A basketry instructor who frequently attends basketry events and courses abroad is particularly drawn to France and its traditional method of weaving willow baskets using the openwork technique. She applied for a three-week Erasmus+ stay with the renowned basket maker François Desplanche, whom she had previously met as an instructor at courses in England.
The goal of her stay was to learn the basket-weaving technique the French call travail à jour (openwork weaving). This method is traditionally used to create open baskets of various shapes (round, oval, square), which feature a specific way of arranging and securing the upright rods (the stakes). During the three-week stay, E. Rudíková made a total of fifteen products, twelve of them using the openwork technique.
“For me, it was a basketry fairy tale. One does not experience things like this every day. We worked on basketry every single moment…” – said Erika Rudíková.
Erika Rudíková shared her knowledge through two courses prepared for the public at the ÚĽUV Regional Craft Centre in Košice.
Outcomes of the CRAFTMOVE project
Shoow methodical sheet in PDF
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Show protptype in PDF
(PDF, 3 MB)
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