Emma Purcell

Tutor

Emma makes baskets, sculptural forms and cordage, mostly from willow but also from Rush and salvaged materials. Based in East Sussex, Emma grows and harvests her own willow bed, as well as foraging materials from the landscape, everything Emma crafts is by hand.  Seeing the role of baskets in the twenty-first century as somewhat niche… Emma attempts to preserve their place as aesthetic and functional forms, harnessing beauty, nature and craftsmanship in an age of mass-produced, disposable plastic vessels.