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Canceled by Sybil via email on 4/24. Registrants have been notified. Awaiting their choice on what do with tuition.~tt

The Ring Border Basket is a challenging and rewarding intermediate level basketry workshop. 

Students will brush up and sharpen their twining skills during the first day of the workshop while making the basket base.  There will be many colors to choose from to create a dynamic combination. 

A stunning Ring Border will bring this basket to completion.

Student baskets will measure approximately 6” tall by 18” in diameter. 

During all three days we will discuss the importance of tension on the materials, hand/finger placement, shaping and materials selection.

The Ring Border Basket uses multiple diameters of round reed that have been dyed with cellulose fiber dyes.  All weaving materials have been selected and prepared for ease and flow during the workshop. 

Students should bring:  

• The dye may come off on your hands and clothes so it’s best to wear comfortable old work clothes. 
• An assortment of basketry tools. The tools you are comfortable using.
  
• Hand cream
  
• Two old bath towels
  
• A list of tools you should bring will be provided in the registration confirmation email after you register.
• OPTIONAL- -Rubber palmed garden gloves. Some students find these helpful when working the Ring Border for gripping and pulling. These are certainly optional.

Details:

• Please note that for this class, cancellation requests received 14 days or less before the workshop start date will not be eligible for a refund or credit.
• Material Fee of $95 is included in the tuition.  All round reed will be prepared, organized, and cut to specific lengths for the workshop. 
• Tuition assistance is available. Click here to apply.  
  
• Tools will be available for use but please note the suggested tool list sent in the confirmation email after you register.
• Bring a bag lunch. We have a refrigerator for people to store their lunches and drinks!
• Skill Level: Intermediate. Students will need to have basketry weaving experience with the twining technique that is used to make the workshop's basket.  Hand strength is required.

• For directions, transportation, and lodging information click  Getting to BARN.

• Ages 18+ Welcome.

Instructor Bio: Peeta Tinay grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. She was born into a family of creatives: her father a chemist by day and a jeweler by night, her mother a painter and weaver. Art work from both parents and their friends filled the house throughout her childhood. Her grandfather was an inventor, keeping a fully functional foundry and pattern shop behind the family home. Roaming through his old work buildings was always an adventure. This early creative environment was fertile ground through which she came of age and discovered her life’s work.  From 1990 to 2000 at The Caning Shop in Berkeley California she was introduced to techniques involved in the restoration of wicker furniture. In 2000 a move to Washington gave a fresh start motivating her to branch out. She continued restoration work and also started making wicker pieces from the ground up using 1920's wicker as inspiration.

Artist Statement: I spent the first two decades of my career learning and refining restoration techniques of antique and contemporary wicker furniture. In 2011, at age 43, a cathartic personal discovery about my birth and heritage threw open a door to creativity and set my work on a new and unexpected course. This experience provided the catalyst I needed to start creating my own designs for the baskets I make. I am inspired by techniques from antique wicker furniture, passementerie and anything exceptionally made and beautiful finished. Repeating patterns intentional and unintentional always catch my eye for a second look.

My basketry projects combine a variety of weaving techniques including twining, plaiting and lashing. I now prefer to create large works, moving beyond previously held notions of scale and proportion. Fine detail is achieved by using small-diameter round reed in the beginning stages of weaving which eventually transitions to larger reed. The combination of bold scale and fine detail are, to me, simply sublime. When plaiting with flat reed, I discovered additional interest by using multiple layers - juxtaposing interior and exterior colors that draw the observer deeper into the work. Cellulose fiber dyes are hand-blended creating either natural hues or vibrant colors. Finishing steps include a UV archival varnish and a hand-buffed wax finish.

From weaving techniques using a variety of materials to replicating complex finishes using paints, stains and dyes, my skills are continuously expanding. Reed, the primary material used in antique woven furniture, is the material I have chosen to use in all my projects. Derived from the vine rattan palm, it has been a workhorse in the production of handwoven wicker furniture since the 1880’s which ushered in America’s Golden Age of wicker furniture production. The versatility and resilience of this amazing material gives each new project infinite possibilities.

I feel that my current work captures and showcases all of my skills with reference to design and technique. I will continue to evolve as a craftswoman, seeking excellence in my work and within myself.