About

From the kitchen garden to the alpine lakes, from rivers to oceans, this forager basket will become a highly valued and trusted companion on all your harvesting adventures. Woven from flat and half-round reed, this basket is complemented with a rounded “belly” allowing it to securely hold your harvest. The back of the basket remains flat to rest comfortably against your side. A sturdy lashed rim and riveted strap complete the basket. Mine spends much time holding the bounty of the forests as well as carrying the blessings of the coastal beaches as it is filled with razor clams. You will find the perfect use for yours!

The instructor will bring all the supplies needed to make the basket with straps.  A materials fee of $65 is included in the class price.

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.
• Students should wear comfortable work clothes. 
• Bring a bag lunch. We have a refrigerator for people to store their lunches and drinks!
• Skill Level Universal - All skill levels welcome.
• Ages 14+ Welcome.

Instructor Bio: Karen Sherwood began her basket weaving journey creating vessels useful for wilderness survival and woven with materials gathered from nature.

Over the last 25 years, her understanding of weaving and the preparation of traditional materials has become much more refined while her interest in creating “working” baskets remains strong.

Karen carries a passion for exploring historic basketry techniques and styles and brings this to her work by harvesting and preparing her own basketry materials. She shares her connections to the plants and their remarkable uses when teaching each project. With these connections, each project becomes a unique blend of past and present. “It is with this vision we hope to honor the plants and the traditions they have grown from to give insight to, not only the past but how it can illuminate our future”.

Karen teaches ethnobotany programs with the Washington State Department of Ecology. She leads basketry classes throughout the country and as well as other earth- centered programs through Earthwalk Northwest, a wilderness school she and her husband founded in 1996. More info at: www.earthwalknorthwest.com.