This is a hand-woven oval-shaped basket made for collecting apples. The base was woven using a Catalan technique and the middle part of the basket was woven using an Irish technique. The light green tint is the natural colour of the type of willow used: Leicestershire Dix willow.
Klara Pil chose her artistic name when she started making baskets. “People found my real name hard to pronounce. One day, on a bus tour with friends, ...
