Lois walpole biography
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Christmas Day might never be quite as exciting again.
The day started windy, a storm force ten was forecast and by midday the waves on Mid Yell Voe had white crests. By 2pm the wind was whipping the water into clouds of salt laden mist that raced across the water and smacked into the front of the house. Large pieces of driftwood lifted into the air and a neighbour&#;s caravan decided to give up the struggle and let the wind push it over. The howling in the chimney was unforgettable as the Queen told us, in her annual address, of the natural disasters that had happened in her far flung &#;colonies&#; in Shortly afterwards the lights started to flicker and by pm everything went dark as the power went off. We lit the 'peerie' Mørso Squirrel with some willow prunings which then provided us with heating and the means of cooking for the next 24 hours when, thanks to men working in dangerous and very difficult conditions, the volts raced back along the wires. We now know that the wind had hit mph which is defined as hurricane force.
In other parts of the world hurricanes are given girls names and occupy hours of national television, yet Shetland storms are barely noticed by the rest of the British Isles and certainly not christened. Perhaps it&#;s because the islands aren't
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Starting as a traditional basket maker, weaving essentially practical, functional baskets, I now enjoy using these techniques to be more creative and contemporary with my own designs.
I have been living and working as a basket maker in Wales for over 30 years, growing my own willow, giving me a palette of many coloured barks to contrast with other hedgerow materials, plaited bulrushes and laths of different woods such as yew, ash and sweet chestnut.
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As soon as I made my first willow basket, in , I knew I had to make more. An introduction to textile basketry took my making in a new direction. Working with fine flexible materials, with the use of a few simple tools, I sit on the edge of basketry and textiles.
With a background in primary teaching, maths tutoring and museum education,
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