by Jane Haselden | Apr 20, 2022 | Basketry & Natural Crafts
Today I am finally plucking up the courage to talk to you, about how you can help to support my work with basketry and natural crafts and also have fun learning and making along with me. Have you ever wondered what that red “Become a patron” button is all...
by Jane Haselden | Mar 31, 2022 | Basketry & Natural Crafts
I have wanted to work exclusively with plants from my garden or plants that I can gather locally, for a long while. I made a good amount of progress towards this goal, early last year, but having to move to several temporary homes, whilst waiting to find our proper...
by Jane Haselden | Jan 19, 2022 | Basketry & Natural Crafts
January is flying by and there is no sign of the winter blues here. There is so much to be done and our new home gives me so much inspiration for making! My very first basket of the year, was one that I made just for myself. I found some old baling twine in one of our...
by Jane Haselden | Sep 28, 2021 | A Simple Life
Over the past couple of months, I have been experimenting with some of the plants that I have gathered and dried from my garden. Much as I love working with raffia, exploring and developing ways to use the plants that I grow or that grow naturally around me, has...
by Jane Haselden | May 4, 2021 | Basketry & Natural Crafts
April is coming to a close, but it has been a month of working with daffodils for me. This time last year, I was at the beginning of my journey of working with plants for basketry and dyes. I did collect some daffodil leaves as they faded, but I was keen to make as...