Basket Weaving Course
with Heike Kahle

  • Arrow Fridays 14th to 28th March
  • Arrow Learning Centre
  • Arrow 9:30am -1:30pm
  • Arrow €60
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Join us for a 3 week Basket Weaving Course with expert weaver Heike Kahle. Heike will introduce participants to the art of basket making in Ireland and around the world, and to the different weaving patterns, tools and materials used and how to grow and prepare willow.

Over the course of 3 workshops, participants will be expertly guided in making their own basket, from the base of the basket, to staking up the sides and weaving the first rounds. You will have the opportunity to explore different weaving techniques for the side of the basket using different varieties of willow. Finishing with the construction of the rim of the basket and adding a handle.

Participants will complete the course with a beautiful basket to take home.

About Heike Kahle:

Heike has been making baskets since her arrival in Ireland in 1993. She works mostly with willow, a native, strong, sustainable and long lasting material, that she grows organically on her smallholding. Heike started her own business, Baurnafea WillowWorks, in 1996 selling handcrafted baskets, garden structures, lampshades and sculptural pieces. She works part-time as a basketmaking tutor for Kilkenny/Carlow ETB and runs weekly therapeutic basketry workshops for adult with intellectual disabilities.

This course is funded by the Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board and is subsidised for participants.

Community Education, Kilkenny and Carlow ETB.

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