Simple basketry and cordage workshop with John Page

Sunday 8 June 
3pm-5pm
Please join John Page for an immersive workshop where you will learn the fascinating art of traditional basketry using plants such as brambles, ivy, dried leaves and grasses foraged from the cemetery. You will make a small basket and bases for this will be provided at the start.

John has been teaching basketry techniques, mostly at the City Lit in Holborn, where he runs a two-year foundation course in basketry techniques. John specialise in rush basketry but has an interest in foraged and more traditional materials and their possibilities.

There is no need to bring anything thiough if you have a pair of secateurs and gardening gloves, these might be useful.

This event is being held alongside the current exhibiiton in St.Stephen's Chapel, Gathering the Commons' which brings together a group of artists: Lucy Mayes, Catherine Morland, Marissa Stoffer and Sara Trillo, whose practices explore the intricate relationships between humans, nonhumans, landscapes, and natural materials. 

Tickets: FREE, but places are limited so booking is essential here on Eventbrite.
Any questions on accessibility or otherwise, please contact Kim Hart on khart@lambeth.gov.uk

Gathering the Commons is part of ‘Illuminate’ a ten day celebration to mark the end of the National Lottery Heritage Fund project designed to conserve the Cemetery’s magnificent landscape and architecture, as well as offer new experiences and facilities to increase community use. Find out about other events here: www.westnorwoodcemetery.org/illuminate

This event is part of the celebrations to mark the completion of a six year National Lottery Heritage Fund project: 'A New Beginning' designed to conserve the Cemetery’s magnificent landscape and architecture, as well as offer new experiences and facilities to increase community use.

You are invited to join us from Friday 30 May through to Sunday 8 June, when the cemetery will be host to a wide range of free events and activities. For some you will need to pre-book, like this one, others you can just turn up.
Please especially join us on Saturday 31 May at 11am for the Grand Re-Opening Ceremony at the Main Entrance.