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News Archive 11/22/2010 "Nantucket Lightship Baskets: Carrying On Tradition" is at the New Britain Museum of American Art from Oct 29, 2010 to Jan 23, 2011. The museum is located at 56 Lexington Street, New Britain, CT. For details, visit www.nbmaa.org 2/4/10 BasketWeavingSupplies.com is excited to announce that they have scheduled a basket weaving class for Saturday, February 27 at 10AM. You will have a choice of three baskets: The Cocomo Bowl, The Williamsburg Market, and the Square Server Tray. Click this link for more information: http://basketweavingsupplies.com/2-27%20class%20flyer.pdf. We would love to have you join us! Put it on your calendar. To register or for more information call Jenn at (978) 425-6760 or email basketweavingsupplies@comcast.net.11/4/09 Handmade Art and Utilitarian Baskets for Sale 4/20/09 Coming Events at Murray Hill Weaving for 2009: 11/24/08 BasketWeavingSupplies.com is excited to host Bonnie Gale for two special classes. Bonnie will be here May 22-24 to teach two classes. On Friday she will teach a one day class for the beginner Oval Muffin Class. This attractive table basket is a good introduction to oval willow work. An oval split-stick base is woven and then staked up. A special foot wale follows. The siding is in French randing with alternate colors of weavers. Top waling, border and two roped side handles complete this basket. On Saturday and Sunday she will teach her intermediate Backpack Basket. This large backpack is made of unpeeled willow starting with a large oval split stick base. This oval base is woven in a combination of randing and pairing weave. Staking up, waling and sets of French randing weave compose the siding. A roped handle on the back completes the basket. A mold is not used and so the class will concentrate on shaping. Come and learn how to work with willow from one of the best willow basketmakers around. Experience with willow is not necessary for either class. Take one class or both. For more information or to register contact Jenn at (978) 425-6760 or email at basketweavingsupplies@comcast.net. Also go to our website www.basketweavingsupplies.com where you will find more information and registration forms available. 1/11/09 FEATURED ARTISTS FOR 2009 AT MURRAY HILL WEAVING: Bob Rosenberg, a fellow New Englander from Connecticut will spend Saturday and Sunday, April 25-26, helping you to create a fabulous Nantucket Lightship Basket. Imagine weaving your own Nantucket heirloom during a warm spring weekend. Jill Choate is coming all the way from Alaska and will be with us from May 21-25, 2009. Her offerings will include four of her highly recognized art forms and they are the Porky Pod, African Tower, Wall Pocket and Hen Basket. For the ultimate weaving experience with antlers, join us for this event and welcome Jill back to New England. Karen Zane will be returning to MHW October 10-11, 2009. She felt it was time to visit New England in the fall and enjoy our unique colors, warm cider and pumpkin patches. We are honored to have her back and she will be sharing her knowledge to teach her brand new Oriole Basket and 36” rib constructed structure which is Karen’s signature basket. For information on all of the above classes, contact Jean Bove at MurrayHillWeaving@gmail.com. Time is at a premium to get registrations forms in because of the travel arrangements these folks have to make. 11/23/08 The Japan Society in NYC is currently having an exhibit of "New Bamboo: Contemporary Japanese Masters" which includes a lot of basketmakers and basketmaking techniques. The show opened Oct 4 but runs until January 11, 2009. http://www.japansociety.org/event_detail?eid=674fb1e2 9/29/08 National Spinning & Weaving Week Celebration: Celebrate the art of working with fiber on October 5 from 12-5PM. Try your hand at weaving on a loom or spinning on a wheel. Participate in a community dyeing project on a giant wool roving. Presentations by professional craftspeople & artisans. Kids will enjoy weaving, felting, drop spinning or other activities. Exhibits and demonstrations by members of the Weavers Guild of RI, the Northeast Basketmakers Guild, the Moonlight Weavers Guild, the Industrial Revolution Quilters Guild and many others. Bring quilted, knitted or crocheted 9x9" squares to be turned into blankets which will be given to local shelters. See, learn and share a variety of traditions and techniques with people who share a passion for fiber arts. Admission to Celebration is FREE. Mill tours until 4PM are half price at $5.00. This is a rain or shine event. Visit www.slatermill.org for more info. 9/28/08 On November 8 & 9, the NBG will be participating in NH Made by holding a Weaving Day at Ruth Boland's Studio in Nashua, NH. NH Made is partnering with the League of NH Craftsmen to create a major statewide event that will offer people of all ages an “authentic New Hampshire experience.” These two organizations are expanding the original concept of “open studios” where visitors met artisans and craftspeople, and opening up this opportunity to include specialty food producers, retail shops, restaurants, farm stands and orchards, lodging properties, cultural events and attractions. How Will The Public Know Where To Go? An in-depth marketing campaign of print, radio and TV advertising, both in-state and out-of-state, as well as an extensive public relations effort will drive people to a web site designed just for this event: www.NHopendoors.com . On this site is a list of all participating businesses, a description of what they will be offering, and a custom-designed Google map that indicates the location of each participant and driving directions. This information will enable visitors to create their own custom-designed tour. Directional road signs will also be provided to each participant to post in strategic locations the weekend of the event. 9/27/08 Join Sue Anderson of Homestead Seatweaving & Basketry (Whitman) for a series of fall workshops held at the education center on the beautiful grounds of the Soule Homestead Farm located in Middleborough, MA. All workshops are held on Saturdays. Basket Workshops run from 9am -1pm and the "kit" price is included in the class fee. All skill levels are invited to participate. Advance weavers working on their own projects will deduct the cost of the "kit" when payment is made. Chair Seat Weaving Workshops run from 1pm-3pm and participants need to bring in their own chairs (or purchase one from the barn!). Cane (hand & pressed), Rush (fibre & natural), Splint, Seagrass, and Wicker Repair techniques are given. Materials are available for purchase from the instructor or you may bring your own if suitable. Workshop dates, class fees and additional information is available on their website: soulehomestead.org -or- by calling 508-947-6744. The instructor, Sue Anderson, may be reached by email: homeweave@msn.com or by calling: 781-447-1833. 9/26/08 If you are near Bar Harbor, Maine before November 9, 2008, 9/21/08 NBG sponsored a display and demonstration of basket weaving at the Coggeshall Farm Annual Harvest Fest held in Bristol, RI, September 20, 2008. Ann Morris, President Kate Conroy, and Jenny Galli paticipated. Included in the display were period baskets on loan from the NBG display co-ordinated by Christine Heller, antique baskets loaned by President Kate Conroy of Stony Lane Basketry, Exeter, RI, as well as some from Sharon Owens of Fiber Arts Basketry, Fall River, MA. The "attention getter" baskets were loaned for display by Jenny Galli included two gathering baskets made by her great-grandfather, Leo L. McKee, more than 100 years ago. There was a picture of 2 year old Jenny seated on her "Daddy Kee's" lap one summer day in Mississippi which drew a great deal of attention from everyone who visited the display. The President of the Coggeshall Farm Board of Trustees, Patty Frye, contributed several of her unique baskets to the display. Her willow, back packer, gathering basket was impressive. Patty said she would love to have someone help her date it. We enjoyed many visitors to the display who wanted to just look, many who talked about their own basket experiences and, of course lots of children who tried their hands at weaving with great success. The weather was perfect for all the activities at the Coggeshall Farm Fest. Pony rides, tree sawing, pole climbing, Jacob's Ladder, tug 'o war were just a few of the activities throughout the day. The spinners, the weavers, the quilters, the blacksmith, the cooper, the house painter, the milltia, the magician (who magically repaired his own basket between shows), the johnny cakes, sausage and apple cider and all sorts of venders all contributed to the making of a wonderful time for everyone.
9/11/08 Nantucket Basket Weaving - Bob Rosenberg will be conducting a two day class Oct. 18-19, 2008 (Saturday and Sunday) 9-5 pm at Marlborough Arts Center in Marlborough, CT. The class is for all levels (adult) with registration of $160 and materials fee of $55 payable to instructor at first class. Class size is limited to 8 students. In this two day class, you will carry on the nineteenth century tradition of creating a 6” Nantucket lightship basket, known for its unique design and exquisite workmanship. Please contact Bob Rosenberg for more information at nanbaskets@snet.net
9/9/08 There is an outdoor garden gate exhibit called “In Full Bloom” currently running until Oct. 19th 2008 at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, MA. Roaming the grounds is free. There are 24 garden gate interpretations by artists of varying mediums. Wendy Jensen has a gate installation there made from her homegrown willow which, as you might guess, is woven. She incorporated a basket technique that she learned in |
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