We are so excited to invite back Renee Baumann to share her wisdom of cattail weaving and basketry this season! Curious about basket weaving? Want to make functional and beautiful vessels with an abundant local plant? Over the course of four classes, you’ll get to try out different techniques with a beautiful and versatile plant material– cattail leaves. We will work up to a final project of a sun hat made entirely out of cattail.
Learn start-to-finish cattail basketry. This course will introduce several basketry techniques including basic weaves, plaiting, twining, and braided and sewn borders. Working over several weeks, students will have a chance to practice different techniques and take on projects with complexity.
Four Part Series | Thursday’s
November 9th, 16th, 30th and December 7th
4:30pm-7:30pm
Attendees can attend drop in sessions or join us for the full series!
Sessions 1 and 2 (November 9th, 16th): The first two classes will work on skill building and learning some basic basketry techniques. (These are suitable for total beginners!) These two sessions are available as stand-alone classes if you want to try your hand at weaving.
Complete the full class with sessions 3 and 4 (November 30th + December 7th): This pass is open to participants to one or two of the previous classes. Over the last two classes students will select a larger project or a different basketry technique they want to learn, getting hands-on instruction and guidance on a project of their choice. This course is a great way to quickly dive into utilizing this abundant local plant for fiber projects and learn skills that can last a lifetime!
Tickets are sliding scale starting at $65
+ classes also include material fee (material fee paid cash or venmo to instructor on day of course )
Single Class Drop In tickets (only encouraged for sessions 1 and 2)
12 are available at $55 + $10 material fee = $65 total
Two class Bundle tickets (can be used in any session)
3 are available at $80+ $20 material fee = $100 total
3 are available at $100+ $20 material fee = $120 total
3 are available at $120+ $20 material fee = $140 total
Four Class Pass tickets (all sessions!)
3 are available at $150 + $40 material fee = $190 total
3 are available at $250 + $40 material fee = $290 total
3 are available at $350 + $40 material fee = $390 total
learn more about our inspiration for sliding scale framework here
Renee is a Catskills-based chef and designer who specializes in working with wild plants and fungi. She rediscovered her childhood love for basketry when she was unhappy with the sourdough bread baskets she could buy, and decided to make them herself instead. She works in many media, builds cob ovens, bakes bread and pastries and obsesses over finding and eating wild mushrooms. You can see more of her work on instagram @renee_makes_things.