Weekend Sampler: Basketry Exploration Bonanza

Enjoy playing with an assortment of natural materials and techniques during this introduction to the artistry and functionality of traditional willow basket-making. Over the course of just a weekend, participants will have an opportunity to weave an assortment of baskets including: a small rush mouse, a multi-coloured cane basket and a white willow bunarier.

Dates: July 28-29, 2007

Time: 9:30-3:30

Place: Old Newtown School, Lunenburg

Tuition: $120.00 Cdn.

Supply Fee: To be announced.

Heather Sanft, a highly respected basketmaker, has honed her craft over the course of 20 years. She has apprenticed in France and England, and is the eighth generation of a founding Lunenburg, Nova Scotia family. Although she has utilized a variety of materials for her baskets, the majority are made from willow. Her university degrees are in anthropology and museum studies and her lifelong passion is the study of Native American Indian basketry.

More of Heather's work can be seen at www.canada-wine.com