Get cozy with some beginner basketry skills and master the coil basket.

Students will create a basket using rope as the core materials and raffia to coil around it. We will start with an explanation into basketry and the possibilities of carrying the project further through patterns. We will also review how raffia can be substituted for other materials such as yarn or fabric. No experience is required.

PLEASE NOTE: Students will complete a small bowl basket project in this class and learn the skills necessary to create larger baskets.

About the teacher:

Lauren O'Neill is a school librarian by day and an artist by weekend. When she isn't teaching about libraries, theatre, and puppetry at school; she can be found cutting up old materials and recycling them into fine art collages, basketry, and home decor items.