9105. Egg Baskets
Class - Wood | Available
Learn and practice your basketry skills making beautiful and useful egg baskets. This class will take you step by step through the process of making three ribbed baskets in varying sizes. This iconic style of basket provides a few interesting challenges to an intermediate weaver while also remaining approachable to beginners. Learn to make a half God's eye to lash the rims together, and how to insert primary and secondary ribs. Different colors of reed will be available to accent your basket.
Additional Information:
- A Material fee of $85 will be added to the total fee at checkout
- Registration will close one week prior to the start of class
- This class is open to students ages 14 and up.
Cheryl Tilley
Cheryl Tilley has been a basket weaver and teacher for over 30 years. She is a member of North Carolina Basket Makers (NCBA), Tidewater Basketry Guild and the local guild, Winston Salem Arcadia Basket Makers, which meets the fourth Monday of the month at Advent Moravian Church. She has taught at NCBA, the local guild, Kernersville Parks and Recreation, and Forsyth Tech. She has also taught basketry at several WSFC schools, Winston Salem Street School, Vacation Bible School for various churches and Davie County summer school program. Along with teaching, she has designed several baskets and written patterns for them. She looks forward to teaching at Sawtooth.