Basket Week
Tue, Oct 1, 2024 - Mon, Oct 7, 2024
Overview
Join us for a gathering of basket-makers, both advanced and aspiring! Basketry embodies the soul of traditional craft: simple tools, natural materials and skilled hands result in purposeful, beautiful items. Birch bark, spruce root, pine needles, black ash—the northern forest has been generous to basketmakers, and we’ll explore a variety of techniques and forms.
This year, we're thrilled to welcome international guest instructor Steen Madsen back to North House. Steen is a remarkable basketmaker from Ringstead, Denmark who has been weaving with willow since 1979.
Courses during Basket Week open for registration on February 29, 2024 (or February 28 for members). More event details will be available soon.
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Weaving the Black Ash Pack Basket: Extended Session
Tue, Oct 1st, 2024 – Sun, Oct 6th, 2024
9am-5pm each day (no class October 4)
9am-5pm each day (no class October 4)
Advancing with Coiled Baskets
Wed, Oct 2nd, 2024 – Thu, Oct 3rd, 2024
9am-4pm each day
9am-4pm each day
Instructor:
Paula Sundet Wolf
Etched Birch Bark Maple Sugar Cones
Wed, Oct 2nd, 2024 – Thu, Oct 3rd, 2024
9am-5pm each day
9am-5pm each day
Instructor:
Greg Biskakone Johnson
Birch Bark Boxes: Scandinavian Bark Basketry
Sat, Oct 5th, 2024 – Tue, Oct 8th, 2024
9am-5pm each day
9am-5pm each day
Cider: Crafting Fine Hard Cider at Home
Sat, Oct 5th, 2024
9am - 5pm
9am - 5pm
Willow Exploration Extravaganza
Sat, Oct 5th, 2024 – Tue, Oct 8th, 2024
9am-5pm each day
9am-5pm each day
Instructor:
Steen Madsen
Woven Birch Bark Basketry
Sat, Oct 5th, 2024 – Sun, Oct 6th, 2024
9am-5pm each day
9am-5pm each day
Instructor:
Emily Derke
