Final thoughts about the MERL shell basket
by Mary Crabb Since my last posts (post 1, post 2 and post 3) about making a replica of the artillery shell basket (90/43) at the Museum of English Rural Life (MERL), a number of interesting threads ...
Tag Archives: Baskets
Filming baskets
by Adam Jones-Lloyd My filming adventure with the Basketry Then and Now project began in June 2016 with what started as a one-off trip to The Museum of English Rural Life in Reading. However, this wa...
The Kingsbury Episcopi Time Travellers: Withies in the Curriculum
by Adrian Wills The Kingsbury Time Travellers, a local history group, formed about two years ago with the aim of archiving documents, photographs and videos from and of the parish of Kingsbury Episco...
Pigeons in War – and pigeon baskets in war
by Greta Bertram Last month I visited the Royal Pigeon Racing Association’s Pigeons at War exhibition at Bletchley Park and met with Colin Hill from the RPRA to find out more about First World War pi...
Cane for shell baskets: Industrial processing
by Mary Crabb As I had found out when making a replica shell basket from the Museum of English Rural Life (MERL 90/43), processing of cane by hand is a slow and long process (see my previous post). I...
Research skills development session for basketmakers
by Daniel Carpenter On 24th April, nine basketmakers from across Devon and Cornwall met at the Devon Heritage Centre in Exeter for an introduction to the research facilities available to individuals ...
Basketmakers’ Lists of Sizes and Prices
by Greta Bertram I do not know their origins, but since at least 1850 various basketmaking associations, such as the Journeymen Skip, Basket, and Hamper Making Society, the London Union of Journeymen...
Cane for shell baskets: Processing by hand
by Mary Crabb I ended my previous post about the recreation of a World War One artillery shell basket seen at the Museum of English Rural Life (MERL 90/43) with a question about how to process the ca...
War and Remembrance – Shell Basket Documentary
War and Remembrance is a short film about the work of basketmaker and maths teacher, Mary Crabb. The film charts the beginning of Mary’s research into First World War shell baskets – in partic...
Rothamsted Willow and First World War Baskets Day
On Saturday 12 November 2016 the Everyday Day Lives in War Centre and Rothamsted Research will be holding a free event exploring the National Willow Collection and the history of basketmaking and wil...