Autumn in the workshop, getting it winter ready, workstation upgrade and how to weave willow wreaths
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ธ.ค. 2021
- late summer I started closing the studio in for winter. There were still some larger gaps to be filled in. I used insulation, chicken wire and daub to cover. I also insulated the walls.
In the last video I was talking about my work station for making baskets, in this video you can see what I did to upgrade that and how I work now.
We also installed the stove and the French doors! The workshop is now warm and cozy and I am delighted with the space.
I have also included an explanation on how to weave a wreath from willow. You will find it 7 minutes in.
Music:
Trip of a lifetime, Wondershare
Inspirational Flight, Ashamaluer music
Hornpipe set, Mara Van Aelst on harp
Nature, Ashamaluer music
I am a full-time basket maker and artist living in Tipperary, Ireland with my family. Off-grid in the forest on a mountain.
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There is no detail I don’t love watching in these videos. Seeing your art come to life from raw material and then multiple finished pieces to ogle in your oh-so-coziest of homes is just heart warming. BEAUTIFUL Skibs!😲
Thank you for journey.❤
The High art of living... so beautiful
I envy you your work shop! 😊. Lovely items you make, ah! Stacks os natural materials you have gathered, wonderful! How cozy to build a fire in the wood stove on a cold day, have a hot cup of tea, and spend the day crafting. ❤
Very much 'your' space - thank you for bringing us along.
Oh my Hanna you are Living in a Glorious World inside that cozy Studio..... As long as I had willow and food I would never come out of there, lol..... I am 65 and have never worked with willow here in the USA but I always wanted to live making stuff from it.....You are in Willow Heaven in there creating absolutely amazing things, to me it would be Pure Therapy to stay busy day in and day out with God's Willow to Spark the Soul within.....Thank you for sharing your dream that you are accomplishing, just Peaceful it is.....
I love your willow work. All of the willow that I work with is wild gathered along the banks of the river that streams through the town. In the past few years the water was low and the ice did not knock the willows down to make a new willow harvest for the coming winter. I Have worked in construction 53 years. I wish you would have covered the fibre glass insulation with a polatyne before the wire, That stuff is always sheding fiber. Not a good thing to breath in. Health and happiness.. Chuck
What are you up to now? Missing your vids. Wishing you very well now life should be more normal again. Love to see your basket work and hear how the willow grows. Love all the varieties you have shown us.
Wow
Thank you so much for your wonderful videos!
Mmmm, so nice to have a cozy warm place with lots of light to work in the dreary days of winter. How lovely!
Well done! what an accomplishment!
Hello! I’m enjoying your video. You are so clever and I am learning new ideas to try here at my home in the United States. Thank you for sharing 😊.
Hello from Waterford! I'm only over the mountains, yourself and your channel are a delight. Thank you!
Oh hello! I can nearly hear you 😀 thanks!
So inspiring, Hanna 🙏
Everything is looking beautiful. One of the things I enjoy the most is watching you work in a space that is not yet finished and yet your presence makes it so beautiful, vibrant and full of life. It speaks so much about enjoying the "process" whatever it is one is doing. Thank you for sharing : )
So, so lovely ❤️
Thanks!
Я вас обожаю.I am from Minsk.
Thank you for this delightful journey with you.
Glad you liked it and came along Anna!
Yes Hanna! You are an artist. Thank you.
Lovely Hanna! I think i'll be stealing your lap board design! ♥
Yes do!
Your workshop/gallery is looking great and the wood burner installed just in time, very cosy. Love your work and videos Hanna. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much for your videos! I also make baskets and other things from willow and I found some useful tips on your channel!
Sei molto brava,buone festività
Wonderful. Looks great. You must be very pleased. Merry Christmas to you all.
Thanks, feeling very happy with my space, happy Christmas to you too!
Awesome! Looks like you and your family have been very busy! Studio is looking great! That work bench looks slick! You will have to keep an eye out for an old piece of drift wood that would work perfectly for you! Can't wait to see that daub wall with your baskets hanging on it! You have a gallery built into your studio with such a great view with your windows!
Hey! Finally my willow beds are kicking in here. I think I will keep expanding them now that I have a clue on how to plant a successful willow bed. We have a lot of side hills here so I am going to try to grow some willow on them to hold them in place. Fun, fun, fun!
Thanks Bonnie! Great to hear your willow is doing well. Do keep expanding as you will find you cannot have too much willow once you start! Much love xx
Хорошая мастерская! Удачи!!!
Wonderful video, thank you Hanna. Your workshop is a beautiful haven and those skibs are pure works of art!
What a lovely workshop!
Thanks!
It's really nice, could you share the design or few photos. We are also working on basket making.
those skibs are SO gorgeous, I keep rewatching the five seconds in which you show them. beautiful workshop too, makes me dream of having a similar space some day!
Thanks so much! Yes you will get there also...
Made cuttings from my willows today, from three saplings I planted last year to 20.
Hopefully in a year or two it'll be established enough for me to start weaving. In the meantime I have your videos.
I'm seeing some nice colors in the varieties I have. I'll try to find to some more, I love the colors you have!
I love using all those natural odours and I have been collecting and trialling varieties for years! It has become a little obsession I must admit😀
I just love watching you work. Your studio is coming right along. Congratulations!🤗🐝❤️
Thanks Deborah, I always think it might be boring to you viewers to watch me work 😀
@@HannaVanAelst oh no! It’s not boring at all. It only seems easy and boring to a master like yourself. To the rest of us, it’s simply magic!🤗🐝❤️
@@deborahdanhauer8525 😀🤣
What a great space you've created Hanna, wonderful!
Studio is looking so comfortable. Love all your work ! looking forward to more of it Happy New Year !
Thank you so much for this, you are a great motivator!
Thanks!
Well done what a girlie you can definitely spread your magic on making stuff nice to see thanks for sharing so I wish you & your family a very happy Christmas & all the best for next year . God Bless peter scotland xx 💋
Thank you Peter, happy Christmas to you too !
Hi Hannah. I love your videos. Is that black maul you use in the wreath? I've been collecting willows from old Sally beds around Ireland. I think I have brown maul.
Hi James, great to hear you enjoy my videos thanks! The willow I used for the wreaths is an unknown triandra. It grows a little too big and is a little knobbly but very flexible. I use it a lot for the skib borders too. Brown maul is a very common variety yes, lovely to work with and grows very easily too.
Hi there! Just stumbled upon your channel and have been watching several in a row. Forgive me if this seems obvious, but what are the large woven circles? Are they rugs? Wall hangings for art? Either way, your work is beautiful and I have learned much from your content thus far. I really like your workspace as well!
Welcome aboard! The large circles are called skibs, they are traditional Irish potato baskets that are now used as contemporary wall pieces....with a story... (historical use as potato strainer / table to eat from.
@@HannaVanAelst Very cool. Will look that up. Thanks for your response. I'm watching your videos from newest to oldest so sorry if my questions seem obvious. Haha
@@rustedoakhomestead 😀 no problem
Hi hanna , hope you don't mind a question - but how long do you leave willow to dry before soaking for use ? thanks , sarah
4 to 6 months
@@HannaVanAelst thank you
What material you use
What material is the insulation ? You wrapped it in chicken wire…