Crafting Europe is an initiative of nine European craft organisations that strives to build the crafts sector by providing craftspeople with the knowledge and skills to grow and strengthen the industry.

SHE IS COOOL 165 female designers you should know…

Exquisite willow skein work is also applied in the little baskets found in dolls houses.

Woven Willow consists of eight different objects based on the contemporary handwriting of Scholten & Baijings, in perefect harmony with a traditional Dutch 17th century weaving technique.

Wickerwork from all over the world inspires Lichtenfels

Basketclub was founded in 2020 as an Instagram-based initiative. It plays by a simple set of rules.

I enjoy the process of teaching and meeting a variety of interesting people from different backgrounds.

I am a traditional trained basketmaker and learned the foundations of my craft at the German basketry school.

Enhancing a closer relationship between people and trees.

Basketclub and Karimoku invite a group of twelve Basketclub designers to think about the uses behind traditional Japense woven baskets and how they may be reimagined today.

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Leather is a noble material.

The Homo Faber Guide places craftsmanship in Europe at your fingertips.

As material forming techniques weaving with willow rods and weaving with textile materials have more similarities than differences.

It is a fascinating time for makers: traditional crafts and skills are back in vogue, while at the same time new technologies are developing at lightning speed.

Exquisite willow skeinwork is also applied in the little baskets found in dollshouses.

The Global Eco Artisan Awards is an international platform which recognizes artistic excellence, visualizes endangered crafts and glorifies eco-friendly cultural practices of the artisans in the world.

Workshop data.

Showing some of the best in European basketmaking today.

Proud to be one of the award-winning finalists.

The designers of ANNY& are skilled in designing. Our craftsmen are very good at making things.

Vessels woven from a starch-based plastic which is industrially-produced, but naturally biodegradable.

I am a specialist in fine skeinwork, a very labor intensive and almost extinct basketry technique.

Transitions – An Ongoing Operation on Change.

Oversized hats.

Amandine David: “I want to explore learning as a design approach”

In a world where children are swiping their iPhones and 3D printers are building houses, it is our mission that the art of true craftsmanship will survive, and that it will thrive.

The art of tapestries has without any doubt a marvelous narrative purpose.

A special collaboration.

Craft starts with attention for the past. I use my knowledge of the traditional crafts when reconstructing an old crib or restoring grandma’s bag.

Check out my miniature baskets selection for the very best in unique or custom, handmade basketry pieces for any style dollhouses.