Vannerie de La Meije - Basketwork Workshops
I braid wicker to make traditional or creative objects. I propose to discover the pleasure of weaving wicker, the touch of wood, the smell, its colors through different courses...
Several formulas possible:
-Basketry lessons - upcoming dates -
Feel free to ask me to open an session for you and your friends or family. Maximum of 3/4 persons per lessons.
-Discovery / Introduction / one day (approx. 6h) : Learn the basics of wicker basketry. Creation of a basket.
-Discovery / Introduction / 2 days (approx. 14h): You'll make a round basket.
-Course to learn the openwork, for the most initiated / 2 days (about 14h): It is important to understand the basics of wicker basketry to learn openwork. Creation of a strawberry basket.
-Plant Architecture course
Discovery / Introduction: Creation of a braided hedge or/and a wicker-braided hut.
The material is provided. (If you already have your own tools, don't hesitate to bring them back.) Meals are shared.
I can organise bakestry demonstrations for al types of audiences / duration 1hour, 1/2 Day, 1 day and two days.
For all pricing information, please contact me.
Overtures :
From 01/01 to 31/12, daily.
Basketwork of La Meije
Wicker Basketry is the art of braiding an irregular vegetable fiber into a regular form. For thousands of years, Man has braided across the world.
Workshop with la Vannerie de la Meije
I braid wicker to make traditional or creative objects. I propose to discover the pleasure of weaving wicker, the touch of wood, the smell, its colors through different courses...
Stage de Vannerie avec Lucile au refuge du Pic du Mas de la Grave
Come and learn about this ancestral art that is basketry in the idyllic Buffe valley at the Pic du Mas de la Grave mountain hut.