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Basket Making Classes

Hen Basket

BA 109
Carol Lang
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Saturday 11:00 - 4:00
1 Session - $35
Kit fee - $10 payable to teacher

Come and explore the wonderful world of basketry. Complete a basket in the appalachian tradition for your home in one session. Carol will each you about the history of basketry along with introducing you to many of the materials used for different basket making. Your basket will have some natural materials included in the design. See for your self how fun and easy t is to make a great basket.


Wild Fiber Basket

BA 114
Carol Lang
Will repeat; call if interested
Saturday 11:00 - 4:00
1 Session - $35
Kit fee - $10 payable to teacher

Learn to make this basket made from rattan vines and natural materials you can find in your own yard. All materials such as Philodendron leaf sheaths and palm seed stalks will be supplied by the insturctor, but bring your imagination and let it run "wild", to turn this spoked basket into your own uniuqe creation.


Three-ring Basket

3 - Ring Basket

BA 108
Carol Lang
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Wednesday 10:00 - 4:00
1 Session - $35
Kit fee - $10 payable to teacher

This special basket has a unique beauty and grace about it. Made from three wood rings instead of the typical two rings, and having mixed mediums through out the basket, you learn how to incorporate your own beauty in your basket. Carol has learned the design of this basket from the originally designer Misty Washington who is from Solana Beach and is a nationally known basket maker.


Gourd Art

BA113
Carol Lang
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Saturday 11:00 - 4:00
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Wednesday 11:00 - 4:00
1 Session - $35
Kit Fee - $8

Gourds have been used in many cultures across the continents and throughout the centuries. They were used as utilitarian vessels as well as expressions of art. Learn how to clean, cut, and sand your one-of-a-kind gourd. Express yourself in dying, painting and embellishing. You may choose to create a bowl, a birdhouse or a covered container.


Pine Needle Basketry
Three-ring Basket

BA112
Sharol Cornea-Clay
January-February-March
Every third Wednesday
5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
1 Session - $40
No Kit Fee

Pine-needle basketry has a growing following today. One of Sharol’s intentions is to be sure the inside basket design is as intricate as the outside, thus creating a unique artifact. She teaches this aesthetic in her classes, giving a sense of integrity and self discovery. You will learn the technique in how to finish a beautiful basket that will only give you the beginning bug bite into a new creative endeavor.
Check out Sharols web page:
http://members.home.net/sharol/


Tapestry Weaving

WA111
Sharol Clay
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Wednesday 6:00 - 9:00
2 Sessions - $50
Kit fee - $30 (price of loom and warp, payable to the teacher)

Make your own scaled down Navajo loom, and start weaving a creative abstract tapestry in two classes. Sharol will take you through a process of building your own lap size loom, as well as teach you the basics of tapestry weaving. She has developed a fun and creative way to achieve colorful abstracted images using paper and melted crayons. These images will be the inspiration to each student's first tapestry, on their new loom. Whether you are a beginner or experienced weaver you will have fun building your own loom, then walking away with the beginnings of an artful tapestry.


Children's Basketry Class

KB100
Carol Lang
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Tuesday 3:30 - 4:30
3 Sessions - $30
Kit fee - $10 payable to the teacher
Limited to 4 students.

Children will be making a simple Round Reed basket using a variety of natural materials, reeds, feathers, beads, and fibers to express their creativity. This is an introduction to some of the same age-old skills used by our Native Americans for making and decoration baskets. Your child will have a fun afternoon.

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