FESTIVAL WEEKEND
TEAR UP'S 2026 LINE UP WILL BE RELEASED SOON
Weekend Tickets - £70
Day Tickets - £35
The weekend it going to be a jam packed extravaganza, celebrating all things willow and fibre!
The Festival Timetable will be released in September.
On offer over both days will be mini workshops ranging from 'have a go' sessions learning about different materials, short workshops from 30 mins - 3hrs, drop in sessions making anything from brooms to basketry tools, family friendly workshops, demonstrations, basket & sculpture sales, talks with the worlds best makers, and a specially curated exhibition.
There will be workshops on offer in - willow, rush, hazel, ash, grasses, bark, coiling, pole lath turning, tool making, leather, sharpening, spoon carving + much more.
THE 2024 LINE UP
Here's what we enjoyed at Tear Up Fest in 2024
Expert tutors
Francois Desplanches | Jenny Crisp | Alice Fox | Lorna Singleton | Benjamin Nauleau | Ane Lyngsgaard | Anne Mette Hjornholm | Peter Dibble | Rachel Frost | Marguerite Herlant |
Makers over the weekend offering workshops, demo's, talks & sales
John Williamson - Devon maund maker | Dan Lawrence (spoon maker) | Flo Hamer - Basketmaker & Greenwood worker | Michelle Matteo - Ash splint basketmaker | Amy Leake - Bowl turner | Peter Wood (Greenwood Days) - Pole lathe turning | Dave Budd - Blacksmith/basketry tool maker | Mandy Coates - Basketmaker | Rosie Farey - Rush Basketmaker | Tom Keally - Chair Maker | Helen Munday - Basketmaker | Woodland Craft Supplies - Greenwood tool sales | Tom Hare - Willow Sculptor | McMillen Art - Cedar Basketmaking | Jeanette Gray - Fibre basketmaker | Dominic Parrette - Frame basketmaker | Polly Pollock - Coiling | Rosa Harradine - Brush maker | Phil Bradley - Basketmaker | Dan Neal - Rush seat / ladder back chair maker | Clare Revera - Basketmaker/exhibition curator | Mary Lewis - Basketmaker/exhibition curator | Jenny Crisp - Basketmaker | Francois Desplanches - Basketmaker |
Charlie Groves - Trugmaker | Ali Hayhurst - Hazel Hurdles | Rachel Evans - Basketmaker | Jeanny Bouwen - Basketmaker | Jefke Geysels - Skein work Basketmaker
Basketry: Rescuing, Reviving, Retaining - Exhibition Artists
John Williamson - Devon Stave | Sue Morgan - Withy Pot | Rachel Frost - Heather Kishie | Hilary Burns - Oyster Tendle |
Lorna Singleton - Oak swill | Eddie Glew - Square work | Clare Revera - Cyntell | Rob Fear - Tregaron Peat Basket |
Alisha Davidson - Llangwm Cawell | Dea Neale Hopton - Welsh tea things | Mary Lewis - Marram Grass basket |
Gill Jones - Salmon Putcher | Peter Dibble - Yarmouth Herring Swill | Francois Desplanches - Irish Sciathog | Dan Neal - Rush seating | Jenny Crisp - Fitched Oval | Nadine Anderson - Eel trap | Sally Goymer - Skeined basket | Lewis Goldwater - Hazel Whisket |
John Cowan - Herring Cran | Dominic Parrette - Sussex Trug | Kevin Gauld - Orkney Chair | Eve Eunson - Fair Isle Chair |
Sam Dennis - Straw Coiling | Rachel Evans - Hazel cockle basket | Max/Claire Gaudion - Guernsey pannier |
Carol Partridge - Corn Dollies | Veronica Main - Straw plait basket | Alison Fitzgerald - Skib | Mary Butcher - Skeined basket |
Sophie Francis - Southport boat | Julie Livesey - Southport boat | Rosie Farey - Rush peat basket | Cat Beaumont - Underfoot basket | Tim Johnson - Caithness Hayve | Lin Lovekin - Cornish croust box | Angela Firth - Devon Maund |
Fiona Arnold - Yorkshire Farmers wifes basket | Selena Chandler - Mersea Island Tendle | Jo Hammond - Oyster Tendle |
Sue Kirk - Cutlery basket | Anna Liebmann - Wet linen basket | Colette Davies - Flailer's measure
THE 2024 LINE UP
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