Reed Sculpture at Hickling

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A lovely spring day at Norfolk Wildlife Trust’s Hickling Reserve.

We started the day practising knots and learning how to handle and grade Norfolk reed. This was followed up by some very impressive sculptural constructions.

It still surprises me how a bundle of reeds and a ball of jute string can transform into such imaginative works. Here we have a dragonfly, a rather scary reed-goddess and an elegant heron.

Categories: Tales from the Wood

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