http://willowbasketmaker.com Dunbar Gardens featuring willow baskets by Katherine Lewis Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:29:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://willowbasketmaker.com/2012/01/04/january-2012-newsletter/#comment-474 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:29:06 +0000 http://willowbasketmaker.com/?p=1069#comment-474 Hi Anna-Maria, we use willow that we grow, because we have a farm this is the easiest for us. There are wild willows in our area I am sure, but I have not gone out looking for them, the farm land and rows we have planted are right out the back door, and so are much easier. I also enjoy working with willow bark, altho I am much newer to it than you are. I am looking forward to spring when I can harvest some more bark, I am still learning how to process and store it, there is always more to learn, one of the things I like so much about willow!
I’ve not done much with recycled materials, there are so many weavable plant materials here that it’s hard to imagine wanting a new source of materials, but I have found myself saving strange things thinking of possible projects, so who knows what the future holds!
Katherine

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