Intro to Basket Weaving
- Make a Tension Tray!
Join us for an amazing opportunity to learn how to weave wild willow into a tension tray that you can take home for your kitchen!
Saturday, June 10th, 2023
9:00am to 1:00pm
$65 (plus $15 materials fee)
*Season Partners/Enthusiasts check your email for your discount code!
NOTE: This class is REQUIRED if you wish to take any advanced basketweaving classes this year: Foundations of Willow Basketry class, Medium Willow Basket with Integral Handles class, or Willow Packbasket class.
Participants will be guided in weaving willow into tension trays—a beautiful addition to your kitchen and perfect for holding muffins and cookies right out of the oven! In addition to weaving tension trays, students will learn about gathering, processing, storing and preparing willow for weaving.
Basket-making remains one of the quintessential human crafts, practiced by cultures around the world. Instructor Gelsomina Malferrari will guide participants in weaving wild willow into tension trays—a beautiful addition to your kitchen and perfect for holding muffins and cookies right out of the oven! In addition to weaving tension trays, we will learn about gathering, processing, storing and preparing willow for weaving. (Later this year, we will offer advanced basket weaving classes which will require you complete this intro first).
Children ages 14 and up are welcome to attend if they are able to be focused on this workshop on their own. Children younger than age 14 must attend ALONG WITH their parent/guardian and must be supervised by their adult for the entire workshop. In the case of a parent and child under age 14, they will work together to make one tension tray (and only the parent needs to purchase a ticket).
Instructor, Gelsomina Malferrari
Co-founder of Laughing Coyote, Gelsomina Malferrari comes from a family of artisans, and her ability to craft beautiful objects comes from a lifetime of creating. Raised in a bilingual family, the strong family ties of her Italian heritage continue to be important. Gelsomina is passionate about fiber, making baskets, spinning, weaving, felting. Gardening, foraging and preserving fill her time in the green months.