weave wild studios
immersion series
wild baskets series
This 7 part series meets one Satuday a month for an immersive dive into basket making through the seasons. Our learning will cover reading the landscape for basketry materials, harvesting, processing and preparing plants into workable material and exploring different techniques of basket making. We will create a collection of wild and beautiful baskets, deepening our connections to ourselves, the earth and each other.
Projects include: bark containers, coiling with grasses, cordage with soft fibers, woven bark baskets, ribbed baskets, twining and diagonal plaiting. Note that depending on the project, not all baskets will be completed within the day and may require you to do some “homework.”
Dates: April 13, May 18, June 15, July 27, August 24, September 28, October 26
Cost is sliding scale $525-750
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wild baskets apprenticeship
This 8 part series (with one 2 day workshop) is for folks who have completed the wild baskets series and wish to deepen their relationship with the materials, techniques, themselves and the community. With plants as the teachers and doorways for learning, we will revisit familiar materials and techniques, explore new patterns, hone intention and expand the conversations around what we are learning and how that shows up, both in our baskets and our lives.
Projects include working with: Vines, Pine, Birch, Inner bark of multiple species, Willow, Grasses & Cattails and Basswood & Soft fibers
Dates: March 22, April 19, May 10, June 7, July 26, August 16&17, September 13, October 25
Cost is sliding scale $ 750-1000
teen basketry immersion
July 8-11, 2024, 9-3:30
This four day basket making immersion is geared towards teenagers ages 13-16. We’ll explore 4 very different basket making techniques - woven bark basketry, random weave with vines and diagonal plaiting with cattails and birch, as well as wattle - the art of weaving fences and structures. We’ll also take lots of breaks, play some fun, active games and enjoy all that unfolds as we spend the days together outside weaving baskets and community. Co-taught with the amazing Danielle Prizzi!
Sliding Scale $300-400