Recent additions to the collection
Bannock baskets in the Madeira style
Go to many museums on mainland Scotland, and there are always one or two examples of these ubiquitous baskets, often, but not always, made in the Madeira style described by Liz Balfour in our blog (Oct 2015). They are usually
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Arbroath Signal Tower Museum Leith Customs House Museum, Edinburgh Scottish Fisheries Museum, Anstruther
[read more...]An Eriskay creel
Eriskay is a small island off the tip of South Uist, Outer Hebrides. Lise Bech and Kate Sankey made two creels reconstructed from an original Eriskay creel. This creel was a 20 stake creel and had a simple mouthwale start as
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The SBC goes to Big Tent, July 21st and 22nd
Big Tent is biennial eco-festival in Fife, and the SBC usually has a stand there, to demonstrate the sort of work it does, which is good publicity for the organization and generally good fun for all concerned. This year, I …Continue reading “The SBC goes to Big Tent, July 21st and 22nd”
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Arbroath Signal Tower with Kay Anderson Friday 20th July
I’ve been out of action for a couple of weeks, but nothing could stop me going to Arbroath today with Kay Anderson, a tireless basketry champion in Scotland for at least 30 years. Kay lived in Arbroath for many years. She …Continue reading “Arbroath Signal Tower with Kay Anderson Friday 20th July”
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A trip to the Highland Folk Museum and Skye, July 5th-10th
This was the first major long distance research trip of the project. We drove up to Kingussie where we visited the Highland Folk Museum’s unparalleled collection of Highland baskets, and then travelled on to Skye, where we met Caroline Dear, …Continue reading “A trip to the Highland Folk Museum and Skye, July 5th-10th”
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A visit to the Hope MacDougall Collection
Monday and Tuesday 2-3rd July. A fortuitous meeting at the Fisheries Museum in Anstruther led to a very quick decision to visit Dunollie Castle and the Hope MacDougall Collection in Oban. Catherine Gillies, long term manager, keeper and general champion of …Continue reading “A visit to the Hope MacDougall Collection”
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From currachs to coffins. Wickerwork and basketry as cultural and historical indicators.
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Monday 18th June Visit to the Scottish Fisheries Museum, Anstruther
One of the best parts of this project is getting to visit many of Scotland’s wonderful museums, and the Fisheries Museum is one of these. It has a collection of East Coast fishing baskets which is second to none. I’ve …Continue reading “Monday 18th June Visit to the Scottish Fisheries Museum, Anstruther”
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