Instructor: Dee Clements
Format: In-person, multi-week Class
Dates: October 7, 14, 21, 28, 2026
Day/Time: Wednesdays, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
This four-week class explores basketry as a sculptural medium, with the option to incorporate mixed materials like beads + embellishments, wire, papier mâché, fabric, and found objects into your work.
Over four weeks, the class focuses on form, structure, color, and material experimentation. After a quick grounding in the fundamentals, weaving a round base and building core techniques with natural and dyed reed, participants will discover how different weave structures create distinctive patterns, surfaces, and three-dimensional forms.
Through demonstrations, individual guidance, and discussion of historical and contemporary basketry, participants will investigate how weaving can move beyond functional objects into expressive sculpture. Participants will learn to make their own molds/formers from accessible materials, and create a series of small studies before developing more ambitious sculptural pieces.
While reed is the primary material, participants are encouraged to expand their work with mixed materials and embellishments, such as textiles, ribbon, paper, wire, beads, natural materials, found objects, and other personal elements, to create contemporary work that reflects their own artistic voice.
We'll look at artists working in this way and discuss these approaches throughout the class.
Each participant receives shelving to store work for the duration of the class, plus access to the studio to work during non-class times.
Ideal for artists interested in incorporating basketry into their creative practice, as well as beginners eager to explore a new craft. Weaving experience is helpful but not necessary to enroll in the class.
Provided Materials: Reed, dye, and shared basketry tools, materials to build molds, shelf space, studio access during non-class hours.
What to Bring: A bag or box to transport your work and materials home, plus any fibers, textiles, found objects, or other materials you'd like to experiment with during class. (See description)
Please review our FAQ page before registering. By registering, you acknowledge that you have read and agree to our cancellation terms and health guidelines.
Image Credits: Sculptural baskets from class at Oxbow School of Art by 1. Ashley White, 2. Flor Domingues, 2. Ashley White and Samanth Vo-Limón
Instructor: Dee Clements
Format: In-person, multi-week Class
Dates: October 7, 14, 21, 28, 2026
Day/Time: Wednesdays, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
This four-week class explores basketry as a sculptural medium, with the option to incorporate mixed materials like beads + embellishments, wire, papier mâché, fabric, and found objects into your work.
Over four weeks, the class focuses on form, structure, color, and material experimentation. After a quick grounding in the fundamentals, weaving a round base and building core techniques with natural and dyed reed, participants will discover how different weave structures create distinctive patterns, surfaces, and three-dimensional forms.
Through demonstrations, individual guidance, and discussion of historical and contemporary basketry, participants will investigate how weaving can move beyond functional objects into expressive sculpture. Participants will learn to make their own molds/formers from accessible materials, and create a series of small studies before developing more ambitious sculptural pieces.
While reed is the primary material, participants are encouraged to expand their work with mixed materials and embellishments, such as textiles, ribbon, paper, wire, beads, natural materials, found objects, and other personal elements, to create contemporary work that reflects their own artistic voice.
We'll look at artists working in this way and discuss these approaches throughout the class.
Each participant receives shelving to store work for the duration of the class, plus access to the studio to work during non-class times.
Ideal for artists interested in incorporating basketry into their creative practice, as well as beginners eager to explore a new craft. Weaving experience is helpful but not necessary to enroll in the class.
Provided Materials: Reed, dye, and shared basketry tools, materials to build molds, shelf space, studio access during non-class hours.
What to Bring: A bag or box to transport your work and materials home, plus any fibers, textiles, found objects, or other materials you'd like to experiment with during class. (See description)
Please review our FAQ page before registering. By registering, you acknowledge that you have read and agree to our cancellation terms and health guidelines.
Image Credits: Sculptural baskets from class at Oxbow School of Art by 1. Ashley White, 2. Flor Domingues, 2. Ashley White and Samanth Vo-Limón
