Weave course and market weekend
Updated on 24.10.2025 Last weekend we first introduced four people to weaving with willow. I always plan to have a larger bowl with built-in handles. But in the end, 50% of the results were different Weiterlesen …
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Everything within the framework
Updated on 24.10.2025 At the beginning of this year, I received a request from NABU Bingenheim via NABU Ortenberg as to whether I could provide pictures of a basket being woven for a display board. Weiterlesen …
Seulberg stories
Updated on 24.10.2025 Two days of the 1250-year-old medieval market in Seulberg are now history. The weather ranged from dry to damp to wet. But that’s what March brings with it and ultimately we were Weiterlesen …
Just picking up a few willows
Updated on 24.10.2025 Shopping for pastures was on the agenda today. Back in December last year I was asked if I would like to take over a few willow bunches. An aging basket maker could Weiterlesen …
New Year’s reception at the Wetteraukreis
Updated on 24.10.2025 January 10th had been in my calendar for a while. Invited to the Wetterau district’s New Year’s reception, all Wetterau originals received their certificates. A good hour before the official start, I Weiterlesen …
Report from the workshop
Updated on 20.11.2023 The backrests of the first two chairs are finished. After Ralf removed the old braid and drilled out the blind holes, I was able to make the new back braid. And both Weiterlesen …
Commitment to the craft of basket making
Updated on 24.10.2025 Great commitment to the craft of basket making or as it is now called, basketry design. On the one hand I’m happy, but on the other hand I’m a bit uncomfortable. Among Weiterlesen …
Backrest challenge
Updated on 05.10.2023 Two chairs are also being worked on in the workshop on December 25, 2016. But not from me, but from Ralf, who had to remove the old braids and carefully drill out Weiterlesen …
Customer satisfaction is confirmation of my work
Updated on 24.10.2025 When customers contact me and say/write how satisfied they are with my work, this is the best confirmation for me.In this case it was a replica of a slightly different wooden basket. Weiterlesen …
I am number 8
Updated on 24.10.2025 Now it’s completely official. I am a Wetterau original. Or rather, the basketry I made. The labels have been ordered and will soon be on my products. On January 10, 2017, I Weiterlesen …