Textile Basketry – with stitching and loops

Friday 6 June 2025 West Dean London, Dilke House, 1 Malet Street, London, WC1E 7JN. Making a cross-over between basketry and textiles, this course offers an opportunity to sample looped stitches under tension on a frame and on fabric. Loops can be found in simple looping (or knotless netting) of basketry, in blanket stitch, needlelace […]

Twined basketry on a small scale

Friday 26 September 2025 West Dean London, Dilke House, 1 Malet Street, London, WC1E 7JN. The course will focus on the technique of twining, making a connection with both basketry and textiles. Twining requires the weaving of an active element around a passive warp. The weaving is worked in the hands with the use of […]

Sculptural Textile Basketry – inspired by plant structures

DATE TO BE CONFIRMED West Dean College, West Dean, Chichester, West Sussex. PO18 0QZ. Sculptural textile basketry will focus on the techniques of weaving, twining and wrapping, with a theme of making structures. The plants in West Dean Gardens will provide inspiration. Using West Dean Gardens for inspiration, the glasshouses especially are a wonderful source […]

ONLINE course (Pre-recorded) – 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 with an introduction of the technique and materials, you will learn how the technique can be applied to create three-dimensional forms and used to draw lines, as well as, how […]

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. […]