Instructor: Dee Clements
Format: 4-day Intensive Workshop
Date(s): August 14, 15, 16, 17, 2026
Day/Time: Saturday + Sunday, 10 am to 4 pm
In this immersive 4-day intensive, we’ll combine a beginning to advanced dive deep into tactility, color, and creative exploration, transforming reed into dynamic sculptural forms. Through guided demonstrations and hands-on experimentation, you’ll learn foundational and experimental 3D weaving techniques to build basketry forms, vessels, and structures that feel both grounded in tradition and uniquely your own.
Color will become part of the process, too! Together, we’ll dye reed in group dye baths to create unexpected patterns, depth, and variation. You’ll leave not only with finished work, but with a deeper understanding of how material and color can speak to one another.
We’ll study both historical and contemporary sculptural basketry to spark ideas about form, tension, and structure. The workshop begins with a focused sample project to introduce skills and build confidence, then opens into the creation of small-scale sculptural pieces, with the option to work with molds and formers or freehand, using a range of bases and construction approaches. You’ll be supported in experimenting, taking risks, and following your own aesthetic instincts.
This workshop centers on 3D weaving as a sculptural language, exploring pattern, architecture, and expressive form. It’s perfect for artists looking to incorporate basketry into their practice, as well as curious beginners ready to discover a new material world. Come with bold ideas, a playful spirit, and a willingness to experiment. Prior experience is helpful but not necessary to attend this class.
Each participant will receive 2.5 lbs of reed to use during class and take home, along with access to shared tools, including scissors, spoke weights, and packing tools. You’ll participate in two communal dye baths and receive a resource booklet filled with techniques, references, and supplier information so you can continue weaving long after the workshop ends.
*All materials will be provided; however, please feel free to bring materials you are excited to work with if you want to.
*Dates: August 14, 15, 16, 17, 2026, 10:00 am - 4 pm each day with a break for lunch.
*Tuition: $720 per student. This tuition covers materials, supplies, and a packet on techniques and history. Please note, this is a private art studio and will be a fun and intimate art-making experience.
Cancellation and Refund Policy:
Please carefully consider your investment and participation in this class. If you cancel 30 or more days before the workshop's start, a full refund minus a $25 processing fee is available. If you cancel fewer than 30 days before the workshop's start, your entire course fee will be forfeited. Please see the FAQ page for more details on our policies.
*Artwork image: The Body is a Piece of Land, by Dee Clements, 2025, and Mummy Bundle, by Lillian Elliott, 1986.
Instructor: Dee Clements
Format: 4-day Intensive Workshop
Date(s): August 14, 15, 16, 17, 2026
Day/Time: Saturday + Sunday, 10 am to 4 pm
In this immersive 4-day intensive, we’ll combine a beginning to advanced dive deep into tactility, color, and creative exploration, transforming reed into dynamic sculptural forms. Through guided demonstrations and hands-on experimentation, you’ll learn foundational and experimental 3D weaving techniques to build basketry forms, vessels, and structures that feel both grounded in tradition and uniquely your own.
Color will become part of the process, too! Together, we’ll dye reed in group dye baths to create unexpected patterns, depth, and variation. You’ll leave not only with finished work, but with a deeper understanding of how material and color can speak to one another.
We’ll study both historical and contemporary sculptural basketry to spark ideas about form, tension, and structure. The workshop begins with a focused sample project to introduce skills and build confidence, then opens into the creation of small-scale sculptural pieces, with the option to work with molds and formers or freehand, using a range of bases and construction approaches. You’ll be supported in experimenting, taking risks, and following your own aesthetic instincts.
This workshop centers on 3D weaving as a sculptural language, exploring pattern, architecture, and expressive form. It’s perfect for artists looking to incorporate basketry into their practice, as well as curious beginners ready to discover a new material world. Come with bold ideas, a playful spirit, and a willingness to experiment. Prior experience is helpful but not necessary to attend this class.
Each participant will receive 2.5 lbs of reed to use during class and take home, along with access to shared tools, including scissors, spoke weights, and packing tools. You’ll participate in two communal dye baths and receive a resource booklet filled with techniques, references, and supplier information so you can continue weaving long after the workshop ends.
*All materials will be provided; however, please feel free to bring materials you are excited to work with if you want to.
*Dates: August 14, 15, 16, 17, 2026, 10:00 am - 4 pm each day with a break for lunch.
*Tuition: $720 per student. This tuition covers materials, supplies, and a packet on techniques and history. Please note, this is a private art studio and will be a fun and intimate art-making experience.
Cancellation and Refund Policy:
Please carefully consider your investment and participation in this class. If you cancel 30 or more days before the workshop's start, a full refund minus a $25 processing fee is available. If you cancel fewer than 30 days before the workshop's start, your entire course fee will be forfeited. Please see the FAQ page for more details on our policies.
*Artwork image: The Body is a Piece of Land, by Dee Clements, 2025, and Mummy Bundle, by Lillian Elliott, 1986.
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