The Pounded Ash Basket Collection is a set of three ash splint baskets by Wales-based artist Michelle Mateo. Using long-established hand skills and techniques, a huge part of her ethos is to work off-grid with hand tools, using only hardwood that is locally sourced, from sustainably managed woodlands as part of a natural thinning and woodland regeneration process. From log to basket, Michelle has an intimate relationship with every part of the process which is reflected in each basket.