2018 Guild workshop program
2018 Guild workshop program
The Southwestern Ontario Basketry Guild is proud to present the basketry workshops for 2018. The year promises to be filled with new and challenging baskets and techniques.
January 20, 2018
Amy Jorgensen - Hugs and Kisses basket - all skill levels
Perfect for Valentine's Day! Guild member Amy Jorgensen will teach this heart-shaped basket. Learn to create this special shape using flat and round reed, learn to embellish the basket and learn to cover and ornament the inserted handle.
***Workshop start time changed to 8:30 am.***
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| Learn to create this special heart-shaped basket. |
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| Lovely ornament decorate the basket's handle. |
Mavis Kiyoshk - Sweetgrass Coil Basket - all skill levels
Basketmakers will create a small lidded basket sewn in coils. The lid will have a beaded felt centre and the bowl a felt centre. The sweetgrass basket will be created using a traditional First Nation method taught by a fourth generation First Nation basketmaker.
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| Learn to create a lidded sweetgrass basket. |
March 17, 2018
Workshop cancelled
April 21, 2018
Linda Sherz - Inspiration waxed linen basket - all skill levels
Inspiration was designed for students wanting to weave with waxed linen. This is a great basket to learn twining with waxed linen, a beaded foot and braided rim. Techniques include twining, completing a row, setting up for next row, color change and how to make the pattern spiral, and a double braided rim. Linda will demonstrate and teach you all the techniques to make your basket.
Size: 1" height x 2 3/4" diameter x 2" diameter foot. Choice of color: natural or denim.
May 12, 2018
Joan Carrigan - Cedar bark woven cell phone or pouch - all skill levels
Join Joan Carrigan and weave a beautiful individualized pouch or cell phone holder with plant materials from the Pacific Northwest. This workshop will begin with a discussion on how to plan the project to fit a specific cell phone or desired pouch along the same scale. The pouch will be woven and designed using a variety of plaiting, twining and twill pattern variations. Material supplied will include western red cedar bark, willow bark and sedge and waxed linen.
***Please note change: This workshop has been changed to the second Saturday of the month to avoid Victoria Day holiday conflicts.***
June 16, 2018
Martina Obersat - Market basket - all skill levels
Guild member Martina Obersat will guide students through each step of a market basket with an oak handle. Design options will be available for more experienced basketmakers.
July 21, 2018
Workshop cancelled
August 18, 2018
Workshop cancelled
September 14 & 15, 2018
The Southwestern Ontario Basketry Guild is pleased to host black ash basketmaker Stephen Jerome. Jerome will be teaching two one-day workshops. Jerome is a traditional basketmaker from the Gesgapegiag First Nation, a Mi’gmaq community in Quebec. He uses tools and techniques honed through generations. Check out the beautiful short film by Heather Condo about Jerome's craft at:
https://blog.adafruit.com/2017/12/25/my-fathers-tools-follows-stephen-jerome-through-the-process-of-basket-weaving/
Stephen Jerome - fancy ash basket with lid - intermediate level
The fancy ash basket is woven completely with black ash. It will be about 6 inches tall with lid.
Saturday, September 15
Stephen Jerome - rib basket - intermediate level
This black ash ribbed basket technique is not taught anywhere else in North America. The basket will be eight-inch diameter with a 36-inch circumference.
October 20, 2018
Various Guild members - Mountain Range basket - advanced beginner
Remembrance Weave for Dolores von Rosen
On July 26, 2018, we lost our dear friend and founding member of the SWOBG, Dolores Von Rosen. Dolores was a prolific weaver and teacher and basket designer. She co-founded the Guild in April of 2003 and continued to teach at and contribute her skills to this Guild even after she moved from Canada back to the States. Those of us who were at the 2016 Weaving Retreat in Oxley remember her wonderful presentation about the founding and history of the Guild, complete with a photo album!
Lucky for us, Dolores leaves behind a beautiful body of work. We have decided to honor her memory at our October meeting by gathering her Guild together, sharing our memories, and weaving one of her baskets.
We have chosen Mountain Range. This basket was one that was exhibited by Dolores as part of a juried installation of basketry at the Pickens County Museum in Pickens, SC, in September of 2010. It has an interesting shape and an undulating Gretchen/rolled border.
November 17, 2018
Lene Rasmussen - Burkina weave workshop - all skill levels
Guild member Lene Rasmussen from Lakeshore Willows will teach the burkina weave. This technique is used around the globe to weave many different flexible natural materials, including grasses. You will make some small willow containers, suitable for keeping garlic or dried hot peppers, in this one-day workshop.
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