Michelle Mateo, basket maker

Michelle Mateo is a Monmouth-based early-career basket maker, green wood worker and leather worker. Awarded in 2022, her bursary allowed her to train in split wood basketry, expanding her repertoire from ask to hazel and oak splint basketry, and to weave baskets in styles from the UK, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, Spain and the US. Two forms of split wood basketry are currently listed on the Red List of Endangered Crafts.