This course will teach students how to create basketry with a sculptural dimension. Participants will begin with twining two weavers and quickly advance to working with three weavers. Three-rod wale, also known as triple twining, is a strong dense weave that is excellent for shaping and 'sculpting' three dimensional basketry art pieces. Learn to shape your basketry creation by adding and reducing the number of spokes, experiment with different coloured reeds, and create a spiral, checkerboard, vertical and horizontal stripes. This course is appropriate for beginners as well as advanced weavers who want exposure to the three-rod wale method of basket weaving.

Gina Peers owns Basketry By Design, Peterborough, Ontario, which specializes in custom basketry, workshops, and repairs & restoration to wicker and cane furniture. She specializes in creating vibrantly colourful pieces made from reeds she custom dyes in her studio, and typically feature beads, feathers, bark, and other found bits of nature.
Harrowsmith Country Life featured Gina in the December 1999 issue in a how-to article on chair caning. As well as running her business, she is an experienced and enthusiastic instructor who frequently conducts workshops, demonstrates at charity events, and goes into the schools to teach weaving to local children. In June 2000, Gina was awarded an Excellence in Fibre Arts Award from the Ontario Craft Council to continue to pursue her creative vision.

More of Gina's work can be seen at www.peerscaning.com