Willow chickens
Here's a real treat: spend a whole day learning to weave with willow and go home with a life-sized chicken!
- Booking essential
Spend a fun and creative day weaving a lifelike chicken sculpture to enhance your garden or perhaps to make a really special gift. Mainly using a random weave, this is a class where, once you’ve learnt the basics, you don’t have to concentrate too hard and you can chat as you weave! There are, however, some interesting techniques to learn for the details of legs, comb and tail feathers – all borrowed from traditional basket making.
There is plenty of room for creativity and you don’t even need to stick to chickens. Any bird of a similar size is possible – whether real or the product of your imagination. You bring the ideas and I will help you turn them into sculpture!
Suitable for beginners and those who have worked with willow before. All materials will be provided (including a metal framework to weave onto).
Times
Prices
| Ticket type | Ticket category |
|---|---|
| All includes materials | £80.00 |
The basics
- Booking details
Call 0344 249 1895
- Meeting point
Come to the visitor reception at Dapdune Wharf
- What to bring and wear
You will need to bring a packed lunch or buy a sandwich in the tearoom at Dapdune
Upcoming events
Guided walk: Triggs with David Rose
Join local historian and writer David Rose for a guided walk along the Wey Navigation starting at Cartbridge, Send, going to Triggs Lock and returning via Sutton Green back to the starting point.
Cream tea totter
Just a little 3 mile walk along the towpath from Dapdune Wharf, meet the boat at Bowers lock for a cream tea on the lockside and boat back.
Wey River Festival
Our biggest event on the river this year, with street food, craft stalls, live music and theatre plus free family games and activities on the island.
Guided walk: Devil's punchbowl to Haslemere circular
Walk the route of the old A3 before it was put in a tunnel and visit the market town of Haslemere with a break for refreshments before heading back to Gibbet Hill and the car park.