Day of Salix
Updated on 25.10.2025 Ralf dug up the willows that were planted in our garden in 2014 some time ago (what a job!). Although they always grew splendidly, they were unfortunately always so branched that they Weiterlesen …
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Start of the 2019 market season
Updated on 25.10.2025 How? Already? Or should I finally say? I’ve been asking myself this question for many years at the start of the market season. From the end of October to the beginning of Weiterlesen …
About Confucius, patience and two back braids
Updated on 25.10.2025 Confucius already knew it:If you are not patient in small things, you will cause big projects to fail.What does this have to do with me as a basket maker? A lot at Weiterlesen …
Half sun braid finished
Updated on 25.10.2025 They are finally finished, the two half sun braids that I renewed. Due to the small size of the backrest and the mesh, it was a challenge for my patience. I am Weiterlesen …
Customer order half sun braid
Updated on 25.10.2025 I’m currently occupied with two chairs with half-sun wickerwork in their backrests. After taking detailed photographs of the details, the old braid was removed and the blind holes were drilled out. I Weiterlesen …
The Thonet armchair is available again
Updated on 25.10.2025 Recently I was able to hand over a really beautiful armchair from Thonet with a new seat to its owner. Such chairs are sometimes a challenge because the old weaving threads often Weiterlesen …
Nightmare replacing chair weaves
Updated on 25.10.2025 At some point a seat fabric breaks and has to be replaced. I’ve come across the strangest methods of fastening the old braid. Everything was already there, from masses of staples to Weiterlesen …
Winter break starts
Updated on 25.10.2025 With the last farmers‘ market in Bad Salzhausen last weekend, the 2018 market season came to an end for me. It was cold and, above all, windy, so the big pot of Weiterlesen …
Lichtenfels basket market 2018
Updated on 25.10.2025 The 39th basket market in Lichtenfels has been history for a few days. We arrived with a caravan on Friday in beautiful weather. And the sun should shine all the time, even Weiterlesen …
Introducing the beautiful cash register
Updated on 25.10.2025 I finally found my beauty fund at a flea market in Ortenberg recently. A small wooden box into which those who constantly walk past the stand talking about baskets, I can do Weiterlesen …