Ely Basketmaker Willow Swallow Decoration

Willow snowflake decoration by Nadine Anderson, AKA the Ely Basketmaker. Approx 20 cm long.

Woven in Cambridgeshire Rush which Nadine harvests every Summer in the waterways around Ely.

A rustic decoration that has a tiny carbon footprint.

Nadine Anderson is a Basketmaker living and making in the Cambridgeshire Fens with more than 25 years on the plank. She grows her own Willow and harvest Rush in the waterways around the city of Ely. She gained my City and Guilds in Creative Basketry in 2004: served on the committee of The Basketmakers’ Association and is a Yeoman Basketmaker of The Worshipful Company of Basketmakers one of the City of London livery companies in existence for more than 450 years.