Harvesting Willow Bark for basketry or fibre arts

Written By Nikita Darani

Spring time is the perfect time for harvesting willow bark to dry out and store for future projects and thats exactly what I was doing today. The sap is flowing and the bark is eager to break away from the branch. It is important when harvesting willow that you leave some branches behind for the pollinators.

I love foraging for craft materials, its reassuring to know that in this expensive world you can get by scratching the crafting itch by using what is abundantly growing around you here in Ireland


Lets go through how to strip bark from the tree.

willow tree used to strip willow bark for basketry and fibre arts
Tools needed to strip bark from willow in Ireland for use in basketry and fibre arts
scoring the willow branch to strip the bark from the branch for basketry and fibre arts
how to strip bark from willow for basketry and fiber art
willow bark stripped and used for fibre art and basketry
Nikita Darani
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