Instructor: Dee Clements
Format: 2-day workshop
Date(s): June 13 + 14, 2026
Day/Time: Saturday & Sunday, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM each day
This workshop builds on foundational basketry skills and focuses on creating sculptural forms with greater structural complexity. Participants will explore more advanced weaving techniques while incorporating dyed reed to introduce color and pattern into their work. Using alternative bases, students will learn how to build upon foundational structures by adding sculptural elements—such as weaving new forms from existing ones—and experimenting with approaches that create dynamic three-dimensional forms. Throughout the workshop, we will explore how basketry techniques can be used to manipulate shape, tension, and volume to produce expressive sculptural work.
Materials are included, and participants are encouraged to bring additional materials to experiment with, such as yarn, rope, ceramic elements, found baskets, or other materials that excite creativity and play.
This class is designed for people who have basic basketry experience and want to deepen their understanding of form, structure, and sculptural possibilities in woven work.
Learn how to use alternative bases
Learn how to weave using molds and formers
Manipulate form through tension, shaping, and clamps
Pattern play with colored reed through randing, twining, and waling
Explore surface treatments and preservation methods for finished baskets
Develop greater control over form, proportion, and structure
What to bring: A bag/box to transport your work/materials home. And any materials you are excited to experiment with in class. *Please note we work with wet materials, water, dyes, and hands and tools.
Cancellation & Workshop Policies
Please review our FAQ page before registering. By registering, you acknowledge that you have read and agree to our cancellation terms and health guidelines.
*Please note there is a small and friendly dog on the premises.
Image Credits: Sculptural Basket Piece by Victoria Pater,
Instructor: Dee Clements
Format: 2-day workshop
Date(s): June 13 + 14, 2026
Day/Time: Saturday & Sunday, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM each day
This workshop builds on foundational basketry skills and focuses on creating sculptural forms with greater structural complexity. Participants will explore more advanced weaving techniques while incorporating dyed reed to introduce color and pattern into their work. Using alternative bases, students will learn how to build upon foundational structures by adding sculptural elements—such as weaving new forms from existing ones—and experimenting with approaches that create dynamic three-dimensional forms. Throughout the workshop, we will explore how basketry techniques can be used to manipulate shape, tension, and volume to produce expressive sculptural work.
Materials are included, and participants are encouraged to bring additional materials to experiment with, such as yarn, rope, ceramic elements, found baskets, or other materials that excite creativity and play.
This class is designed for people who have basic basketry experience and want to deepen their understanding of form, structure, and sculptural possibilities in woven work.
Learn how to use alternative bases
Learn how to weave using molds and formers
Manipulate form through tension, shaping, and clamps
Pattern play with colored reed through randing, twining, and waling
Explore surface treatments and preservation methods for finished baskets
Develop greater control over form, proportion, and structure
What to bring: A bag/box to transport your work/materials home. And any materials you are excited to experiment with in class. *Please note we work with wet materials, water, dyes, and hands and tools.
Cancellation & Workshop Policies
Please review our FAQ page before registering. By registering, you acknowledge that you have read and agree to our cancellation terms and health guidelines.
*Please note there is a small and friendly dog on the premises.
Image Credits: Sculptural Basket Piece by Victoria Pater,
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