Seagrass Footstool Weaving

Seagrass Footstool Weaving with Felicity Tran

Join Felicity Tran, traditional upholsterer and seat weaver, for a one-day Seagrass Footstool Weaving workshop to learn this beautiful heritage craft.

With detailed, step-by-step guidance, this hands-on workshop offers the chance to learn a traditional skill, while creating a practical, enduring piece of furniture to take home and treasure at the end of the day.

What to expect:

Throughout the workshop, Felicity will teach you to weave the ‘basket weave’ pattern, using sustainable seagrass cord on a specially made solid wood footstool frame.

Felicity’s teaching style is friendly, informal and highly attentive, with a focus on enjoyment and productivity.

You’ll feel an immense sense of achievement when you take home your completed handcrafted footstool to treasure forever.

The workshop is hands on with a clear demonstration of each step from Felicity, as well as constant assistance whenever needed thought-out.

They will begin at 10am with a half hour lunch break at 1pm, finishing at 4pm.

What to bring / wear:

All materials will be provided to complete your footstool.

Please wear covered shoes.

The workshop is not suitable if you suffer badly with arthritis in your hands.

Benefits:

This is an ancient craft, which can be replicated at home and with alternative materials on most seat or stool frames once the skill is learned.

When you get into the rhythm of weaving with the sustainable seagrass cord on your wooden frame, the craft is mindful and extremely satisfying.

Who is your tutor:

Felicity has been working as a traditional upholsterer, seat weaver and chair caner from her workshop in North Somerset, since 2014, after completing a diploma at the very well renowned Traditional Upholstery Workshop in Carmarthenshire.

Time: 10am – 4pm

The base

The Base opened on Friday 8 February 2019 in partnership with Greenham Trust and the Corn Exchange.

It became a registered charity in 2022 (charity no. 1199188) and is dedicated to improving access to the arts whilst bringing quality visual art to the local area.

Situated in a purpose-built arts and craft building, The Base’s £1.7M venue was designed by Sutton Griffin Architects of Newbury.

The space comprises of a 110sqm gallery, artists’ studios and a workshop for participatory classes.

There is also a café facility managed by Honesty Café group.

Striving to be a flagship visual arts venue in West Berkshire, The Natural History Museum’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year 54 exhibition launched the inaugural gallery programme.

Displaying some of the best wildlife photography from across the globe, the exhibition comprised of 100 photograph across 7 categories and is renowned for attracting millions of visitors around the world every year.

The Base is also home to 8 visual artists and craft makers as well as Open Studios West Berkshire and North Hampshire, who present their annual INSIGHT exhibition at The Base every May.

GALLERY OPENING TIMES

The gallery opening times and days vary depending on which exhibition is being presented.

Please check the exhibition pages before you travel to ensure the gallery will be open.

Purchase a Base Pass and gain unlimited access to their Gallery for 12 months – find out more here

Honesty Cafe is open Monday to Saturday from 8am to 5pm and 9.30am – 4pm on Sundays.

From a fully accessible building to relaxed visit days, they are dedicated to making their venue and exhibitions accessible for everyone.

Please visit the Accessibility page for information about the facilities at The Base.

Tickets for all exhibitions and workshops at The Base can be booked via the Corn Exchange Box Office: 01635 522733

Their phone lines are open daily: Monday to Saturday, 10am to 4pm (or until 7pm if there is a performance on), Sunday, 10.30am to 4pm

The Base Greenham, Greenham Business Park, Communications Road, Thatcham, Berkshire, RG19 6HN

Please contact admin@thebasegreenham.co.u

Base Pass

Throughout the year, The Base attracts high quality touring exhibitions from the likes of the Natural History Museum, the Victoria & Albert Museum and more.

They know that sometimes one visit just isn’t enough to take in all the talent on show.

So they bring you the Base Pass, enabling you to come and go as often as you like to each exhibition for a whole year!

Unlimited entry to The Base Gallery for 12 months*

10% off at Honesty owned cafes

PLEASE NOTE: Your new Base Pass card will be ready to collect on your next visit to The Base!

Honesty cafe

The base

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