Leather is a noble material.

Showing some of the best in European basketmaking today.

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

Workshop data.

Wickerwork from all over the world inspires Lichtenfels

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

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.

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

Oversized hats.

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

Enhancing a closer relationship between people and trees.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

A special collaboration.

Proud to be one of the award-winning finalists.

Transitions – An Ongoing Operation on Change.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.