Artist Transforms Leaves And Weeds Into Hand Woven Baskets
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BoredPanda staff Publish Not your original work? Add source While most see plants as a key part of nature-one that makes sure humanity doesn't run out of air, provides food, and makes the world more beautiful-there's more than meets the eye. Meet Suzie Grieve of Foraged Fibres, a wild basket and jewelry maker from Lake District, UK who weaves miniature baskets as well as tiny jewelry using leaves, vines, and weeds. Check out some of her best works in our curated list below. And, hey, while you're there, leave a comment and an upvote on the ones you like the most! More Info: Instagram Website This post may include affiliate links. #1 Suzie Grieve / Foraged Fibres Report Final score: 45points POST Anup Poojary Anup Poojary Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago The artist, Suzie Grieve, can make a whole set of these as toys for kids as a business. This can be included with a book/pamphlet to show eco-friendly ways to use materials and sustainable way of living. Children will get to learn early. Just a suggestion. Amazing stuff. 18 18points reply View more comments As mentioned above, Suzie Grieve, the mastermind behind Foraged Fibres, is a self-taught wild basket and jewelry maker from Lake District, a region and national park in Cumbria in northwest England. Grieve weaves miniature baskets and tiny jewelry using dried leaves, vines, and weeds. She also weaves regular-sized baskets, if you're wondering. Bored Panda got in touch with Suzie for an interview, so continue scrolling to read more! #2 Suzie Grieve / Foraged Fibres Report Final score: 45points POST Mary Rose Kent Mary Rose Kent Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago “Follow the woven-reed road” 3 3points reply View more comments #3 Suzie Grieve / Foraged Fibres Report Final score: 44points POST Spring Fisk Spring Fisk Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago so cute!!! 6 6points reply View more comments #4 Suzie Grieve / Foraged Fibres Report Final score: 43points POST Judy Reynolds Judy Reynolds Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago It took a long time, and a visit to her website, but I finally decided this is my favourite photo... 6 6points reply View more comments "The first time I wove anything was whilst I was living in a community in central France. It was my job to create vegetable beds so I used the abundantly growing hazel to weave the edges," Grieve explained the origins of her endeavor. "Whilst weaving the sticks in place, I felt an immediate connection to the craft, the simple meditative rhythm of the weaving, the beautiful tactile way in which it allows you to connect with the land and the feeling of self reliance. To be able to create with only your hands and what's growing around you is an amazing feeling." #5 Suzie Grieve / Foraged Fibres Report Final score: 42points POST Haru Brujis Haru Brujis Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Matrioshka baskets. 9 9points reply View more comments #6 Suzie Grieve / Foraged Fibres Report Final score: 38points POST Kyla Bushland Kyla Bushland Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Amazing 5 5points reply View more comments #7 Suzie Grieve / Foraged Fibres Report Final score: 37points POST V 2000 V 2000 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago wow i can picture the smurf using it 7 7points reply View More Replies... View more comments #8 Suzie Grieve / Foraged Fibres Report Final score: 37points POST Haru Brujis Haru Brujis Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Etruscan shrew basket. 2 2points reply View More Replies... View more comments Now, where Grieve lives, it is a bit of a challenge to find the right material for crafting these beautiful baskets and pieces of jewelry, but she found a way around it: "Since moving back to the Lake District, I've had to adapt the way I find and gather the plants I use in my work. There is a real lack of wild space here to freely harvest materials from, which has forced me to make some beautiful connections with local landowners over the years who allow me to gather from their woodlands and fields in exchange for some simple work such as chopping wood," explained Grieve. #9 Suzie Grieve / Foraged Fibres Report Final score: 35points POST Lorrie Kundrat Lorrie Kundrat Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago love this! you are so talented! 4 4points reply View more comments #10 Suzie Grieve / Foraged Fibres Report Final score: 33points POST Marci Rommal Marci Rommal Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago A medicine bag? 3 3points reply View More Replies... View more comments #11 Suzie Grieve / Foraged Fibres Report Final score: 31points POST Spring Fisk Spring Fisk Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Beautiful! 3 3points reply View more comments #12 Suzie Grieve / Foraged Fibres Report Final score: 29points POST Zoe Lovison Zoe Lovison Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago wow! so cool :) 1 1point reply The plants she gathers, obviously, depend on the seasons, which she particularly enjoys because of the awareness of the seasons and their cycles that it all provides. She told Bored Panda that, in springtime, she gathers willow bark and dandelions. In the summer, it's the likes of nettles and brambles. Autumn is "a mad rush of harvesting long leafy things," while in the winter-as much as the short daytime allows-she forages vines, such as honeysuckles and ivy. #13 Suzie Grieve / Foraged Fibres Report Final score: 28points POST #14 Suzie Grieve / Foraged Fibres Report Final score: 25points POST Marion Muncaster Marion Muncaster Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago all of these baskets are amazing and lovely. good eyes and tiny hands? really cool 0 0points reply #15 Suzie Grieve / Foraged Fibres Report Final score: 23points POST Mary Rose Kent Mary Rose Kent Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago The colors are GORGEOUS! 1 1point reply #16 Suzie Grieve / Foraged Fibres Report Final score: 22points POST Haru Brujis Haru Brujis Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Chess basket. 1 1point reply #17 Suzie Grieve / Foraged Fibres Report Final score: 21points POST See Also on Bored Panda Woman Shows How "Harry Potter" Characters Were Supposed To Look According To Book Descriptions (35 Pics) 50 ‘Weird Facts’ About The World That Might Give You A Fresh Perspective As you might have figured, the whole process isn't as clear-cut as one might think, requiring time, effort, and, needless to say, luck finding the needed plants. And this is besides all of the processes in between. "It's a crazy lengthy process using wild-crafted materials for weaving. There's the hours spent finding the plants, gathering and processing them and hanging them up to dry before you even come to rehydrating them for weaving, but I love it. I'm quite an introvert and between wandering in the forests looking for leaves and hermitting away in my weaving workshop, it suits me perfectly. I've always been obsessed with plants, so I'm super grateful I get to spend my days tangling them into little baskets." #18 Suzie Grieve / Foraged Fibres Report Final score: 20points POST Haru Brujis Haru Brujis Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Nice glass. 1 1point reply #19 Suzie Grieve / Foraged Fibres Report Final score: 18points POST KitKatss KitKatss Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I just love the colours and pattern, the precision and patience to make this must be strong, I'm not this patient 1 1point reply View more comments #20 Suzie Grieve / Foraged Fibres Report Final score: 17points POST Becklass Becklass Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Love the pattern on this one! 2 2points reply View More Replies... View more comments #21 Suzie Grieve / Foraged Fibres Report Final score: 15points POST #22 Suzie Grieve / Foraged Fibres Report Final score: 15points POST Mary Rose Kent Mary Rose Kent Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Earrings! 0 0points reply "To make sure I gather as sustainably as possible, I started to experiment weaving with the so-called 'weeds' and invasive plants that grow abundantly and locally. I've discovered that these are often amazingly strong and flexible plants as they must be to survive-it's in their nature," explained Grieve. "A few of my favorite plants to weave with are dandelion, bramble and bindweed. The beauty of using these plants is that they often get removed, mowed or pruned anyway. May as well turn them into a basket instead of going to waste." "Being reliant on nature like this also gives you such a deep respect and desire to care for the environment around you, it's not within a forager's interest to ever overharvest or damage the population of a plant." #23 Suzie Grieve / Foraged Fibres Report Final score: 14points POST #24 Suzie Grieve / Foraged Fibres Report Final score: 14points POST Haru Brujis Haru Brujis Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Glittery. 1 1point reply #25 Suzie Grieve / Foraged Fibres Report Final score: 14points POST Haru Brujis Haru Brujis Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago THE CAGE IS FOR THE SHREWS. 1 1point reply #26 Suzie Grieve / Foraged Fibres Report Final score: 13points POST Dorothy Parker Dorothy Parker Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago (edited) Creels for very wee fishes. 1 1point reply "One of the simple reasons I work in miniature, creating tiny baskets and woven necklaces, is the lack of space to grow or store massive amounts of materials, the tiniest of my baskets often being woven from a single leaf. Mostly, though, it's just my unexplainable love for miniatures, especially miniature crafts." "I have to admit I have a slightly obsessive nature and until I make the world's smallest basket, I shall keep on weaving up tiny vessels! Currently my priority is getting my book on wild basketry together so weaving has taken a little bit of a back step until I get that finished!" #27 Suzie Grieve / Foraged Fibres Report Final score: 12points POST See Also on Bored Panda Overworked Employee Quits Because He Wasn't Getting A Fair Wage, Costs The Company $40 Million 40 Embarrassing Moments People Didn't Know Who They Were Talking To And Made A Fool Of Themselves #28 Suzie Grieve / Foraged Fibres Report Final score: 12points POST #29 Suzie Grieve / Foraged Fibres Report Final score: 10points POST #30 Suzie Grieve / Foraged Fibres Report Final score: 10points POST And there's more where that came from as you can visit Suzie's Instagram as well as her website to see more of her beautiful wild basket and jewelry designs. But before you go, why not let us know what you thought of all of this in the comment section below! Anyone can write on Bored Panda. Start writing! Follow Bored Panda on Google News! 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POST Rachknits Rachknits Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago These are so good; making things that small gives no room for error and they all look perfect! 6 6points reply J Rob J Rob Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago These are fantastic! Unfortunately all her small baskets are "out of stock" on her web site. Her more rustic baskets are very appealing as well. Check it out. www.foragedfibres.co.uk 5 5points reply Suzy the observer Suzy the observer Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago How amazing! Her lifestyle and philosophy are almost druid-like and I love that. 5 5points reply Robertas Lisickis (Post author) Robertas Lisickis BoredPanda Staff • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago She's also a Suzie. ;) 5 5points reply Load More Replies... Load More Comments POST Rachknits Rachknits Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago These are so good; making things that small gives no room for error and they all look perfect! 6 6points reply J Rob J Rob Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago These are fantastic! Unfortunately all her small baskets are "out of stock" on her web site. Her more rustic baskets are very appealing as well. Check it out. www.foragedfibres.co.uk 5 5points reply Suzy the observer Suzy the observer Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago How amazing! Her lifestyle and philosophy are almost druid-like and I love that. 5 5points reply Robertas Lisickis (Post author) Robertas Lisickis BoredPanda Staff • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago She's also a Suzie. ;) 5 5points reply Load More Replies... 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Robertas LisickisBoredPanda staff Publish Not your original work? Add source While most see plants as a key part of nature-one that makes sure humanity doesn't run out of air, provides food, and makes the world more beautiful-there's more than meets the eye. Meet Suzie Grieve of Foraged Fibres, a wild basket and jewelry maker from Lake District, UK who weaves miniature baskets as well as tiny jewelry using leaves, vines, and weeds. Check out some of her best works in our curated list below. And, hey, while you're there, leave a comment and an upvote on the ones you like the most! More Info: Instagram Website This post may include affiliate links. #1 Suzie Grieve / Foraged Fibres Report Final score: 45points POST Anup Poojary Anup Poojary Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago The artist, Suzie Grieve, can make a whole set of these as toys for kids as a business. This can be included with a book/pamphlet to show eco-friendly ways to use materials and sustainable way of living. Children will get to learn early. Just a suggestion. Amazing stuff. 18 18points reply View more comments As mentioned above, Suzie Grieve, the mastermind behind Foraged Fibres, is a self-taught wild basket and jewelry maker from Lake District, a region and national park in Cumbria in northwest England. Grieve weaves miniature baskets and tiny jewelry using dried leaves, vines, and weeds. She also weaves regular-sized baskets, if you're wondering. Bored Panda got in touch with Suzie for an interview, so continue scrolling to read more! #2 Suzie Grieve / Foraged Fibres Report Final score: 45points POST Mary Rose Kent Mary Rose Kent Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago “Follow the woven-reed road” 3 3points reply View more comments #3 Suzie Grieve / Foraged Fibres Report Final score: 44points POST Spring Fisk Spring Fisk Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago so cute!!! 6 6points reply View more comments #4 Suzie Grieve / Foraged Fibres Report Final score: 43points POST Judy Reynolds Judy Reynolds Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago It took a long time, and a visit to her website, but I finally decided this is my favourite photo... 6 6points reply View more comments "The first time I wove anything was whilst I was living in a community in central France. It was my job to create vegetable beds so I used the abundantly growing hazel to weave the edges," Grieve explained the origins of her endeavor. "Whilst weaving the sticks in place, I felt an immediate connection to the craft, the simple meditative rhythm of the weaving, the beautiful tactile way in which it allows you to connect with the land and the feeling of self reliance. To be able to create with only your hands and what's growing around you is an amazing feeling." #5 Suzie Grieve / Foraged Fibres Report Final score: 42points POST Haru Brujis Haru Brujis Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Matrioshka baskets. 9 9points reply View more comments #6 Suzie Grieve / Foraged Fibres Report Final score: 38points POST Kyla Bushland Kyla Bushland Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Amazing 5 5points reply View more comments #7 Suzie Grieve / Foraged Fibres Report Final score: 37points POST V 2000 V 2000 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago wow i can picture the smurf using it 7 7points reply View More Replies... View more comments #8 Suzie Grieve / Foraged Fibres Report Final score: 37points POST Haru Brujis Haru Brujis Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Etruscan shrew basket. 2 2points reply View More Replies... View more comments Now, where Grieve lives, it is a bit of a challenge to find the right material for crafting these beautiful baskets and pieces of jewelry, but she found a way around it: "Since moving back to the Lake District, I've had to adapt the way I find and gather the plants I use in my work. There is a real lack of wild space here to freely harvest materials from, which has forced me to make some beautiful connections with local landowners over the years who allow me to gather from their woodlands and fields in exchange for some simple work such as chopping wood," explained Grieve. #9 Suzie Grieve / Foraged Fibres Report Final score: 35points POST Lorrie Kundrat Lorrie Kundrat Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago love this! you are so talented! 4 4points reply View more comments #10 Suzie Grieve / Foraged Fibres Report Final score: 33points POST Marci Rommal Marci Rommal Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago A medicine bag? 3 3points reply View More Replies... View more comments #11 Suzie Grieve / Foraged Fibres Report Final score: 31points POST Spring Fisk Spring Fisk Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Beautiful! 3 3points reply View more comments #12 Suzie Grieve / Foraged Fibres Report Final score: 29points POST Zoe Lovison Zoe Lovison Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago wow! so cool :) 1 1point reply The plants she gathers, obviously, depend on the seasons, which she particularly enjoys because of the awareness of the seasons and their cycles that it all provides. She told Bored Panda that, in springtime, she gathers willow bark and dandelions. In the summer, it's the likes of nettles and brambles. Autumn is "a mad rush of harvesting long leafy things," while in the winter-as much as the short daytime allows-she forages vines, such as honeysuckles and ivy. #13 Suzie Grieve / Foraged Fibres Report Final score: 28points POST #14 Suzie Grieve / Foraged Fibres Report Final score: 25points POST Marion Muncaster Marion Muncaster Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago all of these baskets are amazing and lovely. good eyes and tiny hands? really cool 0 0points reply #15 Suzie Grieve / Foraged Fibres Report Final score: 23points POST Mary Rose Kent Mary Rose Kent Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago The colors are GORGEOUS! 1 1point reply #16 Suzie Grieve / Foraged Fibres Report Final score: 22points POST Haru Brujis Haru Brujis Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Chess basket. 1 1point reply #17 Suzie Grieve / Foraged Fibres Report Final score: 21points POST See Also on Bored Panda Woman Shows How "Harry Potter" Characters Were Supposed To Look According To Book Descriptions (35 Pics) 50 ‘Weird Facts’ About The World That Might Give You A Fresh Perspective As you might have figured, the whole process isn't as clear-cut as one might think, requiring time, effort, and, needless to say, luck finding the needed plants. And this is besides all of the processes in between. "It's a crazy lengthy process using wild-crafted materials for weaving. There's the hours spent finding the plants, gathering and processing them and hanging them up to dry before you even come to rehydrating them for weaving, but I love it. I'm quite an introvert and between wandering in the forests looking for leaves and hermitting away in my weaving workshop, it suits me perfectly. I've always been obsessed with plants, so I'm super grateful I get to spend my days tangling them into little baskets." #18 Suzie Grieve / Foraged Fibres Report Final score: 20points POST Haru Brujis Haru Brujis Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Nice glass. 1 1point reply #19 Suzie Grieve / Foraged Fibres Report Final score: 18points POST KitKatss KitKatss Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I just love the colours and pattern, the precision and patience to make this must be strong, I'm not this patient 1 1point reply View more comments #20 Suzie Grieve / Foraged Fibres Report Final score: 17points POST Becklass Becklass Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Love the pattern on this one! 2 2points reply View More Replies... View more comments #21 Suzie Grieve / Foraged Fibres Report Final score: 15points POST #22 Suzie Grieve / Foraged Fibres Report Final score: 15points POST Mary Rose Kent Mary Rose Kent Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Earrings! 0 0points reply "To make sure I gather as sustainably as possible, I started to experiment weaving with the so-called 'weeds' and invasive plants that grow abundantly and locally. I've discovered that these are often amazingly strong and flexible plants as they must be to survive-it's in their nature," explained Grieve. "A few of my favorite plants to weave with are dandelion, bramble and bindweed. The beauty of using these plants is that they often get removed, mowed or pruned anyway. May as well turn them into a basket instead of going to waste." "Being reliant on nature like this also gives you such a deep respect and desire to care for the environment around you, it's not within a forager's interest to ever overharvest or damage the population of a plant." #23 Suzie Grieve / Foraged Fibres Report Final score: 14points POST #24 Suzie Grieve / Foraged Fibres Report Final score: 14points POST Haru Brujis Haru Brujis Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Glittery. 1 1point reply #25 Suzie Grieve / Foraged Fibres Report Final score: 14points POST Haru Brujis Haru Brujis Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago THE CAGE IS FOR THE SHREWS. 1 1point reply #26 Suzie Grieve / Foraged Fibres Report Final score: 13points POST Dorothy Parker Dorothy Parker Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago (edited) Creels for very wee fishes. 1 1point reply "One of the simple reasons I work in miniature, creating tiny baskets and woven necklaces, is the lack of space to grow or store massive amounts of materials, the tiniest of my baskets often being woven from a single leaf. Mostly, though, it's just my unexplainable love for miniatures, especially miniature crafts." "I have to admit I have a slightly obsessive nature and until I make the world's smallest basket, I shall keep on weaving up tiny vessels! Currently my priority is getting my book on wild basketry together so weaving has taken a little bit of a back step until I get that finished!" #27 Suzie Grieve / Foraged Fibres Report Final score: 12points POST See Also on Bored Panda Overworked Employee Quits Because He Wasn't Getting A Fair Wage, Costs The Company $40 Million 40 Embarrassing Moments People Didn't Know Who They Were Talking To And Made A Fool Of Themselves #28 Suzie Grieve / Foraged Fibres Report Final score: 12points POST #29 Suzie Grieve / Foraged Fibres Report Final score: 10points POST #30 Suzie Grieve / Foraged Fibres Report Final score: 10points POST And there's more where that came from as you can visit Suzie's Instagram as well as her website to see more of her beautiful wild basket and jewelry designs. But before you go, why not let us know what you thought of all of this in the comment section below! Anyone can write on Bored Panda. Start writing! Follow Bored Panda on Google News! 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POST Rachknits Rachknits Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago These are so good; making things that small gives no room for error and they all look perfect! 6 6points reply J Rob J Rob Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago These are fantastic! Unfortunately all her small baskets are "out of stock" on her web site. Her more rustic baskets are very appealing as well. Check it out. www.foragedfibres.co.uk 5 5points reply Suzy the observer Suzy the observer Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago How amazing! Her lifestyle and philosophy are almost druid-like and I love that. 5 5points reply Robertas Lisickis (Post author) Robertas Lisickis BoredPanda Staff • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago She's also a Suzie. ;) 5 5points reply Load More Replies... Load More Comments POST Rachknits Rachknits Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago These are so good; making things that small gives no room for error and they all look perfect! 6 6points reply J Rob J Rob Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago These are fantastic! Unfortunately all her small baskets are "out of stock" on her web site. Her more rustic baskets are very appealing as well. Check it out. www.foragedfibres.co.uk 5 5points reply Suzy the observer Suzy the observer Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago How amazing! Her lifestyle and philosophy are almost druid-like and I love that. 5 5points reply Robertas Lisickis (Post author) Robertas Lisickis BoredPanda Staff • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago She's also a Suzie. ;) 5 5points reply Load More Replies... 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