Hazel is a contemporary basketmaker who graduated in 2004 with an Applied Arts degree and began working professionally in 2008. She has exhibited work on a Gold Award winning stand at Chelsea and made commissioned work in willow on all scales for a variety of clients. She exhibits and sells her work through galleries, fairs, and from her studio.

Initially a willow specialist, Hazel’s later work has broadened to focus more on sculptural form and metaphor using natural materials and found items. She is particularly interested in exploring the potential for meaning in using materials from her home landscape in North Herts, and places to which she has a personal connection.

Hazel teaches a range of willow workshops, and short courses using mixed natural media from her studio in Offley and other venues local to North Herts.