Ruby Taylor is an artist-maker and educator, and connection to the natural world is at the root of her creative practice. She works with materials foraged from woods, hedgerows and the land, and facilitates immersive outdoor courses in basketmaking, pottery and bushcraft in Sussex, where she lives. Ruby holds a BA Hons in 3D Craft, post-graduate teacher training in Art & Design, a Diploma in the Therapeutic Application of the Arts, and trained in basketry with a number of UK basketmakers. From 2009–15 she worked with East Sussex Archaeology and Museums Partnership teaching ancient craft & technology, and co-constructing prehistoric-style dwellings. rubytaylor.art / @nativehands.uk

• Foreword by Hilary Leighton, PhDPrefaceChapter 1 Why ‘Wild’, Why Basketry Chapter 2 Origins: Animal-made Structures Chapter 3 Origins: Human Archaeology of Baskets and Cordage Chapter 4Basketmaking Traditions Chapter 5Harvesting Materials Chapter 6Projects 1. Bramble Basket (stake & strand) 2. Bark Container (assembly) 3. Cordage (x 4) 4. Looped Cordage Bag (looping) 5. Lidded Grass Basket (coiled) 6. Reed Mace Basket (twining)

This is an invitation to connect with that wild place in your heart and home.

Ruby Taylor is an artist-maker and educator, and connection to the natural world is at the root of her creative practice. She works with materials foraged from woods, hedgerows and the land, and facilitates immersive outdoor courses in basketmaking, pottery and bushcraft in Sussex, where she lives. Ruby holds a BA Hons in 3D Craft, post-graduate teacher training in Art & Design, a Diploma in the Therapeutic Application of the Arts, and trained in basketry with a number of UK basketmakers. From 2009–15 she worked with East Sussex Archaeology and Museums Partnership teaching ancient craft & technology, and co-constructing prehistoric-style dwellings. rubytaylor.art / @nativehands.uk

• Foreword by Hilary Leighton, PhDPrefaceChapter 1 Why ‘Wild’, Why Basketry Chapter 2 Origins: Animal-made Structures Chapter 3 Origins: Human Archaeology of Baskets and Cordage Chapter 4Basketmaking Traditions Chapter 5Harvesting Materials Chapter 6Projects 1. Bramble Basket (stake & strand) 2. Bark Container (assembly) 3. Cordage (x 4) 4. Looped Cordage Bag (looping) 5. Lidded Grass Basket (coiled) 6. Reed Mace Basket (twining)

This is an invitation to connect with that wild place in your heart and home.

Ruby Taylor is an artist-maker and educator, and connection to the natural world is at the root of her creative practice. She works with materials foraged from woods, hedgerows and the land, and facilitates immersive outdoor courses in basketmaking, pottery and bushcraft in Sussex, where she lives. Ruby holds a BA Hons in 3D Craft, post-graduate teacher training in Art & Design, a Diploma in the Therapeutic Application of the Arts, and trained in basketry with a number of UK basketmakers. From 2009–15 she worked with East Sussex Archaeology and Museums Partnership teaching ancient craft & technology, and co-constructing prehistoric-style dwellings. rubytaylor.art / @nativehands.uk

• Foreword by Hilary Leighton, PhDPrefaceChapter 1 Why ‘Wild’, Why Basketry Chapter 2 Origins: Animal-made Structures Chapter 3 Origins: Human Archaeology of Baskets and Cordage Chapter 4Basketmaking Traditions Chapter 5Harvesting Materials Chapter 6Projects 1. Bramble Basket (stake & strand) 2. Bark Container (assembly) 3. Cordage (x 4) 4. Looped Cordage Bag (looping) 5. Lidded Grass Basket (coiled) 6. Reed Mace Basket (twining)

This is an invitation to connect with that wild place in your heart and home.