claire richards
allthingsraffia is owned and run by Claire Richards who has been working with
raffia since the early 1990s when she was taught by a visiting Australian. With
allthingsraffia Claire travels to several events across UK, to run workshops at
various venues and also to run private workshops on request. Since the early
days of running workshops, and allowing for a few years off to bring up her son,
Claire has taught over 200 people how to make their own hat or bag and her
enthusiasm for all things raffia has not diminished. Claire is also the author
of Raffia previously published by The Crowood Press. Claire's mission is to make
raffia craft accessible and fun through teaching, making and selling, and to
help people create and buy beautiful, sustainable and vegan accessories and
homeware.