Hi Liz, thanks for your comment. They are priced at £60 each plus postage, please email me at [email protected] and we can organise your order, Rachel

Hi, thank you for watching. It is purely sculptural to decorate an area of the garden however, I have a number of spheres displayed in my garden and they are used very regularly by small garden birds. Once a mother bird used it as a nursery, all her fledglings were sitting inside whilst she darted around the garden collecting insects for them, it was really lovely to see.

Thanks Ethel, it's an important part of experiencing art that is sometimes, I feel, overlooked

Yes, you can order a kit here, UK shipping only www.rachelcarter.co.uk/shop/sphere-weaving-kit

Спасибо за приятное сообщение. Я тоже училась плетению пользуясь живой ивой. А потом придумала такой способ делать скульптурные формы с помощью металлической рамы.

If you do a google search for ‘travel by freight ship’ there are a few shipping lines that allow you book a passage with them

It’s made from recycled materials and is 100% recyclable too

A great idea. I've created these before for clients with lights woven into them and they look stunning at night

Hi J, it's a great way to travel if you can. I booked my passage with the Cruise People, good luck with your travels. www.cruisepeople.co.uk

@@rachelcartersculpture874 they don’t answer at all. sent emails called lots. any other subs??? NEED THIS EXACT CRUISE ASAP. would appreciate the help thx

Even I want to go as well

Thank you Elaine

Thank you for your comment, I'm open to any sculpture project particularly that has a focus on womens history. As I'm East Midlands based it does tend to be commissions that has a connection to the Midlands such as the Mayflower story and the story of Cotton. The hijab rejection is interesting and could be a great piece of art with a community engagement project.

I'm pleased you enjoyed it Ethel

Hi Lizzie, for the demo I was using embroidery thread, but fill gap braids can be made with any type and thickness of thread depending on the required finish.

@@rachelcartersculpture874 Thanks, I've been braiding in various ways for many years, but I find yarns can look deceptively fine, or thick, in videos, so I often ask. Embroidery floss always looks nice in the finished braid because of the slight gloss it has.

Thank you Barbara for the lovely feedback

I’m sold out at present, but there are new kits coming this Spring, drop me an email and I’ll check postage costs for you [email protected]

Hi Petra, the frame is powdercoated steel and the weaving material is called Eco-fibre, an extruded 100% recyclable materials that is weatherproof, colourfast and feels lovely to work with. Do have a look at some of the sculptures I've made with this material on my website www.rachelcarter.co.uk

@@rachelcartersculpture874 where can I buy eco fiber?

Thank you for the question, the research and development of this project was funded through Arts Council Englands project grants. So you could say funded by the public. With every lottery ticket purchased in the UK, a small percentage is given to the arts and other culturally funded bodies to support artists like myself with ambitious projects.

Thank you for your advice, I agree hearing protection is so important. Graeme had already done most of the lettering prior to filming so we just did a few bits for the purpose of the camera.

Thank you Jill, I’m proud of my achievements I made as an early career artist and can see so much influence in my new work from these beginnings working with natural materials.

Thank you so much 😀

Thank you so much Christian for taking the time to both watch the film and to send me a message, I’m so pleased to hear your reaction. Yes, my next project will tackle another complex part of our shared history and look at working class women and the enslaved female workforce taken from their home lands and made to work the cotton fields. It’s a story very much woven into my own history as many of my female ancestors died in the industrial cotton mills of the Midlands.

Hi Carol, I’m sorry to hear that you feel my representation of a Pilgrim Woman is not accurate. The project looks at the Mayflower families before they left England for the Netherlands in 1607, the Separatists as they were then refered as, fled the Midlands where the planned sculpture now sits. After a period of time in the Netherlands they fled again, this time on the Mayflower in 1620 and are now referred to as Pilgrims. To try and get authentic working class clothing we used a number of sources, from paintings of that time such as Bruegel the Elder's depiction of women working the field wearing their shift and kirtle to the Tudor Tailor which researches and recreates authentic clothing from that period. Although my project looks at the period before the Pilgrims crossed the Atlantic ocean and settled in Plymouth,MA, the clothing they took with them would have to last a long time and perhaps they would look a little more ragged and worn after the hard winters they encountered during the first few years of life in the New World. Please do get in touch with any more questions, Kind Regards Rachel Carter

Hola, echa un vistazo a Amazon para el tablero de Macrame Beadsmith. Espero haber obtenido la traduccion al espanol correcta x

Thanks for watching and for your great feedback, kits can be purchased direct from my website www.rachelcarter.co.uk

Thank you Ian, it was fascinating to research and wonderful to find out more about Thomas Bramley and his links to luddites and Byron