05/22/2026
I’m driven not just by what the land has to offer that I can repurpose to make art, but also by how I can have a beneficial impact on the environment in which I live.
In these pictures are Knotweed, harvested from within 1km of my home, at a roadside patch where this highly invasive plant is taking over our riverbank. The bees love its blossoms - that come as a welcome late nectar source with the goldenrod flow.
And now…I have learned to strip its bark and weave with it! Stoked! 💪
Meet “Invasive Basketry”:
‘weaving hope for a world made by hand, where humans have not just a neutral, but a beneficial impact on place. It is a vision of a future where we are connected to our land base, able to identify the plants growing around us and the many ways we can use them for health and wellbeing. It’s a call to work with rather than against the natural world, adapting and responding to its ever-changing realities. Invasive Basketry is an invitation to remember the brilliant techniques our ancestors developed to meet our needs in place, without over-stripping the natural resources available, and to develop new ones, appropriate to our age.
It is an alchemical process, where we transform invasive plants into useful, beautiful vessels’ ~
