Have a great time at the 13th ANNUAL HEADWATERS BASKETMAKERS GUILD WORKSHOP in Bemidji, Minnesota this weekend everyone! Today, tomorrow and Sunday April 3, 4, & 5, 2009.
If you want to go next year and want more information, or to request a brochure contact: Eve Sumsky, 481 Lake Ave. NW, Tenstrike, MN 56683
Phone: 218-586-3533 Email: epbensum@paulbunyan.net
Not too long ago I stumbled across a really neat, very interesting blog by a woman out in New Mexico. The basketmakers name is Nancy Jacobs and her blog is called Basketmaster’s Weavings
She’s relatively new to the blogging scene, but is doing a terrific job at spreading the word about basketmaking; she’s offering Tuesday Technique Tips, a couple videos, instruction book recommendations and much, much more.
Take a look as soon as you can and tell Nancy, “I found you through the Weavin’ Wicker Woman’s blog.” Happy Weaving Everyone!
Looping is a living legacy from the Stone Age that contemporary fiber artists give their own spin. Learn more about this ancient craft at the instructor’s web site, www.donnakallner.com and in this weekend workshop with the author of New Age Looping.
CLASS CODE: 450
Student Fee $180
New Age Looping Trunk Show and Lecture
Donna Kallner
Saturday, May 17, 2008
7:30 p.m
Description: Learn about an ancient craft that continues to evolve with the author of New Age Looping. Join us for a slide program that surveys archaeological artifacts, the living traditions of indigenous people, and the work of contemporary artists – plus a guided tour of Donna Kallner’s looping trunk show.
Class Code: 451
Student Fee: None (Free lecture – open to public)
click here to sign up! http://www.shakeragalley.com/pages/workshops/fiber.html
RARE RIVER CANE GATHERING WORKSHOP –
Presented by Cherokee basketmaker Robin McBride Scott on June 24, 2007, 10:00am meeting at 14029 Gateway Drive, Edmond, OK 73013.
Email Peggy Brennan at pbweave@yahoo.comor for more information phone: 405 615 3702. Reserve your place as soon as possible by writing a check made out to Robin McBride Scott. Mail the check to Peggy Brennan, PO Box 5404, Edmond, OK 73083-5404.
This information is from Robin regarding the workshop:
Students will learn about identification, selecting and the processing of rivercane. I will bring fresh cane with me for the students to try their hand at processing the cane themselves. We are planning on visiting a canebrake so students can see first hand how to select the cane. I will cover the process of dyeing the cane, its many uses and the different styles of basketry and mat making. You will make a 8″x 9″ twill straight mat using commercial materials that will be bound with rivercane and hickory bark.
The cost per student will be $35.00 for Oklahoma Native American Basketweavers Association (ONABA) members and $50 for others. ONABA members will receive priority. You may join ONABA by downloading a membership form at www.onab.org (donations will be accepted for Robin as she priced this workshop very low). You can also read the online newsletter, Renewing Traditions, for more information about Robin.
Remember to watch this three-part 10-years in the making show tonight on PBS!!!! Check your local listings for air time, but I believe it shows at 7pm, 8pm and 9pm, depending on your location.
Each one-hour installment focuses on an aspect of craft’s role in American society: memory, landscape and community. Each installment highlights the work of four or five artisans.
Narrating their own segments, the artisans describe the often circuitous routes they took to mastering their crafts, the passion that propels them and the intangible rewards they receive from their work.
The media in which they work — from glass to clay, wood, fiber and metal — are as diverse as their locations. But taken as a whole each narrative builds on the central theme of the segment.
I’m especially interested in seeing the basketmakers: Dona Look, birchbark basketweaver from Wisconsin, Mary Jackson with her South Carolina coiled sweetgrass baskets and Pat Courtney Gold with her Native American basketweaving.
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