
Rattan Reed Basketry
NC879-01
Start Date
03/08
Time
6pm–9pm
Format
Remote
End Date
03/29
Meeting Day
Tuesdays
Credits
0
This online course features the following types of interaction:
- Live meetings
- Live critiques
The emphasis of this workshop will be on creating basket forms using the extremely versatile and popular basket weavers’ material of rattan reed. In this workshop, you will gain familiarity and confidence with the materials and techniques while learning how to make four different types of baskets. We’ll also look at innovative ways rattan reed can be used sculpturally. This workshop can be taken as a follow-up to the Sculptural Basketry Workshop, or on its own.
Materials
Materials can be purchased online from basket making suppliers such as:
www.hhperkins.com and www.basketmakerscatalog.com
- 3/8” flat reed https://hhperkins.com/shop/i-38-hh-perkins-flat-2/
- 1/2” flat reed https://hhperkins.com/shop/k-12-hh-perkins-flat-2/
- 1/4” flat reed https://hhperkins.com/shop/e-14-hh-perkins-flat-2/
- #2 round https://hhperkins.com/shop/c-2-round-reed-natural-2/
- #1 Sea grass https://hhperkins.com/shop/1lber-hong-kong-seagrass-1-2/
- Waxed linen
- Tapestry needle
- Scissors or shears for cutting reed
- Ruler and pencil
- Bucket for water and towel or rag
- Flat head screwdriver
Optional:
- Dyed reed for other color options, or Reed dye to dye your own (available at Basket Maker’s Catalog or HH Perkins)
- 1/4” flat-oval reed
- Fiber rushNote: Before you purchase materials, please be sure to check the status of the class by emailing ce@massart.edu.
Jenine Shereos is a sculptor and installation artist specializing in fiber and textile processes. Her work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally, and published in The Boston Globe, The Los Angeles Times, The Huffington Post, Frame Magazine, Make Magazine, Textile Plus Magazine, and Mary Schoeser’s publication; Textiles: The Art of Mankind. Shereos is also a … Read more
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