow for pollarding, and I got the...
by Hannah Van Aelst | May 12, 2022 | living willow
How to make a living willow structure? Watch as I take you through my process step by...
by Hannah Van Aelst | May 12, 2022 | Uncategorized, Willow
I often get asked about why we leave some of our willow on higher stems (pollarding). In this video I dive a little deeper into that question....
by Hannah Van Aelst | May 12, 2022 | Life as a basket maker, Uncategorized
Moving into my new studio has been such a joy! The space is beyond amazing and it is fun to see how the physical space has started to influence my work, in a good way… Watch the video...
