Description
Date: August 9 – August 11, 2024
9 am – 4 pm daily
Skill Level: No prior basket weaving experience is required. Some hand strength and finger dexterity are necessary as we will be working with scissors and a knife to prepare all the materials for the basket.
Class Registration Fee: By July 22, 2024: $250.00
After July 22, 2024: $300.00
Beautiful and functional, a black ash shallow basket can be used as a table centerpiece, a garden and harvesting basket, or simply for storage. You can also use the basket to serve baked goods and hold fiber projects or even more basket projects.
In this class, students will prepare their base and weaver pieces by cutting and knife-scraping black ash splint material that has already been hand-pounded off of a black ash log. Students will then weave the basket using the continuous weave method. Students will learn how to finish this basket by tucking in the uprights and preparing their rim and lashing elements which will be fitted and secured onto the basket body. The completed basket will measure approximately 12”x12”x5”.
A log pounding and splint splitting demonstration will be done where students can participate in the intricate process of attaining black ash splint material for basketry. Students will also learn about Oneida and Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) traditions and history of black ash basket weaving. A display table of baskets and basket books will be available for students to interact with.
Students need to bring the following supplies:
All materials and tools will be provided by the instructor. Students are welcome to bring a notebook to write down anything.
Materials fee: (To be collected directly from students by instructor in class): $65.00
Liandra Skenandore is an enrolled tribal citizen of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin and also belongs to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, and Muscogee Creek Nation. She apprenticed for fifteen months as a black ash basket maker under renowned black ash weaver April Stone (Bad River Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe) through the 2020 Mentor Artist Fellowship program with the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation. Since completing her apprenticeship, Liandra continues to practice black ash basket weaving and now enjoys sharing and teaching the craft with various communities.
