Fiber Arts
Basketry: Triple-Wall Cedar Basket
Learn essential basket weaving techniques using local materials in this sturdy, functional basket.
Tuition Assistance and Other Policies
Meeting Times
- Sat, 2/1/2025 9:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Sat, 2/1/2025
Waitlist
About
Three layers of cedar bark twined with raffia form this sturdy little basket. The vertical lines are accented with bear grass, reminiscent of traditional triple-wall baskets. Two folded borders finish the piece.
Materials
During registration, you'll have the option of choosing the size of your materials kit:
- A large kit provides everything to make your basket.
- A small kit provides everything except the cedar. Polly Sutton is offering a Preparing Cedar Bark for Basket Weaving class on 1/31/2025, if you'd like to learn to prepare your own materials and choose the smaller kit size. If the class is full, you can click "Add to Waitlist" and you'll be notified if a space opens up.
Class Policies
Students age 14 and up are welcome.
BARN Policies
- View BARN's Cancellation and Refund Policy.
- Tuition Assistance is available. Fill out the application before registering.
- BARN is committed to accessibility. We try to make accommodations when requested; the earlier you contact us, the more likely we can help. Please email accessibility@bainbridgebarn.org to find out more or request an accommodation.
- Sensory Statement: Makerspaces like BARN can be noisy and cluttered, smell strongly, and have bright or flickering lights. BARN is not an allergen-free facility. If you have concerns, please email info@bainbridgebarn.org.
Instructors or Guides
Polly Sutton
This Seattle artist's educational background is in fine art with an emphasis on painting and printmaking. Once she settled in the Pacific Northwest 40 years ago, she was introduced to basketry through the Seattle Weaver’s Guild and basketry has been her art practice ever since. She harvests cedar bark each spring in logging areas throughout Washington. Her sculptural work is primarily twined, although she experiments with wire as a woven element in her asymmetrical shapes. Polly’s work has won numerous awards and is exhibited in galleries nationwide. She was awarded an artist project grant in 2012 through the City of Seattle, to experiment with invasive vines in her work. She also received an Artist Trusts GAP Grant, which she used in conjunction with a Seattle Weavers Guild Grant for investigating the basketry of Sardinia. Her piece is also on the cover of the book “500 Baskets.”
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