Basketmaker and Chair restorer
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The first time that I fell in love with baskets I was 9 years old. I am Hungarian and I have been to lots of markets where beautiful woven baskets are everywhere.
Before I started the Creative Basketry course I completed some short courses.  Whilst doing the courses more and more things became clear.  To me, natural materials and three-dimensional items form and structure are usually of primary importance. Surface pattern and colour come later when consideration has been given to the structure.  I am also interested in organic forms and shapes. and how ideas of three dimensionality and physical and psychological spaces relate to this.

Following on from the City & Guilds course, I apprenticed at John Lawler's antique restoration workshop.  John Lawler is a second-generation Irish seat weaver and upholsterer based in North London and becoame my mentor in traditional upholstery.  During my apprenticeship I also worked on traditional cane and rush chairs.  I now run my own seat-weaving business repairing cane and rush chairs as well as wicker furniture. 

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