Date and time: Sunday, April 13, 2025. 10am-4pm, PDT
Location: Multnomah Arts Center (7688 SW Capitol Hwy, Portland, OR), Room 30.
Cost: $37 (includes $12 class fee and $25 materials fee). Various recycled materials will be available: cereal boxes, dog food bags, kite string, denim and fabric, plastic straps, various cords, ropes, wires, and rubber strips. Also, an assortment of things with which to embellish your piece.
Maximum number of students: 12
Instructor: Rose Covert
Student skill level: All levels. You don’t need to have any prior weaving experience for this class. Beginners are welcome. There also will be opportunities to make your project intermediate with technique or design if you are interested.
Tools needed for class: A bath-sized towel, to keep workspace dry. Small clothespin clips, 5-10. Small scissors for cutting reed. Spray bottle. Small tub for soaking reed (a small plastic tote works well).
Description: Did you see the call to artists for CBBG’s recycled materials show (link here)? 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".
Note: This class is meant for Guild members only. If you are not a Guild member, but would like to become one, click here.
Register online by clicking “add to cart” below.
The last day to register for this class or to get a refund is Saturday, April 5, 2025.
If the class fills, and you would like to be put on the wait list, please email ColumbiaBasinBasketryGuild@gmail.com
About Your Instructor
Rose Covert uses natural materials to weave sculptural forms. Using reimagined basketry techniques, Rose creates woven landscapes that twist and travel around themselves. Her work is evocative of the natural world they are created from. She is also a fiber arts weaver who uses traditional basketry techniques and ethical harvest practices to hand harvest and process the materials she uses. Her work holds an element of dance and movement in their shapes and pulls the viewer in with their dynamic tensions.
Rose grew up in Colorado but has been living in the Pacific Northwest for most of her adult life. She is a longtime Portland resident who has fallen in love with the rich plant life that grows here. Rose works entirely with plants that grow within a 60-mile radius of her home, some of her work consists of plants she grows herself and the rest are from plants she either tends or harvests from on a regular basis. She finds inspiration in the natural world, the exquisiteness of elemental forms and landscapes, as well as the habitats the plants grow in. Her work is a continuation of the beauty of the natural world; her work allows us to bring the allure of nature into our homes. Rose’s process begins with planting or harvesting the plants her sculptures are made from and ends in exploration and design as she weaves the forms.
Rose has been a member and board member of the Columbia Basin Basketry Guild since 2014. She has learned and continues to learn a wide range of weaving techniques and practices through her participation with the Guild. She is also a weaving instructor and teaches youth and adults through her involvement with a variety of organizations, including WildCraft Studio School, Rewild Portland, Oregon Flock and Fiber and the Columbia Basin Basketry Guild.