Group
Twined Bean Pod – one day – pre-book group
This one-day workshop, will offer an opportunity to learn the how to weave a twined bean. Working with fine materials, Mary will teach her technique
Booking
Booking - Direct with Mary - Groups
Group
A Taste of Coiling – one day – pre-book group
This one-day workshop, will offer an opportunity to learn the basketry/textile technique of coiling. Primarily a stitching technique, a core is wrapped and connected using
Group
A Taste of Twining – one day – pre-book group
This one-day workshop, will offer an opportunity to learn the basketry/textile technique of twining. Twining involves the weaving of two threads using the fingertips, whilst the
Talks
Significant Figures
Mary shares the designing and making of her new work Significant Figures. The work relates to her Grandmother’s boyfriend, Cecil, killed in France in 1916.
Talks
Intertwined – Textile Basketry
Mary makes connections between basketry and textiles. Where does one begin and the other end? “Thank you so much for your talk and stories.”
Talks
My Journey Into Basketry
The listener is taken on a journey from the beginnings of Mary’s basketmaking using willow, working in a traditional way through to more recent contemporary
Booking - Outside Organisations
Workshops
Sculptural Textile Basketry – inspired by plant structures
Thursday 6 -Sunday 9 July 2023 Sculptural textile basketry will focus on the techniques of weaving, twining and wrapping, with a theme of making structures.
Workshops
Online course – Textile basketry – exploring twining
Explore the basketry technique of twining through a series of workshops focusing on using softer, textile materials such as paper twine and tapestry wool. Starting
Workshops
Coiled basketry, using rope and string
Wednesday 7 June 2023 Learn the basics of coiled basketry, working with rope or string. Stitch and wrap with a range of colourful threads and
Booking - Direct with Mary - One to one online.
One To One
1:1 Online Mentoring
Pre book a one hour 1:1 online mentoring session with Mary 1:1 mentoring sessions are available for pre-booking for past and present students only. They are
Student Testimonials
And what a great two days – Mary is such a lovely person and a great teacher. I’ve come back really feeling that I have mastered the basic techniques of twining and am looking forward to experimenting with various materials.
I really enjoyed it and now will probably spend way too much time twining Mary is such an inspiration, and teacher and so easy to understand, she was great, I loved her.
Thank you so much for a fabulous two day twining course. I learnt so much – not just the course content on twining but you are an ace and model teacher.