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I made the larger version of this as the first rectangular rush basket I made for myself - simple, small but practical. I made a much smaller version for my nearly two-year old great niece - as a Christmas gift. She loved it and used it so much with her toys. And still does as it crops up often in photos I see.
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I have added this very pretty rush basket to the perfectly imperfect Folksy event not because it is imperfect but as part of a stock clearance of older items. It makes a gorgeous gift for a small child.
The basket is hand-woven from Common Club Rush which grows in low-lying areas of the country - eg Norfolk and the Somerset Levels - the latter being where I hand-harvest my own rushes alongside a team of fellow basketmakers from across the country. They are then dried in a barn in Devon and stored at my home in Cornwall, ready for weaving into beautiful items.
I love the annual tradition of gathering in the harvest - working with what the land gives and meeting up with friends and fellow basketmakers from across the country.
Rush weaving is a heritage craft basketry skill, utilising a locally and naturally sustainably growing material, often similar in its uses to straw but with its own ancient and rich history - rush-matting and chair-seating to name only two. Having virtually disappeared in this country, rush weaving is reviving, fitting in perfectly with current green living practices as a renewable and sustainable product which will last for many years and has traditionally been handed down from generation to generation.
20cms wide x 13cms deep x 16.5cms high to the border.
Designed by Anne & Alan Thomas in Cornwall
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