Wickerwork gallery

Fields of willow crops

willow brewing

Blooming willow on one of hundreds of hectares of farmland

Unstripped willow ready to be weaved

The landscape around the Polish Zagłębie wikliniarskie near Rudnik in the town of Kopka

The process of boiling willow in a traditional oven

Bundles of willow, drying

Stripping of the willow

Sorting of the lengths of the willow rods

What remains after the process of willow stripping will be used to heat the oven for the boiling of the willlow

The drying of the willow rods just after stripping

The process of weaving a wicker tray

Waiting for the wicker rods to dry...

Weaving a tray

Drying bundles of stripped willow

Bundles of unstrapped willow

The weaving of a handle for a wicker basket

Weaving

In order for wicker baskets to be of equal height, they are weaved on top of wooden forms

The weaving of a wicker tray

Unfinished wicker trays during weaving

Unfinished wicker trays during weaving

A basket being weaved on a wooden form

The weaving of a fireplace basket

A basket on a wooden form

An almost-complete wicker basket

The weaving of wicker furniture

The soaking of wicker strips makes them more pliable and facilitates weaving

Fireplace baskets ready for sale

Using wicker strips to finish off a chair