Just to explain - Ports i Mans - the title of our residency in the
Parc Natural dels Ports of southern Catalonia translates as 'Ports and Hands' simply describing our presence as makers in the natural park over the coming year. In May this year we made our first gathering trips into the mountains above Mas de Barberans harvesting materials we thought promising and inspiring for our makings. Many of the materials we shall be working with are not traditionally used for basketmaking and the properties of many are as yet uncertain - we shall discover as we go!
Una petita explicació, Ports i Mans, el títol de la nostra residència al
Parc Natural dels Ports, descriu la nostra presència com a cistellers al parc natural durant un any sencer. El passat mes de maig vam fer les nostres primeres sortides per collir materials que ens van semblar amb possibilitats i inspiradors per treballar amb ells. Molts dels materials amb els que treballarem no seran aquells que s'han fet servir tradicionalment per cistelleria i las seves propietats son encara incertes per nosaltres, així doncs, ho anirem descobrint a mida que anem experimentant!
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| Harvesting Sarga (Salix elaeagnos) along a barranc (dry river bed) |
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| Gathering bundles of green Asphodelus leaves high up in mountain meadows |
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| Sempreviva (Helichrysum stoechas) ready for drying upside down to prevent the flower stems from drooping. | |
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