Woven Thresholds

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Weaving willow coffins and cradles - bringing beauty, birth, and death back into the hearts and hands of the people! - Woven Thresholds is a collaborative project that applies the ancient craft of willow basketry to the weaving of what we're calling "threshold vessels" — that is, coffins, cradles, and willow baskets. All of the weaving materials are gathered from uncultivated lands or gathered from willow patches with varieties grown for weaving. This project brings communities into an intimate relationship with life, death, and beauty while also creating a collective, small-sc ...

Read More ale weaving practice that contributes to a solidarity economy where purpose outweighs profit. Following an apprenticeship with established Irish coffin weaver, Woven Thresholds was born from the desire to build a culture of reciprocity with the Earth, crafting humans into a closer relationship with the integral cycles o

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