Commissions

Alongside coffin making I enjoy designing and making baskets and other willow creations.

I also attend different markets and events throughout the year which will be advertised on my social media profiles.

Some examples of my baskets and recent commissions are shown in the galleries below, comprising of:

  • Shopping trolleys on wheels (with our without a lid)
  • Shopping baskets / baskets with over handles (Round, square or oval)
  • Square hamper (with our without a lid)
  • Kindling and Log baskets (Round, square or oval)
  • Laundry baskets (Round, square or oval)
  • Catalan handbags / foraging baskets with a leather strap
  • Berry picking baskets
  • Fishing creel style baskets with a leather strap
  • Willow backpacks
  • Moses baskets
  • Lampshades
  • Garden decorations (such as dragonflies, butterflies and flowers)
  • Bird feeders
  • Festive creations, such as stars, woven Christmas trees and reindeer
Buff shopping trolley
Square trolley
Oval Catalan with voids
Black maul basket sat on a log in a garden.
English rand and reclaimed fishing rope oval basket
Large striped oval Catalan basket
Catalan handbag sat on the grass next to yellow daffodils.
Catalan handbag
Square baskets
Square kindling basket
Square basket with wrapped handle
Square tool basket filled with hammer, nails and other tools on a work bench
Square tool basket
Square Hamper basket with lid
Hamper with lid
Hand holding a willow handled square basket in front of red brick wall
Square basket
Oval shopping basket
Moses basket
Buff Moses basket with brown leather handles on a carpeted floor in front of a fire place.
Buff Moses basket with leather handles
Red, brown and white Fishing creel with lid open on a log
Fishing creel
Colourful fishing creel basket in front of green ferns
Fishing creel
Backpack sat on fence post next to the willow bed
D-shape Foraging Backpack
Buff shopping trolley
Square trolley
Oval Catalan with voids
Black maul basket sat on a log in a garden.
English rand and reclaimed fishing rope oval basket
Large striped oval Catalan basket
Catalan handbag sat on the grass next to yellow daffodils.
Catalan handbag
Square baskets
Square kindling basket
Square basket with wrapped handle
Square tool basket filled with hammer, nails and other tools on a work bench
Square tool basket
Square Hamper basket with lid
Hamper with lid
Hand holding a willow handled square basket in front of red brick wall
Square basket
Oval shopping basket
Moses basket
Buff Moses basket with brown leather handles on a carpeted floor in front of a fire place.
Buff Moses basket with leather handles
Red, brown and white Fishing creel with lid open on a log
Fishing creel
Colourful fishing creel basket in front of green ferns
Fishing creel
Backpack sat on fence post next to the willow bed
D-shape Foraging Backpack
Black maul basket sat on a log in a garden.
Catalan handbag sat on the grass next to yellow daffodils.
Square tool basket filled with hammer, nails and other tools on a work bench
Square Hamper basket with lid
Hand holding a willow handled square basket in front of red brick wall
Buff Moses basket with brown leather handles on a carpeted floor in front of a fire place.
Red, brown and white Fishing creel with lid open on a log
Colourful fishing creel basket in front of green ferns
Backpack sat on fence post next to the willow bed
Three berry baskets sat on a wooden shelf against white wall.
Berry baskets
Round shopping willow basket in buff noir with red apples gathered inside on an autumn lawn with colourful leaves.
Round Shopping / Gathering basket
‘Half Bushel’ Log baskets and backpack
Buff log baskets
Random weave hen basket
Rope coil basket with handle
Large rope coil fruit bowl
Dragonfly
Westhope final exhibition
Hand holding buff, buff noir and white willow lampshade against stone wall.
Buff noir lampshade
Light shining through a brown willow lampshade, showing off the zig-zag weave and French rand detail.
Brown willow lampshade
Brown Willow stars spread out on a concrete floor
Willow stars
Round and tapered fat ball bird feeders displayed showing spiral patterns down them
Bird feeders
Christmas decorations
Three berry baskets sat on a wooden shelf against white wall.
Berry baskets
Round shopping willow basket in buff noir with red apples gathered inside on an autumn lawn with colourful leaves.
Round Shopping / Gathering basket
‘Half Bushel’ Log baskets and backpack
Buff log baskets
Random weave hen basket
Rope coil basket with handle
Large rope coil fruit bowl
Dragonfly
Westhope final exhibition
Hand holding buff, buff noir and white willow lampshade against stone wall.
Buff noir lampshade
Light shining through a brown willow lampshade, showing off the zig-zag weave and French rand detail.
Brown willow lampshade
Brown Willow stars spread out on a concrete floor
Willow stars
Round and tapered fat ball bird feeders displayed showing spiral patterns down them
Bird feeders
Christmas decorations
Three berry baskets sat on a wooden shelf against white wall.
Round shopping willow basket in buff noir with red apples gathered inside on an autumn lawn with colourful leaves.
Hand holding buff, buff noir and white willow lampshade against stone wall.
Light shining through a brown willow lampshade, showing off the zig-zag weave and French rand detail.
Brown Willow stars spread out on a concrete floor
Round and tapered fat ball bird feeders displayed showing spiral patterns down them

If you have an idea for a basket or another woven item, please get in touch and we can discuss making it happen.

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