Basketry Workshop: How to make a Market Basket

Interested in the craft of basketry? Southern Highland Craft Guild member, Susan Taylor, will be hosting multiple basketry classes in 2024! Join Susan on October 15th at the Folk Art Center Boardroom for a day of learning and creating. In this class, you will be crafting a market basket. This basket is relatively easy and fun to weave and is created to last a lifetime! Consider joining the class with a friend, or come alone and make friends as you learn!
To register, call or text Susan at 828-284-5524
Fee: $95 - includes all materials, tools, and supplies.
About the Instructor
Susan is a native of the coal mining village of Shady Spring, West Virginia. As a child, she watched her mother, Mae Alice Taylor, weave functional baskets. In 2002, after back surgery limited Mae's mobility, it was time for mother to pass to daughter her precious knowledge of the art of basket weaving. Susan describes that time as "finally coming home".

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