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Buy Online - Vannerie de Calenzana

14 products available on our partner site BrindeCorse.fr

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  Large Wicker Basket: A Cofa
  88,00 €
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  Corte Brown Basket: Wicker ..
  49,50 € Epuisé
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  Fruit Basket with Handle - ..
  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
  26,40 € Epuisé
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  Handleless Fruit Basket fro..
  46,20 €
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  Algajola Tray
  41,80 €
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  Small Lugga Basket
  37,40 € Epuisé
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  Moncale Wicker Basket - Med..
  44,00 €
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  Wicker and Olive Basket, Cu..
  62,70 €
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  Myrtle and Wicker Basket - ..
  63,80 €
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  Trivet
  29,70 €

Discover hand-woven wicker baskets from the Vannerie corse de Calenzana near Calvi. Wicker, olive and myrtle baskets are available to buy online. Annick welcomes you all year round, and offers introductory courses as well as two holiday lets (studio and flat).

Wicker basket - Bread baskets

Having settled in the Balagne region in 1992, after several seasonal jobs and a spell in supermarket distribution, Annick Rony discovered wickerwork when she met a shepherd in Lumio. It was the starting point for a new profession and a skill that would give a whole new meaning to her life.

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

• Woven wicker basket
• Lucette baskets
• Wood or log baskets with one or two handles
• Wicker basket, bread or fruit basket use
• Plate coaster
• 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 June 2021, in response to a customer's request, Annick produced a made-to-measure wheeled storage basket.

It also completed an order in 2022 for the E Fritelle biscuit factory in Calenzana, for wicker baskets designed exclusively for the biscuit factory.

Ecological and sustainable manufacturing in Wicker - Myrtle - Olive tree

Traditional wickerwork useswicker such as myrtle orolive. Only wicker grown in oseraies is imported from the mainland, the other plants coming from the island. A handmade basket made from myrtle has the pleasant characteristic of giving off a pleasant myrtle scent when scratched, throughout its life.

The natural colours 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 colours that can be clearly seen on the baskets. When we speak ofwhite willow, purple willow, green willow or yellow willow, we are referring to their plant origin. Materials in their raw colours, which require no varnish or paint, 100% natural.

The production stages

Creation takes time and involves three stages: gathering the plant material, packaging it and weaving it.

When the season is right and the moon is just right, the myrtle and olive stalks are freshly cut with secateurs, then stripped of their leaves, leaving only the sticks 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 so they can 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 objects already made and on display at the workshop. Tailor-made creations can also be made. You choose the colours, shape and size of your basket or other object. Several varieties of wood can be used to add different colours and shades, and to create a base or hanse with the specific characteristics of the material used. Given the time required, particularly for packing the plants, you should allow between 2 and 3 weeks for a made-to-measure creation.

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

To last a lifetime

A traditional 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 each stage being carried out by hand, from picking to weaving. The creations that come out of the workshop are destined to last for decades, passed down from generation to generation. They are both decorative and useful objects, light and strong.

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

Restoration of a cane chair

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

Visit to the workshop and introductory course

Annick invites you to visit her workshop where you can watch the making itself.

Basket-making workshop (booking required)

There are also half-day introductory courses on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, at the end of which apprentices will leave with their own wicker basket.

The course runs 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 equipment 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 - Furnished accommodation

Annick rents out two self-catering cottages and flats 10 minutes from Calvi and at the entrance to Calenzana. Rated 4.8/5 out of 392 experiences for the Mini Villa on Air Bnb (do not pay attention to the Calvi locality), and 4.92/5 out of 131 experiences for the flat on Air Bnb.

Rates for the 2 rentals

	Low season	High season
Mini Villa	48€	65€
Flat	closed	75€
Breakfast	7€

Mini detached villa - 2 people - All year round

This small, functional house is a comfortable, self-contained studio with a 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. You will find the list of services available below.

Flat - 4 People

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

Address and Contacts : Vannerie Tradition Corse