Marie Louise Williams

Marie Louise Williams is an artist and willow basketmaker based in nearby Oxton.

She has taught art and craft workshops to both adults and children in museums, galleries and schools across Wirral and Merseyside, including The Bluecoat, The Williamson Art Gallery, The Museum of Liverpool and Birkenhead Park.

Passionate about the environment, sustainability and regeneration, her work on the Eco-schools projects with Wirral council has contributed to a number of Wirral schools gaining Green Flag status, the most recent project also being allied with the Tiny Forest Movement.

She founded Wellington Road Art Studios in 2011. 10 years later, it has grown into a thriving artistic community centred around the value and necessity of providing time and space for creativity, connection and joy. Currently home to 7 creative practices (3 represented at Wirral MakeFest).

“Beauty enriches our world in ways that cannot be counted. Nature was my playground and my solace as a child, so when I began working with the supple, robust adaptability of willow, I immediately knew I had come home. As a material, it magically transforms into resilient, radiant structures that nurture, enrich and support our lives.”
Marie Louise Williams