Making History Workshop

Making History: Colonial Market Baskets

with Karen Whychock

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Baskets were essential in the colonial period for gathering, marketing, and everyday household tasks; an indispensable tool in both town and farm life. Participants in this hands-on workshop will create a small market basket using traditional techniques. Working over a wooden mold, each basket will be woven from natural reed and finished with sturdy oak handles and pre-bent reed rims.

Students will learn to prepare their material, lay out their base, weave the sides of the basket, attach the rims and handles and lash the basket.

All tools and materials will be supplied by the instructor. Please bring an apron or towel since we work wet!

Dimensions: 9” x 13” x 11”

Material Cost: $50

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