Rush Pot Basket With Lid – Made in Cornwall from Somerset Rush – 682

Description

A beautiful pot shaped basket topped off with a simple lid with a Knob Knot for the handle. Simple pairing and a spiral weave in the siding of the basket give a neat appearance. Basket – base diameter 18cms (7”), height 16cms (6”). Height to top of knob approx 21cms (8”). Common Club Rush (Schoenoplectus lacustris) grows in low-lying areas of the country – Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and the Somerset Levels for example – the latter being where I hand-harvest my own rushes alongside a team of fellow basketmakers from across the country. They are then dried in a barn in Devon and stored at my home in Cornwall, ready for weaving into beautiful items. I love the annual tradition of gathering in the harvest – working with what the land gives and meeting up with friends and fellow basketmakers from across the country. Rush is beautiful to weave with – soft and pliable in the hands and has its own delicious aroma. I love nothing better than driving back from Devon with my car packed with the sweet scent of dried rushes – excited by all the next weaving possibilities. Rush weaving is a heritage craft basketry skill, utilising a locally and naturally sustainably growing material, often similar in its uses to straw but with its own ancient and rich history – rush-matting and chair-seating to name only two. A beautiful piece to enhance your home or as a new home gift. I hope you enjoy your purchase. Anne