Tailing the Griendworker

Barry Voeten — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:43:16 +0000

This weekend we did an historic excursion to the Biesbosch national park leading us back to the forgotten lifestyle of the griendworker: the men who harvested and collected the willow branches. The men, mostly catholic from surrounding villages like Drimmelen and Made left their families during the weekdays to sleep in circumstances rarely seen [...]

Cutting smaller willow branches

Barry Voeten — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 08:48:32 +0000

The works of a Griendworker, the old crafts of the Biesbosch, The Netherlands. In order to reach larger branches, first remove the small ones. Bind them together with one of the self-made willow tie wraps.

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Tailing the Griendworker

Cutting smaller willow branches