Sunday, November 5, 2017

Willow How To Videos – Vannerie de Villaines & with basket maker Jackie Sweet UK


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgLZjV0HqUk
Vannerie de Villaines -French wicker work Published on 30 Jan 2014 
This wonderful video shows you the Know-how of the basket makers in Villaines les Rochers, in the Touraine Loire Valley, since 1849. Nowadays, this kind of story is unbelievable. The Cooperative de Vannerie learnt how to cross the years and to save an old work which was still is place in 2014.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa50Ag_bv6w
 Expert basket maker Jackie Sweet shares her passion for this craft whilst weaving a small basket with two different colours of willow here at Special Branch Tree Nursery in East Sussex. Jackie speaks of the historical, practical and artistic significance of weaving and tells us that, through her work, she can enjoy being part of an important creative tradition.

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