Minnesota’s Master seatweaver, antler basketmaker and instructor, Cathryn Peters is happy to share her knowledge with others to perpetuate the nearly lost art of chair caning, wicker repair, bee skeps (bee hives), hand-twisted natural rush and to promote antler basket weaving.
If your basket guild, folk school, woodworking school, arts and crafts school or organization is looking for some rarely offered and creatively stimulating antler basketry and seatweaving classes Contact Cathryn to secure your date on the schedule soon!
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APRIL MAY JUNE JULY SEPTEMBER NOVEMBER
| APRIL |
NEW!~~April 16, 17 & 18, 2010~~NEW!
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”
For more information, registration or to request a brochure contact:
Eve Sumsky, 481 Lake Ave. NW, Tenstrike, MN 56683
Phone: 218-586-3533 epbensum@paulbunyan.net
Email: Nancy Baer baers_den@mindspring.com
| MAY |
NEW! ~~May 8, 2010~~NEW!
CRAFT YOUR OWN COILED BEE SKEP
North House Folk School, P.O. Box 759, On the Harbor, Grand Marais, Minnesota 55604
“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!
North House Folk School–Coil Your Own Bee Skep
| JUNE |
NEW!~~June 18- 20, 2010~~ NEW!
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 |
NEW VENUE!~~ JULY 30, 31 – AUGUST 1, 2010 ~~NEW VENUE!
3rd ANNUAL GATHERING of THE SEATWEAVERS’ GUILD
Tillers International
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
You can also visit the Seatweaving, Chair Caning & Wicker Repair Forum for updates.
http://disc.yourwebapps.com/Indices/220033.html
| SEPTEMBER |
NEW!~~SEPTEMBER 17, 2010~~NEW!
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 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.
North House Folk School Onion Basket Class
NEW!~~SEPTEMBER 18 & 19, 2010~~NEW!
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 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 caning” or “hand caning.”
Over the course of two-days, 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.
North House Folk School Chair Caning Class
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!
Bookmark this site and be sure to come again, see all the changes and updates! Happy Weaving!
