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Coil Basketry Workshop

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    • For:

    Adults (ages 14+)

    Dates:

    Saturday, January 19th

    Time:

    9am* – 5pm *There will be an hour break for lunch, but the day will be casual, bring snacks, lunch, or bring something to share. There are numerous cafes and food markets in close locality to the workshop.

    Materials:

    Materials will be provided. Feel free to bring some experimental material, if you feel inspired.

    Instructors:

    Sheena Heinitz & Katie Grove

    Location:

    High Meadow School @ The Nest Building

    Cost:

    Sliding scale $40-60 with pre-registration required. The class will be capped at 16 people.

    Additional Questions and Information:

    Please email Katie Grove at katiegroveart@gmail.com about the program contents. Please call David at 845-256-9830 or email him at david@wildearth.org about registering for this program.

    Additional Questions?

    Drop us an email or give us a call and we'll be happy to answer your questions.
    hello@wildearth.org
    (845) 256-9830

    Coil Basketry Workshop

    Coiled baskets are an ancient and versatile method of constructing vessels for a variety of functions and from a wide variety of materials.

    This workshop will focus on the use of various grasses, sedges, rushes, pine needles, cedar bark, cattail leaves, iris leaves, wool, and recycled/reusable materials from our modern world. Through this workshop you will find that nearly any wild or found material can be used to make a beautiful and functional basket.

    Creating baskets with found natural materials especially is a creative and fulfilling way to work with your hands, get to know your environment, and create one of a kind pieces of functional (or non-functional) artwork. There are many ways to approach basketry as a beginner —twining, plating, doing free-form work are just a few examples. The most versatile, approachable, and fun is coiled basketry!

    We will be providing all of the supplies. If you are excited about crafting, working with your hands, using common materials such as cattails and grasses to create art, or even just gathering with a group of warm and kind people on a winter day and learning a new skill please consider joining us!

    Come enjoy a cold winters’ day with us and enjoy the company of others as we create beauty with our minds, bodies, spirits, and the natural world. We are confident that everyone will leave with a completed basket, the skill to create more baskets in the future, and the inspiration to explore the landscape.

    Basket bounty

    a beautiful cattail basket by Sheena-Marie Heinits

    Tools and the whatnot

    cattail basket and basket making supplies

    a pine needle basket with a complex V stitch – made by Katie Grove

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