Sally Roach

Basketmaker and fibre artist  I am inspired by the world around me, particularly flowers, landscapes and seascapes. I love colour and this often determines my choice of materials and techniques, whereas I often start weaving with only a vague idea of the final form. I work with natural materials like cane, rush and willow as well as found materials, textiles and paper. I use a range of techniques from stake and strand, plaiting and frame to twining, netting and coiling – producing both functional baskets and sculptural pieces.

I completed the City & Guilds Creative Basketry Course at City Lit in London in 2013 and was made a Yeoman member of the Worshipful Company of Basketmakers in 2018. 

You can follow me on instagram @sally_roach_basketry and on my website https://sallyroach.wordpress.com/  or through Cambridge Open Studios  http://www.camopenstudios.co.uk/user/508/summary