Celebrate Cedar - Three Days | 9th-11th May 2024
3 Day Course
Time: 10 am - 4.30 pm daily
Venue: Woodland venue in Hampshire to be confirmed.
This is a very special and unique course giving you a full experience of working with the generous delights of red cedar. Spend 3 days in the forest, submerging yourself in the whole process of harvesting tree bark, roots and creating woven utensils.
Guided by Nick and Mollie McMillen you will be harvesting the bark from the tree and source cedar roots with digging sticks and then stripping the bark off the roots and splitting for later use. Once we have harvested and processed the bark and roots we will make a simple canoe bailer using folding techniques
The second day we will prepare the bark by cutting it into strips and then move onto the weaving. Choice of basket design will either be a traditional Native American square based design with a bias weave and a folded woven border technique or a round bottomed vessel with a split spoke giving an odd number of weavers so that you could use a single weaver to rand around.
Also covered will be the essential skill of cordage making, using the fibres of the bark to make rope and string.
Please see below for further information on this course and where to stay.
Frequently Asked Questions
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All courses are situated in the glorious Hampshire countryside. Once you’ve booked your workshop, you’ll receive an email before the workshop confirming the venue.
The workshop locations in Hampshire are:
Mollie’s Studio, Hurst Barns, Hurst Lane, Hampshire GU34 3PL
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from Mollie’s garden at Kingswood, King Lane, Hampshire, GU32 1DS.
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Where to stay
Depending on budget and requirements these are some local places there are also There are also a host of air BnB places to stay in and around Froxfield
Premier Inn Petersfieldhttps://www.premierinn.com/gb/en/hotels/england/hampshire/petersfield/
The Angel Hotel
https://www.angel-hotel.co.uk/
Camping at the Cedar Valley
Glamping at the Meon Springs
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This course is suitable for complete beginners or those with basketry experience.
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Please wear old clothes.
Please bring a packed lunch. Delicious cakes and biscuits together with hot and cold drinks will be available throughout the day .
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Minimum of 4 students per course, should there be insufficient numbers the course will be cancelled 3 weeks in advance & students notified via email.
Important* Once you’ve booked your workshop, you’ll receive an email before the workshop confirming the venue.
Please read our full Workshop Booking information HERE. Do take the time to read it thoroughly and carefully before any booking is made.
