Date and Time: This class will be held as two sessions on Saturday, June 3, 2023: 10am-noon PDT and 1-5pm PDT
Instructor: Susan Hanks
Location: Online; a Zoom link will be provided to participants
Cost: $37 ($12 class fee and $25 for materials)
Number of students: 12
Student skill level: Beginning.
Instructor will mail to you: Danish cord, 2 skeins of embroidery floss, bees wax, written directions, tips for coiling, and circle guide.
What you will need: small scissors, pen, thimble if you wish, and work lamp if you need it for close work.
Guild members only, please. (If you are not a Guild member but would like to become one, click here!) Sorry, no option for International members for this class.
To reserve your space, register below by clicking “Add to Cart.” The last day to register is Saturday, May 6, 2023.
This is a techniques class. Students will be introduced to the techniques of wrapping, coiling, joining, pattern work, shaping, and finishing. Projects may not be finished in class, but students will have directions and will have learned all skills necessary to finish in their own time.
The basket we will make is 2 ¾" in diameter (with the option of making it slightly bigger if desired), and it is made of silk embroidery floss and Danish cord. Closed coil means the core of the basket is completely covered. Joins between rows are invisible. The final basket will be flat or curved - artist’s choice.
*Students are encouraged to use a workspace camera for demonstration, questions, and problem solving. * We ask participants to use their smartphone as a camera on their work, using a DIY camera stand. To see full directions, click here.
Waiting list: When this class is full, we will take names for a waiting list. Send the title of the class and your contact information to ColumbiaBasinBasketryGuild@gmail.com. We will take names for the waitlist until May 6.
About Your Instructor
Susan Hanks thinks she wove her first basket in the third grade, but she knows she loved it. “I didn’t actually get back to weaving for nearly 50 years. I have tried a bit of most basketry in the last 18 years and love teaching as much as weaving.”