Willow & Basketry Books from West Wales Willows

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Jon Warnes Living Willow Sculpture Step-by-step guide to domes, tunnels, arbours, fences and living furniture, with plenty of photographs and diagrams - a brilliant book! Paperback, 48 pages 101 colour photographs £7.95 (+ Postage & Packaging: £ 1.50 within UK, £ 2.50 within Europe, £ 4.41 worldwide)

£ 5.75 (+ p&p: £ 1.50 within UK, £ 1.93 within Europe, £ 3.00 worldwide)

Cultivation and Use of Basket Willow 2001 A Guide to Growing Basket Willow This is an updated version of an article written by Ken Stott, BSc, who was the Willow Officer at the Long Ashton Research Station from 1949 to 1989. The update was provided by Ben Braster, Rod Parfitt, Sheila Wynter & Roy Youdale. The contents includes suitable conditions for basket willow growing, species grown, methods of cultivation, harvesting and processing, as well as major pest and diseases and their control. It might be only 28 pages, but these are packed with useful information - literature essential for anybody who wants to grow willows commercially. A4 size Paperback, 28 pages 3 colour photographs

Susie Vaughan Handmade Baskets from Nature's Colourful Materials It's back! This is the second editon of this book, which had been out of print for probably two years. Do you want to find out if basketry is right for you? Then this is the book to guide you along those first steps. The materials can be bought or collected from hedgerows and the coloured diagrams making the instructions very easy to follow. It will give you information about suitable materials (willows, dogwood, honeysuckle, ivy, hop and similar), their harvesting and storing and explains in detail with the help of drawings and colour photographs how to make beautiful and truly individual baskets in natural bark colours. Paperback 80 pages, 112 colour photographs £ 9.99 (+ p&p: £ 2.50 within UK, £ 3.23 within Europe, £ 5.61 worldwide)

£ 2.70 (+ p&p: £ 1.00 within UK, £ 1.45 within Europe, £ 1.94 worldwide)

Andrew Basham How to Make Hurdles from Willow (Osier) following an East Anglian Pattern A little booklet which deals with only one subject - making a basic hurdle from scratch. It will talk you through tools needed, weaving techniques and - tips, giving clear black & white line drawings. If all you want to make is hurdles, than this booklet will do you nicely! Paperback 12 pages

Christopher Newsholme Willows The Genus Salix A republication of the "Willow Bible", first published in 1992. Descriptions of hundreds of willows of the world, ranging from A ("Salix acmophylla") to Y ("Salix yoshinoi"), with chapters on General Characteristics, Management & Cultivation, Ornamental Willows for Large Garden & Parks, Small Gardens, Rock & Sink Gardens. Recommendable for landscape gardeners, commercial willow growers and willow enthusiasts. Paperback 224 pages 65 colour photographs, 159 line drawings Was £ 17.99,  NOW  only £ 12.75 (as stock lasts) (+ p&p: £ 2.50 within UK, £ 4.53 within Europe, £ 7.81 worldwide)

Kari Lonning The Art of Basketry An absolutely amazing book which features contemporary basket work of over 20 master basket makers using various materials. Yet it also gives very clear instructions should you want to try your hand at one of the wonderful creations. Our verdict: A brilliant book no matter if you want to make your own basket or simply look at the stunning designs. A great present for anybody with an interest in basketry! Colour throughout Paperback 132 pages £ 12.99 (+ p&p: £ 2.50 within UK, £ 3.83 within Europe, £ 6.81 worldwide)

NEW! The book contains several diagrams, illustrating the basic structures Willow Structures with added sails Model for Willow Snail in Hagen, Germany

Marcel Kalberer / Micki Remann Gruene Kathedralen ("Green Cathedrales") We stocked the first book "Das Weidenbaubuch" due to popular demand (whenever we showed our book to a group of people there was somebody there mentioning that they really would love to buy this book...) and due to the fact that there simply is not anything even remotely similar on the english market. This is the follow-up book, with more projects that have been built in different communities. Marcel Kalberer is an architect who has found his niche in constructing large willow structures which are shown in this book. The results are simply astonishing and give a whole new perspective of "willow work". Mainly colour, some black & white photographs Hardback, in german 128 pages £ 18.90 (+ p&p: £ 3.99 within UK, £ 4.93 within Europe, £ 9.21 worldwide) For more information, here is a link to more willow sculptures by Marcel Kalberer in english: - look through the different pages to see a number of willow sculptures featured. Willow Medusa in Waiblingen, Germany

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