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Polly Adams Sutton’s award-winning basketry is prized by collectors all around the world. During this two day workshop, Polly will share her techniques for creating sculptural basketry using wire and dyed binder cane over cedar bark spokes. This asymmetrical basket will be twined using two “X” techniques. Initially the spokes will be wide, then later cut into narrower spokes so that a twisted shape can be achieved when twined. Polly will delight students as they experience how the flexibility of the Western red cedar bark can be utilized to create a unique sculptural basket. The rim will be finished with a beautiful folded border. 

A Materials Fee of $100 per student is payable via cash or check made out to BARN at the beginning of class.

 Skill Level: Intermediate Skill Level.  

Age Level: This class is open to ages 14+

Please bring a bag lunch. BARN has a refrigerator you can store your lunch in.

Instructor: Polly Adams Sutton is a Seattle artist. Her educational background was art with an emphasis on painting and printmaking. Once settled in the Pacific Northwest she was introduced to basketry through the Seattle Weaver’s Guild. It has been her practicing art 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. Her work is exhibited in galleries nationwide, and she has been recipient of many awards in juried exhibits, and 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”.
Website: pollyadamssutton.com 
Contact Polly at padamssutton@icloud.com