David is an active withy pot maker currently based in Plymouth, who sells, demonstrates (often alongside Sue Morgan from Hope Cove) and teaches this dying art. I was intrigued to learn more about his style of pot. David very kindly invited me and my mum to his home to...

Day 1 – The arrival!

Mum and I arrived at our hotel ‘Sand Pebble’ in the beautiful location of Hope Cove in South Devon at 9.30pm on a dark Winters November evening. The journey there in my little black Peugeot 206 was eventful as always with my mum, we always come acro...

Withy pots also known as willow pots, lobster pots and crab pots are my first trap to explore for this exciting project! An easy choice, considering I live in Penzance, not too far from historic Cornish fishing towns and villages, such as Newlyn, Mousehole, Penberth an...

‘Anna Pope’s exhibition will take place over 6 weeks in 2019 and will form an integral part of the Riverside Gallery programme, and of the Devon Guild’s wider exhibition and events programme.

Her proposal to investigate fish traps and lobster pots from around the world...

I started learning traditional frame basketry techniques using willow for the first time this week! The tutor is Lin Lovekin, a basket maker based here in Cornwall http://www.linlovekinbaskets.co.uk/ 

The first task was to create two hoops from 8 fo...