About Hermione
Facilitator
As 'Weaving In The Wild', I support others to deepen their relationship with and connection to the living world. Through the practice of natural crafts, ancient skills and practical ethnobotany my workshops explore what I refer to as 'creative rewilding'. Working with our hands and natural materials sourced from the local environment whilst the fire crackles, birds sing, and like-minded people craft beside us, we find ourselves at the root of everything, understanding our human place in the world. I believe that through these experiences we can find a deep sense of belonging, and address the cultural and spiritual disconnection that many of us feel.
My basket making, natural dyeing, and foraging workshops provide a supportive, inclusive and nourishing environment where people can disconnect from their busy lives and find a moment of tranquillity and reflection. I believe everyone should have the opportunity to connect with nature in this way.
I am engaged in a life-long journey of discovery, with much time spent learning directly from plants and through experimenting and practicing with my own hands. Having worked for various Wildlife Trusts in community engagement, wellbeing and education, I am a skilled outdoor facilitator. I have gained qualifications in Basketmaking (City & Guilds Level 2), Intuitive Herbalism, Community Herbalism, as a Nature Health Facilitator and as a Forest School Practitioner. I have spent time with wilderness expert Lynx Vilden, and many days immersed in nature. I am deeply grateful to the experienced, dedicated and generous friends and mentors who have passed on their skills, inspired, supported and encouraged me, and to the wild lands of these islands and all their magic. ​
Maker/Artist
My work as a basket maker is materials-led and rooted in a profound connection to place. I work with organically grown Scottish willows, rush harvested from the river in summer, and other materials foraged from the woods and wild places I know and love.
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Drawing inspiration from heritage basketry, museum archives, and the historical use of locally abundant materials, my work explores how these techniques and materials might influence contemporary designs.
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As well as studying a Basketmaking at Westhope College and with a number of highly skilled makers during short courses, I have been hugely inspired by time spent in Denmark with Anne Mette Hjornholm, a world-renowned contemporary maker. I am also extraordinarily fortunate and grateful to have been mentored by frame basketry expert Alison Fitzgerald.
In 2025 I was selected as one of the Craft Scotland COMPASS Emerging Maker Programme participants. I have also received generous support from the Basketmakers Association and Worshipful Company of Basketmakers to research and attempt to recreate a traditional Scottish basket - the Arbroath Rip. I am a member of the Basketmakers Association and the Scottish Basketmakers Circle.
