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Using homegrown and harvested willow barks, students will select from large rolls to prepare and design a deep or shallow woven basket.

Using the natural beauty of rustic bark shines in this design!

Innovative twining and plaiting techniques will be demonstrated.  In addition, students will select a beautiful cedar root or woven border and create a vessel that can be hung on the wall or to hold treasures on the table.

Students should bring:

• old towel.
• good, sharp scissors.

Details:

• Please note for this class, cancellation requests received 14 days or less before the workshop start date will not be eligible for a refund or credit.
• There is a materials fee of $95 included in the price of class. Materials provided include barks and roots for one large finished piece. Handouts will be provided.
• Tuition assistance is available. Click here to apply.  
  
• Skill Level:  Universal.  Hand strength is required.
• Ages 14+ Welcome.
• Bring a bag lunch. We have a refrigerator and a microwave for your use.

Instructor Bio: 

Judy Zugish is a basketry artist and teacher whose work is experimental and sculpted from nature. She has explored with plants in her fiber arts garden for over 30 years with keen curiosity.  A co-founder of Fishsticks Basketry School in 1991--she contributes to weavers of the NW; also hosting national and international teachers to our region.

 Travelling widely since 1998, she has led journeys in basketmaking to Japan and England, Denmark, France and Germany.  Recent residency explorations include basketry fibers in  Australia and New Zealand.

She lives in Marysville, Wa. where she can be found deep in the foliage or working in her studio, surrounded by “ceiling bark”  find her gardens, art, and school at www.twigtwisters.com