making a basket in bunho

DATE

TO BE DEFINED

  • Capacity

    6-8 People

  • Schedule

    10am-6pm*
    *See details below

  • Price

    340€

    *Please check available discounts below

  • Dificulty

    For artists and all those interested in this subject. Basketry for beginners.

  • Additional information

    We offer accommodation in a shared room during the course, subject to availability

    10% discount if you sign up until 17/01/2023

    Enrollments until 1 months before the starting date

BASKETRY WORKSHOP IN BUNHO

WITH CRISTINA FONSECA

With the Basketry Workshop in Bunho, we invite you to contact the history of this craft through the hand and teaching of Cristina Fonseca. Cristina is one of the few artisans dedicated to this traditional Portuguese basketry technique. She has generously come to Cerdeira to share know-how now on the verge of extinction in a workshop for beginners.

Fighting for the survival of this technique and working with what nature gives us, we build useful and decorative objects for our homes with bunho, a natural material that once served and was essential to farming and agricultural work. From it, we can create unique pieces of basketry intertwined with our hands and creativity.

Bunho is a plant that we find in several areas of Portugal, especially in humid and/or swampy places. This material, which is sustainable and affordable, is also durable. A creation that will be more than the memory of an ancient craft.

 
Artisan Cristina Fonseca picking bunho for making baskets

Cristina Fonseca

Cristina is a basketry artisan, who lives and works in Sintra, Portugal.

She creates original pieces of contemporary nature in plant fibers, also developing a regular work of training and promoting basketry through practical workshops.

Learn more about her work here.

 
 

BASKETRY WORKSHOP IN BUNHO DETAILS

SCHEDULE:

  • Friday: 16h-18h

  • Saturday: 10h-18h

  • Sunday: 10h-15h

BASKETRY WORKSHOP PROGRAM:

Day 1- Brief introduction of bunho (schoenoplectus lacustris); its habitat and use in basketry; Preparation of small samples to explore the possibilities.

Day 2 - Preparation of a basket in bunho, with or without handles.

Day 3 - Conclusion of the previous day's work. Exercise: casing a "frame".

CONDITIONS

• Enrollments up to 1 month before the course start date.

• 10% discount on the total cost of the course if you make a prompt-payment at least 2 months before the basketry workshop start date.

THE WORKSHOP FEE INCLUDES:

• Integration in a small workgroup (6 to 8 participants in total)

• Training 3-6 hours a day, spoken in portuguese and with support in english;

• All the materials needed for the course;

• Free accommodation in our shared residences during the course (upon availability). The residences are equipped with a dormitory, kitchen, shared bathrooms, washing machine, towels, bed linen and wi-fi;

• 10% discount when booking an individual house on the base rate (minimum of 2 nights). The base rate refers to a stay of 2 people and includes breakfast, equipped kitchen, towels, bed linen and wi-fi.

ADICIONAL LUNCH SERVICE:

Lunch package for 14€/meal when booked at least one week before check-in. After this date, the regular price applies.

ENROLLMENTS AND MORE INFO:

artsandcrafts@cerdeirahomeforcreativity.com

+351 913 989 281*

*(call to national mobile network)

CANCELLATION POLICY FOR COURSES AND WORKSHOPS

You may withdraw within 14 days of registration, paying the correspondent transfer fees. Following the EU consumer protection legislation, payments are not refunded past 14 days of registration. The payment will be fully reimbursed if the training cannot be held because of insufficient students.

Suppose the training is canceled by Cerdeira - Home For Creativity for reasons of significant force such as a pandemic, civil disorder, a natural catastrophe, medical or family issues of the teacher, and others beyond our control. In that case, Cerdeira will offer a voucher for a different workshop of your choice. The voucher is valid for two years.