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John Wright Basketmaker

1985 , Stowmarket (Suffolk)

Cat no. 953

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A basket maker demonstrates his traditional skill, describing his work as he goes.

Basket maker John Wright, from the village of Onehouse, makes a potato basket in the Boby Building workshop at the East Anglian Museum of Rural Life. He describes the technique as he works.

Featured Buildings

Boby Building, East Anglian Museum of Rural Life

Keywords

Basket making; Crafts

Background Information

The East Anglian Museum of Rural Life is located in Stowmarket, Suffolk. The website for the Museum, www.eastanglianlife.org.uk, has the following information about the Boby Building at the Museum: 'The building’s design shows an interesting mixture of urban and rural styles. The cast iron window frames on the ground floor are typical of industrial buildings; the white weather boarding and pantiled roof reflect a style popular in the countryside. Perhaps this can be seen as representative of the work that went on inside this building: an industrial, urban process producing rural, agricultural equipment.'

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John Wright Basketmaker

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