Looking through the menu of this event, I notice some basket makers are amongst the textile and Green Grads sections. I'm not sure that this is a practice that I will be exploring for a career, but it is interesting for me to see what is out there in the line of creating with natural materials. Helen Munday and her baskets, Juliette Hamilton and her willow sculptures. Maybe I will look further into paper making from plants. I am going to try to refine the product this year anyway.
Baskets and containers made from such naturally occurring resources certainly meet the sustainability goals and are marketable products for the eco conscious consumer. This event provides a platform for the makers to promote their wares to businesses who might wish to purchase stock or provide a contract to sell their work.
Looking at the other artefacts and crafts for sale, I came across Heartfelt Dogs. I am amazed at the attention to detail and the self belief that the maker has in her product. I am inspired that she is now selling this product when at first she had no idea that this could be a business when she first started with a needle felting kit to try a new craft. This encourages me to open my mind to possibilities that I might not be aware of, but may come about from making paper perhaps, or there may be another craft idea that I haven't even tried yet.
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