Call for Artists - CBBG show at Lincoln City Cultural Center
Feb
18
to May 1

Call for Artists - CBBG show at Lincoln City Cultural Center

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CBBG will have a gallery show at the Lincoln City Cultural Center, Fiber Arts Gallery July 11, 2025- August 31, 2025. The title of our show is “Coming Around Again: Columbia Basin Basketry Guild Weaving with Recycled Materials.” We need your weavings to make this show a success! If you have ever participated in a CBBG gallery show, you know that they are easy to participate in, exciting to be part of, and a great way to grow an audience for your work. Click this event to learn more about the show and how to participate.

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Basic Basketry Techniques: Woven Vessels in Recycled Materials (Wait list only)
Apr
13
10:00 AM10:00

Basic Basketry Techniques: Woven Vessels in Recycled Materials (Wait list only)

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Did you see the call to artists for CBBG’s recycled materials show? Would you like to participate but don’t know how to get started with repurposed materials? Or maybe you’d just like to play with alternative materials and create basketry forms. In this class we will be using a large variety of materials that were gathered before they landed in the landfill. We will talk about how to spot useable materials, where to source discarded items, and how to clean and process the ones we have. We will then be using a number of basketry techniques to create one-of-a-kind woven vessels. We will use combinations of twining, plaiting, and coiling to create our sculptural baskets. Come start or further explore working with recycled materials! The size of your piece will vary from 2" to 12".

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April General Meeting with Aleut Artist, Ceara Lewis: An Artist’s Journey
Apr
17
6:30 PM18:30

April General Meeting with Aleut Artist, Ceara Lewis: An Artist’s Journey

For the Guild’s April General Meeting, Aleut artist Ceara Lewis will share her art journey - where she started and how she continues to grow and learn new art practices. She will start with how she learned to weave from Connie Graves and later Greg Archuleta, both members of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde. This led to an apprenticeship under respected carver Greg Robinson, Chinook. Says Ceara: “The melding of traditional and contemporary art forms is a metaphor for resilience of Native people in their ability to honor their traditional practices and values while adapting to Western lifestyles. My art is an extension of my Aleut heritage and the final products of my work are the stories and lessons from my relatives and ancestors that I wish to share with the world.”

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4th Monday in April Mini-class Hexagonal Weaving - Shaker Cheese Basket (Wait list only)
Apr
28
6:30 PM18:30

4th Monday in April Mini-class Hexagonal Weaving - Shaker Cheese Basket (Wait list only)

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In this 3-hour class you will create a 2.5" tall, 7" diameter basket, in a hexagonal open weave pattern. Working with flat reed, we’ll learn how to: weave in three directions (triaxial weaving) and do a basic lashing around the rim of a basket. In the 1800s and early 1900s, larger versions of this basket were used in cheesemaking, as a way to drain cheese curds by the religious group the Shakers. Line your finished basket with a linen cloth, and it works great as a small serving dish for things like bread.

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Basic Basketry Techniques: Birch Bark Hanging Planter (Wait list only)
May
23
9:00 AM09:00

Basic Basketry Techniques: Birch Bark Hanging Planter (Wait list only)

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Dangle nature from a fresh perspective! In this creative workshop, you'll craft a beautiful hanging planter from ethically harvested white paper birch bark. As you weave this geometric basket, you'll gain hands-on experience with birch bark processing while learning about the history and ecological significance of this incredible natural material. This planter is designed to be around 4 inches in diameter, making it ideal for succulents, ivy, or air plants. You'll leave with a unique, handcrafted vessel ready to bring spring into your space.

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Birch Bark Workshop: Lidded Basket (Wait list only)
May
24
to May 25

Birch Bark Workshop: Lidded Basket (Wait list only)

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Discover the beauty and resilience of birch bark by crafting a sturdy lidded basket in this immersive two-day class. You'll start by weaving a horizontal base while exploring the history, ecology, and harvesting techniques of the iconic white paper birch tree. Experience hands-on material processing as you split, snip, and grade raw bark into usable weaving material. You'll size and fit a custom lid for your basket, securing it with a natural root or stick hinge. The finished basket will measure approximately 7" x 5" x 5" — perfect for storing recipes, jewelry, or cherished trinkets.

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Basic Basket Techniques: Coiling on a Gourd, the Basics
Jun
14
9:00 AM09:00

Basic Basket Techniques: Coiling on a Gourd, the Basics

Coiling is a fun and easy basket weaving technique. Learn how to attach hand-dyed Danish cord to the edge of a gourd, how to weave open and closed coiling, and how to attach a row of beads to the coil. Choose from several color combinations of gourds, Danish cord, and waxed linen thread to personalize your own creation. Select your color preference when you register. Jane will share her own technique of dyeing the gourd and cording to match. You should be able to finish this project in class. No weaving experience is required. Your finished piece will be about 5"x5"x4".

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Work Exchange Opportunity at Tidal Twinings 2025
Sep
10
to Sep 14

Work Exchange Opportunity at Tidal Twinings 2025

This year we are offering a work-exchange opportunity to nine attendees at the Guild’s Tidal Twinings retreat, September 10-14, 2025 at Camp Magruder (17450 Old Pacific Hwy, Rockaway Beach, OR). Help set up and break down the dining hall one day for all 3 meals and earn a $175 credit toward your retreat registration, meals, and lodging.

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March Zoom-In, Day 4: Waves, Floating Coiling on a Gourd with Jane Wilson (Registration closed)
Mar
28
8:30 AM08:30

March Zoom-In, Day 4: Waves, Floating Coiling on a Gourd with Jane Wilson (Registration closed)

Choose from an array of colorful gourds, cords, and threads to create this project. Coiling techniques used are: open, closed, and floating. Your mailed kit will include pre-finished gourd, hand-dyed Danish cord, waxed linen thread, drill bit, needle, Tiger Tape, beads, and step-by-step color instructions. Your completed project will measure 5-1/2"h x 5-1/2"w.

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March Zoom-In, Day 3: Lola’s Designer Tote with Mary Price (Registration closed)
Mar
27
8:30 AM08:30

March Zoom-In, Day 3: Lola’s Designer Tote with Mary Price (Registration closed)

Stand out in the crowd with this colorful tote you've crafted for your next outing! Select from three vibrant color schemes, each featuring a matching leather handle. The tote's height is adjustable—add more rows of weaving for a taller tote that can hold numerous items, or fewer for a compact version ideal as a purse. This sturdy tote starts with inserting natural and dyed reed spokes into a racetrack base. Techniques include triple twine with a step up, basic over under weave, double triple twine, 4 Rod Wale using yarn, and a traditional lashed rim. Your completed project will measure 11-13"h x 13"w x 7"d.

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March Zoom-In, Day 1: Philly Cat with Anne Bowers (Registration closed)
Mar
25
8:30 AM08:30

March Zoom-In, Day 1: Philly Cat with Anne Bowers (Registration closed)

 If Cat’s Head baskets have flummoxed you, this is the class you need! Students will learn how to weave a square base with an overlay, weave the sides so that the corners are pointed from the first row, shape the sides into a globe, and rim with philodendron wreath and waxed linen.  Then Anne will show you how to shape the philodendron sheath so that it is molded to the basket. Your project will be 6.5"h x 9.5"d.

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Intermediate Willow Workshop: Willow Shadows, Scottish Hen Basket (Registration Closed)
Mar
22
to Mar 23

Intermediate Willow Workshop: Willow Shadows, Scottish Hen Basket (Registration Closed)

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This basket design is based on the traditional Scottish hen basket, (“Ose basket” in Gaelic) but the addition of sections of coiled willow create a lovely open lace design, which I call “American Lace.” One of the most challenging of rib-style baskets, there will be much emphasis on the shaping of ribs to create the graceful shape. A variety of rib-style basketry techniques will be studied, including the use of spacers to create this form of basket. This basket form has a long history, which we will be discussing in class. Dimensions = 12"H x 12"W

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Basic Basketry Techniques: Willow Bowl with Jo Campbell-Amsler (Registration and waiting list closed)
Mar
21
9:00 AM09:00

Basic Basketry Techniques: Willow Bowl with Jo Campbell-Amsler (Registration and waiting list closed)

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Starting with a “twisted” willow frame, create a bowl-shaped basket from willow using rib-style techniques. All steps in creating this basket will be taught in class, including: frame construction, lashing, scalloming, shaping with ribs, and weaving with willow. This is a very good basket for the beginner who wants to learn basic basketry skills with gathered materials. The dimensions of the finished basket are: 12"x12"Wx5"H

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March General Meeting with Jo Campbell-Amsler: Weaving Across Shetland, Orkney, and Scotland
Mar
20
6:30 PM18:30

March General Meeting with Jo Campbell-Amsler: Weaving Across Shetland, Orkney, and Scotland

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Jo Campbell Amsler, master willow weaver, will share stories about the trip she organized to work with basket weavers in Shetland, Orkney, and Scotland. Her slide show will focus on the basketry of those areas, and will include stories of those places and their people.  Jo Campbell Amsler (she/her) has been weaving baskets with willow since 1981. Her work is featured in magazines, books, and seen in exhibits across the U. S.

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4th Monday Mini Class in February: Color and Pattern: Small Baskets or Basket Earrings (Registration and waiting list closed)
Feb
24
6:30 PM18:30

4th Monday Mini Class in February: Color and Pattern: Small Baskets or Basket Earrings (Registration and waiting list closed)

Do you love designing with color and pattern? Do you love wearable art? Do you love minis? If you said yes to any of the above then this is the class for you! We will design and make 1-2 tiny baskets. You will have a chance to decide on size, pattern, color, and whether or not you’d like to wear your piece(s). We will choose to work with a mix of waxed linen, embroidery thread, and wool yarn to create our pieces.

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February General Meeting: Pamela Becker, coiled basket artist
Feb
20
6:30 PM18:30

February General Meeting: Pamela Becker, coiled basket artist

Join us online, Thursday, February 20, 2025 for a look at Pamela Becker’s exquisite coiled artworks. She will discuss her sources of inspiration, materials, and her journey into basketry. “I live in a three-dimensional world that has translated into a lifetime of working that way. Things I see are rendered in different ways but always abstractly into forms made using some sort of flexible material (be it fabric, linen & rayon threads, reed, ribbons, etc.),” Pamela Becker says. See more of Pamela’s work, by clicking here.

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Rattan Workshop: Large Pack Basket (Registration & wait list are closed)
Feb
15
to Feb 16

Rattan Workshop: Large Pack Basket (Registration & wait list are closed)

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Weave a large 13"w x 8"d x 16"h basket backpack out of rattan/reed. In this 2-day class you will cut & lay out your stakes, weave a closed base, use continuous weave to build your shape, lash a rim with a handle, and make your own cotton pack-basket harness. This basket is great for trips to the farmers’ market, garden harvests, hiking, foraging, or to use as hanging storage on your wall. 

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Red Osier Dogwood Gathering 2025 (Registration closed)
Feb
12
9:00 AM09:00

Red Osier Dogwood Gathering 2025 (Registration closed)

Gather pre-cut red osier dogwood trimmings at Hoyt Arboretum, in Portland, OR. Red osier dogwood is a native shrub of the Pacific Northwest, with beautiful shades of red, orange and green. Weave it fresh; do your project as soon as possible because the bark damages easily when dried and rehydrated. This is a free gathering for CBBG members only, however registration is required. Click this event to register.

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Basic Basketry Techniques: Reed Heart Basket (Registration closed)
Feb
1
10:00 AM10:00

Basic Basketry Techniques: Reed Heart Basket (Registration closed)

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Explore the basics of weaving a simple basket with this fun mini-heart design. This class will cover weaving a heart-shaped base with flat reed spokes, single twining the sides, and finishing with a simple lashed rim with sea grass. We will use flat reed, cane, plain & colored round reed, and sea grass. You finished project will be 5 1/2" x 3 1/2" x 2 1/4".

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4th Monday Mini-class in January: Mini Market Basket (Registration closed)
Jan
27
6:30 PM18:30

4th Monday Mini-class in January: Mini Market Basket (Registration closed)

Join instructor Chris Bush, of Twisted Fibers Basketry, in this 3-hour online class; you will weave a miniature market-style basket. The skills you will learn are: creating an open weave base, continuous weave for the sides, a reed handle, and lashing the rim with waxed linen. Your completed piece will be about 2-1/2” wide and tall, plus handle.

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January General Meeting with Elizabeth Kallenbach. Weaving Through Time: Native Plants and Oregon Indigenous Basketweaving
Jan
16
6:30 PM18:30

January General Meeting with Elizabeth Kallenbach. Weaving Through Time: Native Plants and Oregon Indigenous Basketweaving

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Join us online for our January general meeting, with Elizabeth Kallenbach. Elizabeth is the Assistant Director of Anthropological Collections at the University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History. Using archaeological examples from the Paisley Caves, Elizabeth will highlight native plants that have been used by Oregon weavers for millennia. She will also discuss the introduction of commercial fibers during the 19th century, based on baskets from the collections at the University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History.

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Weekend Winter Willow Harvest Dates, 2025
Dec
29
to Feb 2

Weekend Winter Willow Harvest Dates, 2025

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Please come to Our Table Cooperative Farm in Sherwood to enjoy the beauty of the willow, the generosity of this beautiful farm’s owners, and working and visiting with willow friends old and new as you harvest willow. We will be harvesting the willow on select weekend days, from late December 2024 to February 2025. Click this post to learn more.

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December General Meeting: Getting to Know Anne Bowers
Dec
19
6:30 PM18:30

December General Meeting: Getting to Know Anne Bowers

Like many of us, Anne Bowers discovered basketry – and the rest, as they say, is history. But unlike most of us, she turned her passion into her career. Anne, who lives in West Virginia, will be the 2025 Tidal Twinings Retreat Featured Teacher, and our December meeting will be a good time for CBBG members to meet her and see her work. Join us on Zoom. Anne will show us her studio, some of her newer baskets, and explain the style of ribbed basket weaving.

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Join Us at the Guild's 2024 Holiday Basket Sale
Dec
7
10:00 AM10:00

Join Us at the Guild's 2024 Holiday Basket Sale

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Join us for the Guild’s 2024 Basket Sale at Multnomah Arts Center! This event is open to the general public. This is an opportunity for any Guild member to sell their baskets to other members, friends, and the public. It’s also a chance for those with a little “inventory” to sell in a friendly, non-competitive atmosphere.

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Sally Bag Design and Planning (Registration is closed)
Nov
9
9:00 AM09:00

Sally Bag Design and Planning (Registration is closed)

In this short concept class, you will learn how to design and size a Sally bag using your preferred materials. We also will discuss the Native American origins of these bags, which were used for root gathering. This is an online, 3-hour workshop for those who are familiar with full-turn twining and, preferably, have made at least one Sally bag. Class will be presentation and discussion; we will not weave.

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October General Meeting with Barbara Shapiro: Art in the Time of Covid
Oct
17
6:30 PM18:30

October General Meeting with Barbara Shapiro: Art in the Time of Covid

During October's General Meeting, we will talk with textile artist Barbara Shapiro. Barbara has created textile art for decades, combining rich knowledge of historical and ethnic textiles with broad technical experience in weaving, dyeing, and basketry. She will share with us the productive burst of artistic output inspired by moving her studio in January 2020 and by current personal and political events. The sequestration that Covid forced upon us all brought forth lots of new work in several series.

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Tidal Twinings Retreat, September 11-15, 2024
Sep
11
to Sep 15

Tidal Twinings Retreat, September 11-15, 2024

CBBG will once again retreat to the Oregon Coast for its annual weaving event, Wednesday-Sunday, September 11-15, 2024. Lodging, meals, and class sessions are held at Camp Magruder in Rockaway Beach. In addition to a full slate of classes, retreat activities include: an attendee gallery show, an auction, and a keynote presentation by the year’s featured teacher, Australian sculptural weaver Lissa-Jane de Sailles. For complete details, click this event to view the Registration Brochure. Registration is open May 8 through July 6, 2024.

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Guild Show in Manzanita, Oregon:  “Broad and Boundless, the Many Waves of Weaving with the Columbia Basin Basketry Guild”
Sep
5
to Sep 28

Guild Show in Manzanita, Oregon: “Broad and Boundless, the Many Waves of Weaving with the Columbia Basin Basketry Guild”

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Support your fellow Guild members at the opening of the CBBG show at the Hoffman Center for the Arts, in Manzanita, Oregon, this September. The show, “Broad and Boundless, the Many Waves of Weaving with the Columbia Basin Basketry Guild,” will feature 15 Guild member artists.

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4th Monday Mini Class in August: Willow frames (Wait list only)
Aug
26
6:30 PM18:30

4th Monday Mini Class in August: Willow frames (Wait list only)

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Make 3 different willow frames (oval, rectangular and leaf-shaped) for future baskets. Frames, and the baskets/tray you can make from them, are seen in the accompanying photo. Willow handling and knife work will be taught. You will learn how to shape large willow rods into 3 different frames.

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Basket Day in the Park 2024 (Registration Closed)
Aug
10
9:00 AM09:00

Basket Day in the Park 2024 (Registration Closed)

A gifted set of instructors are gathering for Basket Day 2024. They will be offering 4 different classes using natural and abundant materials, along with opportunities to learn about preparing cedar bark! Learn to: prepare your own cedar bark; weave a basket with native blackberry vines; make a birch bark trinket canister; and/or weave a bark basket necklace!

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Willow Workshop: Round or Oval Basket with Handle (Registration closed)
Aug
3
to Aug 4

Willow Workshop: Round or Oval Basket with Handle (Registration closed)

Over the course of two days the students will be guided through the construction of a round or oval-handled basket. Students will have the opportunity to learn to make an oval base, and use several different weaves for the sides of the basket including wailing, slewing, and French randing. When the sides are completed a rod border will tie it all together and a willow handle and a foot can be added to make this the perfect basket!

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