1:1 Online Mentoring

Pre book an hour 1:1 online mentoring session with Mary 1:1 mentoring sessions are available for pre-booking. They are not intended for the teaching of new techniques, but rather the development of creative ideas within a supportive and encouraging setting.  Do you have some questions? Have you got stuck? Would you like to talk through […]

Sculptural Textile Basketry – freeform wrapping and coiling

Thursday 21 & Friday 22 August 2025 West Dean London, Dilke House, 1 Malet Street, London, WC1E 7JN. Sculptural basketry will focus on the techniques of coiling and wrapping, with a theme of ‘making lines’ whilst creating linkages, enabling movement and modules. Sculptural basketry will focus on using a range of materials to make lines. […]

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. A very personal body of work bringing together Mary’s interest in mathematics and making, and the story of Cecil and Elsie. Read more >> “I’m so glad I was able […]

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.”

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 work.