Soft launching. More makers all summer.Soft launching with our founding makers. More arriving through the summer.
Soft launching. More makers all summer.Soft launching with our founding makers. More arriving through the summer.
The Raised Diamond Braid is the more technical Glory Braid. Same heritage straw, same twelve straws traditionally tied to the twelve apostles, same job at harvest time, but plaited in a pattern that lifts off the surface in a clear diamond grid. It takes longer at the bench, and it sits differently against a wall.
Hung along pew ends in the older churches, this one carried the harvest glory; hung at home, it is held to sweep evil away and welcome friends. Lucy plaits the raised-diamond version in the studio in Layer de la Haye and finishes it with ribbon for hanging.
Approximately 18–22cm laid flat with a 6cm ribbon loop. Each piece is plaited individually after you order, so colour and exact size will vary slightly.
The Raised Diamond Braid is the more technical Glory Braid. Same heritage straw, same twelve straws traditionally tied to the twelve apostles, same job at harvest time, but plaited in a pattern that lifts off the surface in a clear diamond grid. It takes longer at the bench, and it sits differently against a wall.
Hung along pew ends in the older churches, this one carried the harvest glory; hung at home, it is held to sweep evil away and welcome friends. Lucy plaits the raised-diamond version in the studio in Layer de la Haye and finishes it with ribbon for hanging.
Approximately 18–22cm laid flat with a 6cm ribbon loop. Each piece is plaited individually after you order, so colour and exact size will vary slightly.
Lucy Hook-Child plaits corn dollies and harvest tokens in heritage straw from her studio in Layer de la Haye, Essex. Two of her third great-grandaunts were straw plaiters in Belchamp Walter in the 1850s. She is one of the makers keeping this Red List craft alive today.
