Ocean Waste Plasket baskets

Hand woven “plasket” baskets using rope salvaged from the coastline, seabed and drifting in the seas of Pembrokeshire and named after a few of the small islands surrounding our county.

The salvaged rope used is durable, long lasting and perfect for indoor or outdoor use. Mixed in with a rope found in local skips destined for landfill, handles made from plastic commercial trawler net floats or using the original spliced mooring eye, these baskets are completely repurposed and fantastic for laundry, logs, wetsuits or used as a planter.

The Islands here in Pembrokeshire are predominately nature reserves, Owned and managed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) and the National park, the islands have spectacular bird cliffs, coastal scenery and heathland. It is one of the best sites in Wales to see choughs, which are attracted by an ample supply of dung beetles.

Other breeding species include ravens, common buzzards, peregrines, northern wheatears, gulls, auks, Manx shearwaters, razorbills and guillemots.

Pembrokeshire has the most important grey seal breeding colony in southern Britain, with over 400 seal pups born each autumn. Removing deep ocean waste, mainly from the commercial fishing industry, helps to protect the survival of the colonies on the islands by removing hazards such as ghost line.

Every Plasket is unique in colour, design and will not replicate the images shown. If you require a certain colour, style or want your order custom designed please make me aware at the time of purchase. Returns are not accepted as each plasket is made to order. 

All three basket styles come in three sizes, small, medium and large, and are identifiable by the different style bases

Base styles:

The Skomer Plasket - standard woven base great for logs

The Caldey Plasket - Decorative tight coiled loop weave base great for laundry

The Ramsay Plasket - Repurposed commercial fishing net base great for watersports, garden planter or fishing trips

Basket sizes are appropriate as follows

Small - 30cm x 20cm

Medium - 40cm x 30cm

Large - 50cm x 40cm

Each basket will be unique in colour and design and will not replicate the examples shown on the listing photographs