Intermediate Basketry

Instructor: Debra Mills

Location: Sycamore Bldg., Room 7306

Take your basket weaving skills to the next level with Intermediate Basketry.  In this class you will build on the fundamentals you learned in Beginning Basketry.  In the first class you will participate in learning how to dye your own reed.   This reed will be used as accent materials for The Mountain Tote.  It is a patterned basket aprox 14” long x 12” high with handles.   We will continue with 2/2 twill on a  cat head base that creates a lovely spiral as it weaves up the sides of your basket.  The next basket is a traditional Appalachian egg basket aprox 10-12” in diameter.  It is sometimes called a Buttocks Basket.  
Patterns and weaving materials will be provided. 

 

Tools to bring: bucket or tub for soaking reeds, ruler or tape measure, cutting shears, pencil, awl or ice pick, towel and/or apron, spray bottle and utility knife for scraping rims.

How to Register by Email:

1. Download Creative Arts Registration Form (Form must be fully completed to be accepted)
2. Email completed form to ajhornsby@haywood.edu.
3. If you are registering through email please await a Successful Confirmation Registration Email.
   This service is only available to those that register by email. 

How to Register in Person:
Please visit Student Services Department on the top floor of the Hemlock Building at
185 Freedlander Drive, Clyde, NC 28721.