Karen Bek
Traditional Washing Maund, 2024
Woven with stripped white willow and black willows.
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Once widely used in the fishing industry it is now often used domestically as a laundry basket. Karen Bek has been weaving willow for 15 years and started making baskets...
Once widely used in the fishing industry it is now often used domestically as a laundry basket.
Karen Bek has been weaving willow for 15 years and started making baskets six years ago. She combines traditional and contemporary techniques to create functional and decorative baskets that showcase the variety of colour and texture of willow varieties. Her work often incorporates other natural found or coppiced materials that are used as handles or bases and enable unique pieces to be formed.
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Willow Zigzag Handbag, 2024Karen BekWillows: Old French, Flanders Red and Brittany Green. Veg tanned leather handles, bronze coloured steel rivets.
32 L x 23 H x 15 W cm
Handle length 48cm -
Willow Handbag , 2024Karen BekNorfolk grown Willows: Flanders Red, Nancy Saunders
35 L x 22 H x 17 W cm
Handle Length 48cm.
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Neolithic weave basket - medium , 2024Karen BekThese are woven on a Catalan style base with scalloped uprights which are braided to form the intricate weave. Rose Wood Handle.12 cm H x 24 Ø on base (top Ø 22 cm)£235.00
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Small Neolithic Weave Basket - Quince Root Handle, 2024Karen BekMixture of Norfolk grown willows selected for their metallic hues, handle is made from Quince tree root, grown in Norfolk - the colour of the root coming from elements in the soil, no colour has been added.
19 cm Ø at base x 12 H cm£215.00 -
Ose basket, 2024Karen BekUsually made with stripped buff willow, this contemporary version is woven with home grown Norfolk willows.30 cm Ø
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Small Ose Basket, 2024Karen BekNorfolk grown Abbey's Willow, freshwater Rush and Norfolk grown wild yellow Iris24cm diameter£165.00
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Large Herringbone Weave Basket, 2024Karen BekNorfolk Grown Flanders Red Willow, Old French willow.
Randed spiral base using steamed willow.
54 cm Ø (widest section) x 22 H cm£360.00
