Willowpool Designs - Endmoor, Cumbria
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  • Willowpool Designs - Endmoor, Cumbria
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Contact Information
  • Contact:
  • simone siegan
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  • Description:
  • willow weaving for schools and communities including living willow structures
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  • Address:
  • 9 weston houses, dove nest lane, endmoor
  • Postcode:
  • LA8 0HA
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  • Phone:
  • 015395 67056
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  • Email Us:
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  • Keywords:
  • Schools
Further Description
  • We specialise in working with schools, individuals and community/conservation/environmental groups to create living willow structures that enhance parks, school grounds and gardens. We also work to commission and can create unique and durable living structures for play, shelter or habitat.Willow can be woven into many different shapes that can be decorative and useful. Basketmaking is an ancient craft that turn a bunch of sticks into a useful and beautiful container. Sculptures can be created out of dried willow that has been soaked in water to make it pliable. We make all manner of willow sculptures ranging from small animals to large outdoor installations. Live willow rods can be planted to make all kinds of living willow shapes and structures Garden development can involve creating areas of biodiversity, playground features and sculpture trails. We plant a range of different willow varieties chosen for each project for their hardiness, growth, colour and suitability. Our projects have included domes and tunnels for 'living shade', mazes, shelters, windbreaks, birdhides and fencing. We can also incorporate willow plantings and structures into sensory gardens and wildlife areas History projects can involve willow weaving in various forms from simple basketmaking to building wattle hurdles. Arts projects can also involve willow weaving from small individual freeform sculptures to large group projects creating installations. Willow days can be themed around a particular study topic such as the environment, marine life, myths & legends etc. Children have created birds, butterflies, fish and monsters in recent projects. We encourage children to develop their own ideas using willow and other recycled and art materials.We can work with small groups on one day arts projects or larger numbers of children over longer residencies such as Arts Weeks. We can work with all age ranges, adapting projects for differing abilities and objectives. Steve Fuller has been making baskets & working with willow for over 20 years. Steve is a willow expert, artist, gardener & skilled tutor. Simone Siegan is a jewellery & glass bead designer. Simone specialises in willow animal sculptures & garden products. We have been working with schools in Cumbria and Lancashire for 7 years on a variety of Willow Projects, please visit www.livingshadeinsefton.co.uk for more information on using willow as Living Shade in school grounds.For even more information on Living Willow Structures for Play Environments http://cye.colorado.edu/Volume13(1)FeildReports/FieldReport_WillowGallery_Danks.htm The document 'Green Mansions: Living Willow Structures Enhance Children's Play Environments' can be downloaded from the above site as a PDF file.Recent work in CumbriaWe have created Living Willow Structures at Primary Schools in Appleby, Castle Carrock, Crosscrake, Hawkshead, Kendal and Stainton, Our Living Willow Bird Hide can be seen at Talkin Tarn, Brampton.
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