9335. Pine Needle Baskets
Workshop - Wood | Available
Learn to stitch and wind small pine needle baskets, and to create vessels from natural materials. This basketry workshop will introduce you to some basic woodworking skills, as you'll start by cutting out and drilling the base of your basket in wood, then learn to bind and attach bundles of pine needles in a seamless spiral to create a small, blow shaped basket. The class will work with preharvested pine needles, but will discuss harvesting your own, and how to process them for weaving. All skill levels are welcome.
Additional Information:- A material fee of $20 will be included at check out
- Registration will close one week prior to the start of class
- Enrollment is open to students aged 16 +
Ella Coyne
Ella Coyne is a frequent face in the arts of Winston-Salem. She works as a front desk assistant, woodworking intern, and youth art camp instructor at Sawtooth School for Visual Arts and is the Gallery and Artists Services Fellow at the Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County. Ella is also a practicing artist who focuses her work on material exploration. She is an alumni of the Visual Arts program at UNCSA and studied Craft and Material studies at VCU before returning home to North Carolina to complete her degree at UNCG studying Sculpture and Ceramics. She continues to make art at Sawtooth in ceramics, woodworking, printmaking, and more.