Mini workshop: Oak swills

Reserve a place on the Oak Swills mini-workshop, hosted by Simon, The Bumbling Basketeer:

• The workshop is at 2:00pm in the Rural Skills demo area, on the foyer upper floor.
• The workshop will take around 2 hours
• The cost of the session is £40 per person, and will be payable to Simon at the event.
• Suitable for ages 16+.

The endangered oak swill is on the red list of endangered crafts published by heritage craft.

You will be making a basket out of oak. Simon will have already prepared the weavers from an oak tree, split and boiled the oak and ‘rived’ it thinner and thinner so it can be woven with on the day.

You will make a small square bias weave basket. Simon will make sure you are happy with the weight of the weavers and you will then go to weaving. If time allows you can try your hand at dressing some unprepared weavers.