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My work as a Basketmaker in the Cambridgeshire Fens.

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Rush at Warwick University

March 29, 2019April 15, 2019

Rush Tote in a Day

April 26, 2017
Burkina plait "Humbug" Shoulder bag

Teaching, teaching and some more teaching

March 2, 2017March 2, 2017

Workshop Dates 2019

March 2, 2017March 29, 2019
Raffia Looped Bag

Looped Raffia Bag

April 6, 2016April 1, 2019

Nut & Arc Baskets

April 6, 2016April 10, 2016

Open Studios July 2016

March 30, 2016April 1, 2016

Gift Vouchers

September 27, 2015March 30, 2016
Willow Eel trap typical of the fens of Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire Baskets

September 14, 2015March 30, 2016

Cambridgeshire Pattern Eel Hives

September 14, 2015March 30, 2016

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Green Man Costumes
Worshipful Company of Basketmakers Float in the Lord Mayors Show 2018 made and worn by Nadine Anderson
Collaboration with Helen Martino
Wall hanging in steamed and Dicky meadows willow with ceramic flowers by Helen Martino. April 2014
Blackberry basket handle wraps being plaited
Plaiting handle wraps before threading into top wale on a willow Blackberry basket
Willow kindling baskets
White & black maul willow storage/kindling baskets
Rush tray
Split Rush trinket basket/tray with a sandwich and sew border, stitched with hemp.
Basket delivery
Me (Nadine Anderson) delivering baskets to The Eel Catchers Daughter shop in Ely 2015
Potato cob interior
Underfoot oval based Potato cob before picking off border
Zigzag weave
Detail of zigzag weave in white and Dicky Meadows willow
Rush hearts
Plaited rush heart love tokens
Interlaced Trio
Trio of Interlaced Rush and Juncus Effusus Forms
Rush keepsake baskets
Exploding Cambridgeshire rush keepsake baskets
Log basket in English rand side weave
White willow basket suitable as a wet washing basket or as a log basket
Rush shoulder tote
Cambridgeshire rush tote in twill weave with leather shoulder straps
Looped shadows
Looped raffia bag throwing shadows in the afternoon sunlight
Raffia Looped Bag
Raffia shoulder bag made with interconnecting loops or knotless netting technique
Nut basket
Detail of the base of a willow Nut basket
Cane backpack based on a Victorian plant hunters basket
Interior of large backpack woven in flat band cane for the Orchid Festival at Cambridge Botanic Gardens 2016
Cambridgeshire potato cobs
White and buff willow Potato Cob baskets
Black oat straw Kishie
Kishie in black oat straw and field rush
Rush and willow moses basket
Moses basket in white willow and plaited Cambridgeshire rush made for the Disney Cinderella movie and used in the meadow scene at the beginning of the film
Cambridgeshire rush harvest July 2015
Rush cut and loaded in trailer
Nut basket in Rush
Base detail of rush Nut basket -bunched and bound inside the willow handle bow
Open plaiting technique from Burkina Faso
White and Dicky Meadows willow storage baskets for hanging on the wall.
Rush and willow
Plaited Cambridgeshire Rush woven into a Buff willow Log Basket
Willow baskets in Burkina Faso plaiting technique
Great for lemons, walnuts, garlic, onions etc
Rush oval baskets
Oval shaped rush baskets
Cane handbag
Creel designed as a handbag in natural cane with a leather strap
Willow brake
Willow brake used for stripping bark to create white rods
Rush and cane back pack
Cane backpack with plaited Rush carrying strap
Rush bags & hats
Rush hats & bags Summer school 2019
Detail of twined rush basket lid
Rush basket with lid
Rush cable weave detail
Detail of rush place mat in cable weave/lace making technique
Handbag basket with leather handle
White and willow zigzag weave handbag basket
Cut flower trug in willow and dogwood
Willow and dogwood cut flower basket designed as a basket for beginners to make as a first project
Rush seat
Chair reseated in Cambridgeshire rush
Willow rods prepping ready for stripping
Long willows pitted to encourage sap to rise ready to strip to make white willow
Rush clutch bags
Clutch baskets woven in Cambridgeshire rush with willow bark details
Willow bark
Willow bark stripped from 9 foot long rods
Collaboaration with Helen Martino for Cambridge Contemporary Arts Exhibition
Wall hanging garland in Flanders Red and Dicky Meadows willow, with ceramic flowers by Helen Martino. May 2014
Rush and willow Arc Basket
Arc basket -named because of the arc of the willow handle bow that the Rush is twined about
Rush tote and reindeer
Plaited rush reindeer and twined flat tote basket
Rush and willow Nut Baskets
Nut baskets(named because they resemble shape of a hazelnut) in rush and willow
Cut rush being carried up the river bank
Rush harvest
Log baskets in white willow
Three sizes of Log basket
Plait detail of a rush table brush
Rush table brush
Zigzag weave handbag interior
White and Dicky Meadows willow handbag basket interior detail
Round rush place mats
Cambridgeshire rush place mats
Egg baskets
Frame baskets in willow and dogwood for eggs
Willow bark rolls
Willow bark rolled to dry out as flat as possible
Burkina plaited rush baskets
Humbug baskets woven in Cambridgeshire rush using Burkina plait technique
Plaited and stitched Flaggon Basket
19th Century Turf cutter from Burwell, Cambridgeshire with his Flaggon Basket
Rush Trapezium Totes
Cambridgeshire Rush Trapezium Totes
Bundles of Rush starting to dry out
Freshly cut bundles of Rush 2015 harvest
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