If your basket guild, folk school, woodworking school, arts and crafts school or organization is looking for some rarely offered and creatively stimulating antler basket weaving and seat weaving classes Contact Cathryn to secure your date on the schedule soon!
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APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER NOVEMBER
| APRIL |
~~April 16, 17 & 18, 2010~~
14th ANNUAL HEADWATERS BASKETMAKERS GUILD WORKSHOP
Concordia Language College, Salolampi Finnish Village, Bemidji, Minnesota
Cathryn will be teaching Onion and Garlic Baskets, “Antler Wave”, and “Nature’s Elements Antler Wall Hanging”
Headwaters Basketmakers Workshop 2010
| MAY |
~~May 8, 2010~~
What a Great Mother’s Day Gift to Yourself or for Your Mom!
WEAVE YOUR OWN COILED BEE SKEP
North House Folk School, P.O. Box 759, On the Harbor, Grand Marais, Minnesota 55604
Register Online!
“Bee” the envy of your friends and neighbors and bring nostalgia to your home or garden by learning how to weave a small, decorative bee skep or bee hive. Using the traditional weaving material of straw, you will learn the basics of the coil weaving technique and some history of bee skep making in the process!
For more information call, 1-888-387-9762
| JUNE |
~~June 18- 20, 2010~~
13th ANNUAL WOODEN BOAT SHOW & SUMMER SOLSTICE FESTIVAL
North House Folk School, P.O. Box 759, On the Harbor, Grand Marais, Minnesota 55604
Wooden boat show, auction, speakers, demonstrations and more!
Cathryn will be demonstrating basketry and chair seat weaving!
For more information, 1-888-387-9762
North House Folk School Wooden Boat Show & Summer Festival
| JULY |
~~ Saturday, JULY 17, 2010 ~~
MACROSTIE ART CENTER DOWNTOWN ART FAIR
Arts and Crafts booths plus several craft demonstrations
Parking lot at the southwest corner of First Ave NW and Fourth Street
Downtown Grand Rapids, Minnesota
Featuring the rarely demonstrated crafts of Chair Caning and Bee Skep Making,
plus Contemporary Antler Basketweaving by artist Cathryn Peters at Noon and 2pm
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~~ JULY 30, 31 – AUGUST 1, 2010 ~~
3rd ANNUAL GATHERING of THE SEATWEAVERS’ GUILD
Cook’s Mill Learning Center, Scotts, Michigan
Whether you are a member of the guild, prospective member, sponsor or just plain enthusiast of the craft of chair seat weaving, there will be something for you here! Membership in the Guild is a requirement to attend the workshop. Visit our official website for complete details!
http://www.SeatWeaversGuild.org/gathering
| AUGUST |
~~AUGUST 13, 14, & 15, 2010~~
EastTroyBasketry.com
2082 Church Street
P.O. Box 643
East Troy, WI 53120
Phone: (262) 642-3732
Toll Free: (888) 424-9866
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STRAW BEE SKEP BASKET — Friday, 9am-5pm Try your hand at weaving a coiled straw bee skep (bee hive basket) in miniature to use as a nostalgic 1800s decoration in your flower garden. Appropriate for all weaving levels. |
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FANCY MULE DEER ANTLER BASKET — Saturday, 9am-5pm “Fancy Mule Deer Antler” basket is for intermediate to advanced basketweavers with prior rib basket weaving experience. Learn the techniques of weaving with two round reed strands, treated as one, 3-point rim lashing technique and “Southern Cross Turn-backs” on a pre-drilled mule deer antler with primary spokes inserted. |
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6MM WIDE BINDING CANE FOOTSTOOLS — Sunday, 9am-5pm Supplement your income or take up a new hobby by learning the age-old craft of chair caning. Your choice of dyed green or maroon 6MM wide binding cane in either a Diamond Cane pattern or a Diagonal Cross pattern on a lightly stained and varnished oak footstool. Appropriate for all weaving levels. |
| SEPTEMBER |
~~SEPTEMBER 17, 2010~~
BASKETRY FOR THE FALL HARVEST–ONION & GARLIC BASKETS
North House Folk School
P.O. Box 759, On the Harbor
Grand Marais, Minnesota 55604
Companion kitchen baskets to keep your onions and garlic fresh for weeks! Cathryn’s original copyright onion and garlic basket pattern designs from the 1980s, still going strong two decades later!
Come try your hand as these very useful baskets. Woven of round reed in the twining technique you will complete both baskets in this one-day class and be ready for your fall harvest.
~~SEPTEMBER 18 & 19, 2010~~
TRADITIONAL CHAIR CANING FOR THE VINTAGE CHAIR
North House Folk School, P.O. Box 759, On the Harbor, Grand Marais, Minnesota 55604
See how much fun you can have learning how to reweave a cane chair seat!
Bring your chair with its worn-out seat to class and learn the nearly lost art of the traditional, seven-step method of chair seat weaving commonly known as “hole-to-hole chair caning” or “chair caning by hand.”
Over the two-day course, you’ll have ample time, instruction and all the tools you’ll need to restore your vintage chair by recaning the seat to its original condition.
| NOVEMBER |
NEW!~~NOVEMBER 5-7, 2010~~NEW!
11th ANNUAL 2010 WEAVERS WEEKEND
BASKETWEAVERS GUILD OF OKLAHOMA
Cathryn Peters will be teaching the following classes:
- Wicker Doll/Baby Rattle, Friday
- “Safe Keeping” Antler Wall Pocket, Friday
- Diagonal Cross Cane Footstool, Saturday
- Fibre Braid Footstool, Sunday
CLASSES, LECTURES, DEMONSTRATIONS
- Private Instruction: $35-100 hour, negotiable
- Lectures, demonstrations, presentations: $100 an hour, plus all expenses paid
- For guilds, workshops, and conventions $35-100 per hour instruction, plus individual student material fee, with most expenses negotiable.
Thanks so much for your interest in Cathryn’s Class Schedule, please also visit these pages to see more of her Antler Basket Artistry and Antler Basket Patterns in case you’d like to try your hand at weaving antler baskets!
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Happy Weaving!
