RushMatters
Hand crafted traditional rush products

Rush Matters by Felicity Irons, hand crafts traditional rush products from the English Bulrush, (scirpus lacustris).

The raw material is harvested from the Rivers Ouse, and Nene, to be hand woven into; rush floor matting (medieval matting) and carpets, a perfectly natural flooring, basketry to include log, shopping, and wastepaper baskets, tableware, tablemats, hats, and hand-woven bags and chair seating. As a Rush Merchant rush bolts are despatched by carrier to chair seaters basketmakers and coopers throughout the country, and a rush seating, re-cane seating and traditional re-upholstery repair service is available. We undertake re-upholstery, only using traditional materials and not using foam or staples, clients include The National Trust, for whom a large mat of over 200sq.m. has been woven this year for Hardwick Hall, Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, and The FitzWilliam Museum, Cambridge. Rush weaving Weekend workshops teaching plaiting and weaving techniques are regularly held throughout the year.

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