Lorna Singleton is a coppice worker, basket maker and green woodworker. Specialising in Spelk Basketry -

About Lorna - "I am one of the UK’s last remaining ‘swillers’, a specialist in weaving baskets using coppiced oak. From a workshop tucked away in the Cumbrian woods I weave traditional baskets known as spelk baskets, or swills. I cut and prepare the wood by hand, seeing the whole process through from the tree to the finished product, coppicing the woodland to create a truly renewable resource and improving biodiversity. I’m one of the last people still practising this ancient skill and keeping this important knowledge alive."

https://www.lornasingleton.co.uk/
https://www.instagram.com/lornaweavesoak

This episode is part of a trio focusing on the technique of coppicing.  THey were made possible by the Bill Hogarth Memorial Apprenticeship Trust (BHMAT).

*** BHMAT are now inviting applications for our next placement and hope to interview and start the placement soon (by the end of the year/beginning of 23 hopefully). ***


Episode links

• Woodlanders Video - https://vimeo.com/223835984
• Sebastian Cox - https://www.sebastiancox.co.uk/
• Wood Water Weave - https://www.lornasingleton.co.uk/wood-water-weave
• Owen Jones - http://www.oakswills.co.uk/
• Dick Preonneke - One mans wilderness - film pt1 -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG3fUIoXQ5A & pt2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3NRdZ8J24Q
• Dick Proenneke - One man's wilderness book - https://www.waterstones.com/book/one-mans-wilderness-50th-anniversary-edition/richard-louis-proenneke/sam-keith/9781513261805
• BHMAT - http://www.coppiceapprentice.org.uk/

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