A Life Lived by the Sea

Nigel Legge is an artist, craftsman and one of the last fishermen still making traditional withy lobster pots. He crafts the pots from withies of willow that are grown in a woodland owned by the son of the father who Nigel’s father got his willow from. It was Nigel’s father who taught him the art of withy pot making. Back then, when Nigel was just 15, it wasn’t considered an art form but instead a necessity. “If you didn’t make pots, you couldn’t go fishing”, Nigel chuckles in a melodic and welcoming Cornish accent.

 
 
 
 
Environmental Portrait of Nigel Legge Stood in Studio Doorway Cornwall, UK
 
Nigel Legge Painting Artworks In Corner Of His Studio Cornwall, UK
 
Detail Image of Willow Withy Pole Materials For Lobster Pot Making
 
 
Detail Image of Willow Withy Pole Materials and Tools For Lobster Pot Making
 
Close-up of Hands Selecting Willow Withy Poles For Lobster Pot Making
 
Detail Image of Knife and Traditional Tools For Lobster Pot Making
 
Over Shoulder Angle Image of Nigel Legge Crafting traditional Willow Lobster Pot
 
 
 
Close-up Shallow Depth of Field Image Of Traditional Willow Lobster Pot Weaving
 
Nigel Legge Weaving Traditional Willow Lobster Pot in His Workshop, Cornwall UK
 
Close-Up of Nigel Legge Weaving A Traditional Willow Lobster Pot
 
Close-Up of Nigel Legge Trimming and Finishing Traditional Willow Lobster Pot
 
 
Finished Traditional Willow Lobster Pot Placed on Bench Surrounded by Off-Cuts
Environmental Portrait, Nigel Legge Holding Traditional Willow Lobster Pot In His Studio
 
 
 
Traditional Lobster Pots On Floor In Front Of Nigel Legge's Studio Sign
 
Traditional Wooden Life-Boats Sign Indicating 390 Lives Saved At Sea, Cadgwith Cornwall
 
Landscape of Orange Fishing Boat Returning to Cadgwith Cove, Cornwall, UK
 
Artist Nigel Legge's Artworks On Wall Of His Studio, The Lizard, Cornwall