My Workshops

Currently I have 5 workshops scheduled for 2024.

April has 2 workshops at the Baskets and Gourds conference in Visalia, California

May has 1 workshop at the NW Basket Weavers Spring Retreat in Seabeck, Washington and 1 at Tarweed Folk School.

September, hopefully finds me at the Columbia Basin Basketry Guild Retreat on the Oregon coast where I’ll hope to teach two or three workshops.

All are in-person at this time.  Contact me for more information about any of them.

I can teach a variety of workshops  Each of the 3 titles below represents one broad category of workshops.  Specific details and baskets will be worked out with each workshop organizer.

Thank you for your interest in learning basket weaving.

Cedar Bark Baskets

I can teach a large variety of baskets that use Western Red Cedar bark for the material  The photos are just a few types of baskets that I could teach.  Please contact me for more specifics.

Replica of cedar basket found in a NW archaeology dig

NW Treasure basket using Western Red Cedar bark and Midwest sweetgrass

Undulating Twill tray using natural and dyed Western Red Cedar bark

Western Red Cedar bark cross stitch with beads

“Stitched” Birch Bark Baskets

An example of a stitched vessel with a willow foot and birch bark rim

 Starting with a full sheet of Siberian Birch bark each student will design and create their own vessel.   Two techniques for attaching the pieces will be shown and available for the student to do.  Stitch the sides using a specific stitch I developed for working with bark.  Variations will be demonstrated.  Or attach the pieces together using brads,  Learn how to pierce birch bark with minimal splitting then attach decorative rims and bases using various barks and/or willow.

Stitched Birch bark vessel with Oregon wild Cherry bark rim and additions

Birch bark vessel that has been braded together with a dyed cedar bark rim and foot

Example of some of the baskets made in a 2 day Birch bark workshop. Note that some students made woven birch bark items.

Woven Birch Bark baskets

This works shop is a great introduction to how birch bark weaves as compared to other materials.  The baskets photos below show some of the different baskets that could be taught.

Birch bark plain woven basket with curls

Diagonally woven Birch bark pillow basket

Pagoda style Diagonally woven Birch bark basket

Russian style diagonally woven Birch bark canisters