Rosehip Vinegar This is a favourite, super-easy recipe. It comes from ‘Hedgerow Medicine‘ by friends Julie and Matthew Bruton-Seal. Recipes for rose hip syrup abound…but if you want to preserve their goodness without using sugar this is the recipe for you. Last winter it was an invaluable remedy for colds …
One of the first things you notice about Owen Jones, apart from his friendly, relaxed demeanor, is his hands: huge and work-worn. They’ve definitely seen some years of graft. I’m at his workshop in Cumbria, to make an oak swill. This is a traditional split wood basket from the region, …
A crisp cold November morning and I’m meeting a group of archaeologists at Fort Cumberland in Portsmouth for a day of basketmaking. During our discussions and through the making itself, a couple of very interesting revelations happen over the day, which make invaluable connections between archaeological research and embodied experience. …
In conversation with No Serial Number Magazine, a publication which explores environmental sustainability through traditional crafts and innovative design. We discuss my …
After a day of making cordage from foraged plant fibres, my grubby fingernails show evidence of all the separating and scraping. Once …
Space Between is a recently commissioned, site-specific woodland sculpture at Wakehurst, (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew). It’s situated in Pearcelands Wood, their newly-opened ancient …
For ages I’ve been wanting to make a pack, or back, basket from wood splints. They’re best made in the spring when …
‘Plants are integral to reweaving the connection between land and people. A place becomes a home when it sustains you, when it …
One of the things that makes my Wild Pottery courses ‘wild’ is that we dig our own clay from the land What …
I’ve returned to Wakehurst on a bright autumn day to see if the rumours are true. One of my areas of research …
