WATER AND WILLOW GALA

WATER AND WILLOW GALA EVENT: "Setting To Sea In Small Boats "
Porthleven Village and Harbour, Sunday 15th June
This day will echo the Water Gala in 2000, a YOTA sponsored event, during which 200 willow lanterns, made by the people from Porthleven, floated out to sea at dusk.

If you would like to see what happened in 2000 then Click Here

The emphasis of the demonstrations in the Basketry Marquee will be on interactive displays directed towards encouraging children to participate in making small items to take away or contributing towards larger pieces of work.. Workshop leaders will be Willow Works Collective, Ella Young, Kate Lynch, West Country Baskets, The Sjoholms (and more to come…….).

The Water and Willow Gala will revolve around the performance of a site specific show to take place in and around the harbour, which engages with structures of woven willow and will include music and aerial & fire displays. Sea and air-borne willow lantern structures will be made by members of the local community at workshops in the public hall, at the school and in the Willow Sculpture Marquee.

They will be paraded in a procession during the day, by their makers and artists, performers and musicians involved in all aspects of the Fair. The lanterns will be launched at dusk, amongst a flotilla of decorated, illuminated boats and other small craft.

Visiting basketmakers and other practitioners working with willow will be invited to submit entries on the Gala Event theme, to showcase their craft. The structures will be presented in a complementary display to the event, showcasing the versatility of basketmaking techniques with special reference to willow. They will be offered a working area in the Sculpture Marquee, available from Wednesday 11th June.

See the Feathersticks from 2000 - Click Here.

Basketmakers and other practitioners involved with willow as a material will be invited to submit entries on the Gala Event theme, to showcase their craft. The structures will be presented in a complementary display to the performance, showcasing the versatility of basketmaking techniques with special reference to willow.

More information coming soon. See our Notice Board