“You can fail at what you don’t want, so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love.”
Workshop experiences for all levels
open for sale on January 1st, 2026
Willowbrook Basket Farm
Sandra is a basket weaver, teacher and willow farmer based in New Jersey and New York. She studies the craft of basket making across mediums, but works primarily with sustainably farmed willow and wild foraged willow bark.
She teaches a variety of basketry classes around the USA in select arts and craft schools. Offerings in weekly semester based classes, and weekend workshop experiences.
Sandra started Willowbrook Basket Farm on land she purchased in the Mohawk Valley region of New York State. On this regenerative farm, cultivated heritage willow is grown and harvested, and wild willow is collected and striped for bark.
A member of the National Basketry Organization (NBO), Basketmakers Association, and the Northeast Basketmakers Guild.
Recent frame work in whole Rod Willow and Braked Willow Bark Weavers 2023
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