2012 Classes
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Basketry
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Baskets: Ribs, Antlers and Color (FIB081712)
Pattie Bagley
August 17-19
Fri-Sun, 9am-5pm
Jax Member $243/ General Public $300
Deposit $75
Material Fee: $95
Minimum Enrollment, 4: Maximum Enrollment, 10
Minimum Age: 18
Explore the art of basket weaving with a variety of colors, textures and using a deer antler handle. Students will learn the basics and more of Rib Construction as they weave an 8” x 12” x 5” deep Oval Potato Basket. Using a pre-drilled, #1 grade, naturally shed mule deer antler, students will work on a buttocks style antler basket. Students will learn filling-in and shaping techniques, and observe and discuss a demonstration of antler drilling techniques and antler basket forms, designs and construction. Any student who does not complete their project in class will leave with plenty of material and all the knowledge they need to complete it on their own.
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Pattie Bagley started basket weaving in 1993 and began teaching her friends soon after. When she opened Aunt Pattie's Basketry Shop in 1999, she began teaching on a weekly basis. She quickly realized that teaching had become as much of a passion for her as making baskets. She closed the store in 2002, still maintaining Aunt Pattie's in her home studio. She has been teaching at the John C. Campbell Folk School since 2003. Pattie is a charter member of the Georgia Basketry Association and was its president from 2008-2009. In 2010, Pattie became the Resident Artist for Basketry, Brooms and Chair Seats for the John C. Campbell Folk School.
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Weaving on Gourds (FIB090712)
September 7-9
Fri-Sun, 9am-5pm
Jax Member $243/ General Public $300
Deposit $75
Materials Fee: $45-$65
Minimum Enrollment, 3: Maximum Enrollment, 12
Minimum Age: 18
Beginning to Intermediate
Learn the earthy and beautiful art of gourd weaving! Participants in this inspiring class will weave two different gourds; one will have a dream catcher woven in the front with an undulating weave on top, using many different materials: dyed reed, seagrass, yarns, cedar bark, and a rim of philodendron sheath and pods. Various techniques will be taught, including three-rod wale (triple twine), increasing and decreasing, and plain weave. Another gourd will be created using the coiling technique. A choice of seagrass or paper core will be offered.
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Marianne Barnes has been a basket maker for 22 years and a gourd artist for 21 years. After retiring from a 38-year career as an art teacher in public schools, Marianne wrote her first book, “Weaving on Gourds.” Her second book, “New and Different Materials for Weaving and Coiling” will be released in early 2012. The combination of baskets and gourds is the art form she most loves to create, texture being the core of her art and natural materials being the source. She teaches at workshops, conventions, gourd shows, and in her home studio in South Carolina.
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Pine Needle Basket (FIB100612)
Jean Koon
October 6
Saturday, 10am-4pm
Jax Member $62/ General Public $76
Deposit $25
Materials fee: $40
Minimum Enrollment, 3: Maximum Enrollment, 12
Minimum Age: 18
Learn to weave nature’s finest pine needles into beautiful and handy baskets! Students in this class will spend a full day creating this lovely and useful basket with a black walnut slice in the center and coils formed from long leaf pine needles, shaping the basket to hold a one cup Pyrex bowl. This basket is perfect for holding bowls with dips or spreads and comes with the pyrex bowl and storage lid! Students will receive a pre-made basket start which is a walnut shell surrounded by several rows of long leaf pine needles. Synthetic sinew and a #1 darning needle will be used to sew coils of spartina grass forming the oval basket.
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Jean Poythress Koon has a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Tennessee. She is a certified teacher in the State of Virginia who taught Culinary Arts Education and Family and Consumer Science Education for many years. Jean studied basket weaving under Nina Busby, of the Bay School of the Arts, in Matthews VA, Barbara McCormick of McCellansville, SC and Joni Dee Ross, Summerfield, NC. She is a member of the Tidewater Virginia Basketry Guild, the National Basketry Organization, and the Rappahannock Art League, Kilmarnock, Virginia.
Chair Seat Weaving (OnDemand)
Dillard Frazier
This class is scheduled OnDemand. Please register to get you name on the call-list and we will schedule the class once the minimum enrollment has been reached and in coordination with the students and instructor.
1 day, 7 hrs
Jax Member $72 / General Public $88
$10 Call List Deposit
Don’t throw that old chair frame away: learn to weave a traditional splint seat and put it back into use! This is a rapid, easily-mastered technique using sturdy rattan reed and a minimum of tools.
All levels of students are welcome. Students should bring one or more chair or stool frames in good condition. Stool or chair frames may also be available from the instructor if requested in advance of the class.
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Minimum enrollment 3: Maximum enrollment 8
Beginning to Intermediate ● Materials Fee: $10 ● Minimum Age: 14
Students under the age of 18 MUST have a waiver signed by a parent or legal guardian before class commences.
Introduction to Basketry (OnDemand)
Kathy Dulaney
This class is scheduled OnDemand. Please register to get you name on the call-list and we will schedule the class once the minimum enrollment has been reached and in coordination with the students and instructor.
1 day, 4 hrs
Jax Member $43 / General Public $53
$10 Call List Deposit
Learn the art of making baskets the Appalachian way! Each student in this class will weave a traditional eight inch melon basket. Participants will also learn about some Appalachian Baskets, their origins, and uses.
Information will be provided on how to order supplies for future baskets.
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Minimum enrollment 3: Maximum enrollment 8
Beginner ● Materials Fee: $8 per basket ● Minimum Age: Responsible Young Adult
Students under the age of 18 MUST have a waiver signed by a parent or legal guardian before class commences.
Kathy Dulaney is a native of Floyd County and has been weaving baskets and teaching classes for 25 years. Weaving mostly older Appalachian style baskets, she strives to keep the tradition alive by teaching younger folks the art. If you make a basket in one of her classes you can be sure that it will be something you can use. Each basket was designed for a specific purpose and Kathy stresses the usefulness of each in her classes.
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