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Buy Online - Vannerie de Calenzana

15 products available on our partner site BrindeCorse.fr

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  Solenzara Basket – White Wicker
  38,50 €
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  Large Wicker Basket: A Cofa
  88,00 € Epuisé
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  Corte Brown Basket: Wicker and Olive
  49,50 €
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  Fruit Basket with Handle - Pigna
  49,50 €
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  Wicker Bird Feeder
  26,40 € Epuisé
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  Bread Basket - Cassanu
  30,80 €
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  Bundle of Myrtle
  3,50 €
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  Wicker Pot
  29,70 €
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  Handleless Fruit Basket from Calvi
  46,20 €
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  Algajola Tray
  41,80 €
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  Small Lugga Basket
  37,40 €
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  Moncale Wicker Basket - Medium Size
  44,00 €
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  Wicker and Olive Basket, Curved - Calenzana
  62,70 €
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  Myrtle and Wicker Basket - Calenzana
  63,80 € Epuisé
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  Trivet
  29,70 €

In Calenzana, in the Balagne region near Calvi, Annick's Corsican basket-weaving workshop has been making unique, durable, handmade wicker baskets for over 20 years. Bread baskets, log baskets, wicker lampshades, dame-jeanne frames or bird feeders: each piece is hand-woven fromwicker, myrtle orolive. Order online, customize your model and have it delivered to your home, wherever you are.

Wicker baskets - Bread baskets

Having settled in the Balagne region in 1992, after several seasonal jobs and a stint in the retail sector, Annick Rony discovered wickerwork when she met a Lumio shepherd. It was the starting point for a new craft and know-how that would give a whole new meaning to her life.

La vannerie de Calenzana was born in 2002, and the workshop is located at the entrance to the village of Calenzana, where Annick has been making all kinds of creations for 19 years:

• Woven wicker baskets
• Lucette baskets
• Wood or log baskets with one or two handles
• Wicker baskets, for use as bread baskets or fruit baskets
• Dish mats
• Wicker storage drawers
• Bathroom storage trays
• Flat or curved trays
• Frames for dame-Jeanne, large-capacity bottles (water, wine, oil)
• Bird feeder
• Lamp shade

Rolling storage basket

In response to a customer's request, in June 2021 Annick produced a custom-made rolling storage basket.

She also fulfilled an order in 2022 for the E Fritelle cookie factory in Calenzana, for wicker baskets designed exclusively for the cookie factory.

Ecological and sustainable production in Wicker - Myrtle - Olive

Artisanal basketry useswicker like myrtle orolive. Only wicker grown in oseraies is imported from the mainland, the other plants coming from the island. A handcrafted basket made from myrtle has the pleasant characteristic of giving off a pleasant myrtle scent when scratched, throughout its life.

The natural colors of wicker

Wicker comes from several varieties of trees or shrubs belonging to the willow family(white, brown, red or purple willow, yellow, green), offering a wide range of colors that can be seen perfectly on baskets. When we speak ofwhite wicker, purple wicker, green wicker or yellow wicker, we are referring to their plant origin. Materials in their raw colors, requiring no varnish or paint, 100% natural.

The manufacturing process

Creation takes time and involves three stages: gathering the plant materials, packaging them and weaving them.

At the right season and the right moon, the myrtle and olive stems are freshly cut with secateurs, then stripped of their leaves to leave only the rod, which is left to dry. The length of the branches will determine the size of the final object. They then need to be immersed in water for a week to soften them and enable them to be worked. There's no time to lose once they're out of the water, because once they've dried, they take on their final position.

Made to measure

La Vannerie tradition Corse has a large number of items already produced and on display in the workshop. Custom creations are also available. You choose the color, shape and size of your basket or other object. Several varieties of wood can be used to bring out different colors and nuances, and to create a background or hanse with the specific characteristics of the material used. In view of the time required to pack the plants, you should allow 2 to 3 weeks for a custom-made creation.

Since 2017, Annick has been developing a range in which she adds ornaments, colored beads and accessories to brighten up her creations and add a decorative touch.

Last a lifetime

An artisanal craft by definition, dating back to the very beginnings of agriculture, basketry is an age-old skill that has changed little or not at all, with every step carried out by hand, from picking to weaving. The creations that emerge from the workshop are destined to last for decades, passed down from generation to generation. They are as much decorative objects as useful ones, both light and strong.

Vannerie de Calenzana baskets can be found at theNonza grocery store, and took part in the 2017 Montbéliard Christmas Market.

Cane chair restoration

Since 2020, your Vannerie de Calenzana has also offered to restore your caned or woven chairs.

Workshop visit and introductory course

Annick invites you to visit her workshop, where you can watch the actual production process.

Basket-making workshop (booking required)

We also offer 3-hour introductory courses on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, at the end of which apprentice basket-makers leave with their own wicker basket.

Classes run from 9am to 12pm in the morning, and from 2:30pm to 5:30pm in the afternoon. The cost of the course is 42 euros per person, with materials provided on site.

Courses must be booked at least 3 days in advance, to allow for the soaking time required to work with myrtle.

Mini villa rental - Meublé de tourisme

Annick rents out two Gîte and Appartement Meublés de Tourisme, 10 minutes from Calvi and at the entrance to Calenzana. Rated with 4.8/5 for 392 experiences for the Mini Villa on Air Bnb (don't pay attention to the Calvi locality), and 4.92/5 in 131 experiences for the apartment on Air Bnb.

Rates for the 2 rentals

Mini detached villa - 2 people - All year round

This small, functional house is a comfortable, self-contained studio with double bed and bathroom. It is located next to Annick's garden, where she also sells her vegetables and eggs. A 20m² rental ideal for a couple, (sheets and towels provided), clothes line.

Available all year round, with reversible heating/air conditioning, private parking, terrace and weber barbecue at your disposal. You'll find a list of available services below.

Apartment - 4 People

This apartment also offers all the comforts of home, with a large terrace, garden furniture and barbecue. With a double bed and a sofa bed, for 4 people (possibility of adding a cot), available all year round except winter.

Address and Contacts : Vannerie Tradition Corse