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Sandra Atkinson

Sandra Atkinson has been weaving since 1983. In 1985 Sandy and her husband, Steve, opened Atkinson's Country House where Sandy could teach weaving and sell basket supplies. The success of the business grew into a nationwide mail ordering company. When Steve retired in 2000, he joined the business full time.

In 1986 Sandy approached University of Michigan public television about doing a series on basket weaving. The concept was enthusiastically received and "Country Basket Weaving with Sandy Atkinson" was born.

Sandy's most satisfying work is teaching others to weave and watching that person’s creativity grow. "It is so much fun to watch a student be surprised at his/her own creativity,” she says.

"My artistic goal is to keep bringing nature into my work and expanding my ideas of what a basket is verses what a weaving is. Most times it is a woven container of some shape. Sometimes it is a wall hanging not able to contain anything. There are times it may be a 3-dimensional work that's purpose is simply to behold. I have started working on more artistic pieces, we will have to see where that goes."

Sandy has taught basketry in Michigan, North Carolina, and Indiana state conventions, as well as Missouri, Kentucky, John C. Campbell School, Michigan Basket Bash, Silver Dollar City, Michigan Spring Event, Crossroad Weavers, and at many other state and local workshops.