About

This class was canceled on 2/22 via an email from Catherine. There were no registrants.~tt

The western red cedar tree is sacred and is known as “Long Life Giver.” The bark was used by native people to make clothing, blankets, towels, diapers, and other articles needed to survive. (Cedar by Hilary Steward).

For us today, a cedar tree has donated its bark so you may make this wonderful one-of-a-kind visor to keep the sun out of your eyes. Listen carefully and you may hear the cedar speak to you as you weave.

In this two-session class, you will learn checker weave, basic twining, folded rim while creating a one size fits all visor.

Time to make: 10 hours

Materials: western red cedar bark, imitation sinew, and leather

Details:

• There is a materials fee of $140 included in the price of the class. 
• Skill Level:  All Levels Ages 14+ Welcome.
• BARN is committed to accessibility. Tuition Assistance is available - click here to fill out the simple application before registering for a class. For those who might need physical assistance, please learn about BARN's Companion Program here.
• Please click here for BARN's current COVID-19 health & safety protocols. 
  

Instructor Bio:

Jo Ann Hart, a hunter-gatherer by heart, grew up in rural central Kentucky during the ’50s and ’60s. Because there were no children her age to play with, she began learning about and manipulating natural materials in her environment into crude baskets and vessels.

As an adult, her family life brought her to the Pacific NW. After taking a structured Basketry class with instructor Melinda West in the mid 80’s, she  has since studied with many contemporary and Native American Basket Weavers.  She is a member of the Pacific Northwest Basketry Guild, the Columbia Basin Basketry Guild, and The National Basketry Organization.  Jo has taught Basketry for almost 30 years from coast to coast and she shows her work locally and throughout the US.  She says gathering, preparation, and weaving with natural materials has given her great pleasure, and she is happy to share her knowledge of plants and basketry.

“A basket in not really a basket, but a vessel created of beauty, joy, and happiness from a window in the soul, a reflection of love and a creative outlet to our ancestors of the past” Jo Ann Hart

George Arthur Hart grew up in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. He is a wildlife biologist by trade and has devoted many years to the gathering, harvesting, and preparation of natural materials. He has studied with Native American and local artists. He excels in traditional black ash Cherokee baskets, and coiled baskets using natural materials.

Other interests includes making bent wood boxes, wood lathe bowls, and working with baleen. George and his wife, Jo Ann, run Wilderness Basketry and offer a variety of classes by local artists as well as themselves. They gather and prepare their own materials and choose to work in natural materials.