Description: Norah Kennedy is a willow worker from Stroud Gloucestershire. She produces willow baskets and sculptures as well as offering willow weaving courses.
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My name is Norah, I live in Stroud in Gloucestershire and have been making baskets for 30 years. My baskets are made from stripped and unstripped willow - mostly grown on the Somerset levels, but with some unusual colours from Herefordshire and Powys.
The appeal for me in working with willow lies in the combination of natural materials and traditional skills.
I make baskets to order that "are right in themselves and good for use". I am interested in reviving some of the many traditional uses for willow that have been forgotten in an age of synthetic materials.