Photos from Previous Classes
Class Schedule 2008
email if you would like to be notified when new classes are scheduled.Thanks to Venie Hinson for teaching a great round of classes! The baskets were beautiful and the marbling workshop was a blast.
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Shoshone Sunset pattern available soon. |
  
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Marbling Workshop pattern available soon. |
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Cherry & Seagrass Lidded Knitting Basket pattern available soon. |
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Watch the on-line catalog for a selection of Venie's patterns, coming soon.
Search on "Hinson" to bring up all of her patterns (after they arrive!).
Watch for another Marbling Worshop to be held on a Saturday morning in July!
Join us May 1 - 3rd when we welcome Anne Bowers and her beautiful ribbed baskets.
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Thursday, May 1st 8" Margaret's Square - 8 hour class - $70 Weaving Level: Intermediate Ribbed basket woven on two 8" square hoops. The shape of the basket is slightly squared with a striking braided handle. 
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Friday, May 2nd 8" Antler Egg Basket - 8 hour class - $95 Weaving Level: Intermediate Learn to create an egg shaped ribbed basket with an antler handle and smaller antler footer. |
 
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Saturday, May 3rd 8" Egg Basket with Fancy Braided Handle - 8 hour class - $65 Weaving Level: Intermediate For those new to weaving egg baskets, you will learn the "fill-in" weave. Braided handle will be optional. |
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Required tools for all classes: long round awl (ice pick), basketry shears, plato shears (angled blade, cuts flush) and a sharpened knife (any of your favorite tools)
Cancellation Policy ~ Cancellation with-in the two weeks prior to class - instructor will ship all materials needed to complete one basket along with the pattern needed for that basket.
All students under the age of 16 must be accompanied by a paying adult.
Maximum of 12 students, please do not wait to register.
Print a Registration Page,
e-mail or call (610-756-6124) to register.
All fees must be paid in advance to reserve your space in class.
Please join us on Friday, Friday, April 18th , from 10:00-4:00
May 23
June 6
Tuition = no charge
Materials cost = ??? You decide
Bring your latest project and your friends and make yourself at home in our classroom. Make a day of it. Have lunch at the Kempton Hotel, take a trail ride on horseback or hike Hawk Mountain.
Bring that basket pattern that has you stumped and we'll help you work through it. If you are having trouble with a certain technique, bring your questions and that 1/2 completed project.
Do you have questions about seat weaving? Bring your chair and we will help you get started (or finished)! Meet new friends and share weaving information.
This is not a formal class so we will need to attend to other business matters throughout the day, but we will be available to help with questions and difficult techniques.
You are responsible to bring or purchase all materials and tools. We provide the help and answers. Come weave with us!
Taught by Angie Wagner
Low Shopper (Shopping basket woven on a rectangle slotted base)
Cost = $35
Time = 9 AM - 1 PM
All Weaving Levels
4 rows are woven on a 9" x 13" rectangle wooden base, then two Flat-top swing "D" handles are added and the rest of the basket is woven around the handles. This creates a sturdy shopping basket. All natural flat reed with a flat oval rim. Currently in use at Wanamakers General Store, Kempton PA.
Required Tools ~ Basket Shear or other very sharp scissors, 1/2" rubber tipped clamps (10-15 - for rim), flat tip awl (Weaverite B or D or fid), towel, water container, plato shear.
Cancellation Policy ~ Option to attend a later class or tuition will be refunded (minus shipping fees) and kit shipped.
All students under the age of 16 must be accompanied by a paying adult.
Print a Registration Page,
e-mail or call (610-756-6124) to register.
All fees must be paid in advance to reserve your space in class.
PAST CLASSES:
Easy Continuous Twill on a Rectangle Base
Diamond Twill on Wooden Base Basket
Wine Basket
Woven Necklaces
Market Basket (Gift Basket)
Knotless Netting Gourd
Doorknob Basket
8" Melon Basketwith Oval Core ribs
4 Ornaments
Puffy Heart
Swedish Star
Reindeer
Winter Snowflake
Square Mini Bean Pot Basket
Random Weave
Osier Bowl
Towel Baskets
Candy Basket
Thursday, June 26th
GOURD SHARDS WOVEN INTO BEAUTIFUL JEWELRY
- 3 hour class
- 9 AM - 12 PM
- Total Cost to Student for Materials and Preparation $65
Experience a whole new technique in weaving on dyed gourd shards. With permission from Artist/Creator, Marla Helton, you will use her pattern to make your own unique piece of jewelry with reed, waxed linen, yarns, boucle and other embellishments. The gourds vary in size, shape and color but will measure approximately 3-5.
Students are asked to bring a pair of small sharp scissors, an awl and any of their own beads or embellishments they might want to add to the pin. No previous weaving experience needed.
Everyone is urged to be on time for class and to stay until their project is finished to ensure quality of their project.
Thursday, June 26th
Diamond Pattern Shaker Tape on a Footstool
- 4 hour class
- 1 PM - 5 PM
- Total Cost to Student for Footstool and Preparation $50. Shaker tape cost is separate from class materials fee and due to Country Seat the day of class (approximately $20).
In no time at all you can take this beautifully hand crafted stool home with you after youve woven this classic diamond pattern in Shaker tape. Shaker tape can be purchased at The Country Seat, before class, allowing you to choose your own colors. Footstools are made of various hardwoods and have a poly finish. They measure 12 high with a seat of 12 x 14
Students are asked to bring scissors and a medium weave rite tool (letter D) to class. No previous weaving experience needed.
Everyone is urged to be on time for class and to stay until their project is finished to ensure the quality of their project.
Friday, June 27th
Footstool with Seagrass, Hand Woven in a Herringbone Pattern
- 4 hour class
- 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM
- Total Cost to Student for Materials and Preparation $90
Familiarize yourself with the characteristic of seagrass and learn this new technique of weaving a seat on a formal footstool. Footstools are made of various hardwoods and have a poly finish. For this class youll be weaving on the taller footstool which measures approximately 14 high with a seat of 12 x 14.
Students are asked to bring scissors and a medium weave rite tool to class. No previous weaving experience needed.
Everyone is urged to be on time for class and to stay until their project is finished to ensure the quality of their project.
Friday, June 27th
Child Size Rustic Chair with Rope (Twine) Seat
- Approximately 3 ½ hours
- 1:30 PM to 5 PM
- Total Cost to Student for Materials and Preparation $165
In a few hours learn the how to weave a seat of rope (hemp) on this wonderful rustic chair made in New England. The pattern used for this weaving has a very unique knot in the pattern that secures it to the rungs. The chair measures approximately 31 high at the back and has a seat of 12 x 12 with splayed front legs. Time permitting; students might be able to weave the back of the chair during class.
Students are asked to bring scissors and a small straight weave rite tool to class. No previous weaving experience needed.
Everyone is urged to be in class on time and stay until their project is complete to ensure the quality of their work.
Saturday, June 28th
Hand Cane Footstool
- 8 hour class
- 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM
- Total Cost to Student for Materials and Preparation $150
Cane your day away! Learn the technique and tools used to create this beautiful cane seat pattern.
Footstools are made of hardwood and beautifully finished. After taking this all day workshop youll be able to apply your newly learned skills to all those chairs you have sitting in your barn or attic.
Footstools measure 10 1/2 x 15 x 9 high. Students are asked to bring scissors, an 18 ruler, spray bottle and small straight weave rite tool to class with them. No previous weaving experience is necessary.
Everyone is urged to be in class on time and stay until their project is complete to ensure the quality of their work
Cancellation Policy: Refunds will be granted on an individual basis, as long as every attempt is made by students to attend class. Full refunds are granted only if we are able to fill your space. If you are unable to attend class and would like your footstool, material and instruction booklet, I will be glad to send it to you in lieu of a refund.
All students under the age of 16 must be accompanied by a paying adult.
Maximum of 12 students, please do not wait to register.
Print a Registration Page,
e-mail or call (610-756-6124) to register.
All fees must be paid in advance to reserve your space in class.
Maggie will be back to teach in the fall of 2008. Mark your calenders for October 2, 3 & 4, 2008! The class choices will be posted soon. If you want to reserve your days and pick your basket later, please register now!
Print a Registration Page,
e-mail or call (610-756-6124) to register.
All fees must be paid in advance to reserve your space in class.
| NH Purse ~ 5 x 3-3/4 x 4 ~ |
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Ellipse Tote ~ 10-1/2" x 5-1/2" x 8" (leather straps) |  |
| Arawjo Creel Purse ~ 9" x 4-1/2" x 7" | 
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3" Tiny Oval Purse ~ 3" x 2" x 2-1/2" |
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Tall Boy ~ 6" x 4" x 9 |
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8" Round Nantucket | |
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Sand Pail (includes shovel) |  |
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1-1/2" Oval ~ 1-1/2" x 1" x 3/4" with one handle (higher price for 2 handles) |  |
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Coaster Caddy w/Solid Wooden Rim ~ 5 x 1-3/4 (includes Coasters) |
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Half Pint Salt & Pepper ~ 5-3/4 x 3-1/4 x 2 |
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2" Heart ~ 2" x 2" x 1" |
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2-Egg Round ~ 3-1/2" x 2-1/2" |  |
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Sharon's Baguette ~ 12-1/2" x 6" x 2-1/2" |  |
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Flower Basket w/Solid Wooden Rim |  |
Maggie's website:
http://www.basketryetc.com/
"Bonnie Gale has been a professional willow basketmaker for the past fifteen years.
A Kennedy Scholar with degrees from the University of Manchester and M.I.T., she has
trained with professional European willow basketmakers. She is proprietor of "English
Basketry Willows" (a small business selling imported European basketry willows, willow
basketry books and tools) and founder of the "American Willow Growers Network" promoting
the growing and the exploration of the uses of willow. She teaches traditional willow basketry
across the United States at major conventions and guilds. She writes extensively on traditional
willow basketry and willow growing and her articles have appeared in Early American Life magazine,
Basket Bits, Basketry Express and assorted basketry publications. Her work has been shown in major
basketry exhibitions and she is the recipient of numerous awards. In 1999, she was awarded an
Artist's Fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts." taken from Bonnie
Gale's Resumι Page
To learn more about the "American Willow Growers Network" visit
English Basketry Willows Site
Side Antler Basket
Skep
Roundabout
~ All the way from Veliky Novgorod, Russia
A great time was had by all and many beautiful birch bark baskets were the result of
Vladimir's last visit in 2003. Keep watching for updates and the latest news from Russia. Vladimir plans to be in our area November 12 - 15th, 2008, classes will be posted soon. Watch for more information about Vladimir's new book written with Flo Hoppe, coming summer 2008!
Veliky Novgorod 173015, Russia
Certified "People's Artist" (Master Craftsman) in 1997
Accepted into The Union of Arts of Russia in 1998
Artist's Statement
When I was shown how to weave of birch bark in 1984, all I wanted was just to make a few baskets. All my life I have liked to make things by hand. As I continued making baskets, I realized there is a huge Russian tradition of birch bark weaving that dates back for ten centuries. I felt the need to support this tradition and decided to make only traditionally shaped Russian baskets.
When I founded the studio to teach people, I learned how to weave something not very traditional. My students in every class "taught" me that. I then understood that, if I wanted to continue teaching people, I needed to change my view on basketry a little.
When I came to USA for the first time I saw a lot of weaving styles: traditional, contemporary, avant-garde... and was back home with headache.
Now I know that there are many ethnic groups, nations, many shapes, styles and directions beginning from deep tradition to ultra-contemporary. And if I start to weave something, I must make my best to finish the project!
Vladimir Yarish Click here for photos from Vladimir's 1999 visit to The Country Seat.
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You must be a member of the Guild to attend class, please register with the Central PA Basket Weavers Guild prior to the day of class.
Please check back for class dates.
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