Write a commentCornell Cooperative Extension of Oswego County is pleased to once again offer basket weaving at the Amboy 4-H Environmental Education Center. On Saturday, June 2, 2018 at 9:00 am, Linda Scherz will lead a hands-on workshop in basket weaving as part of the Center's Nature Inspires series.
Scherz has been creating baskets since her first 6” melon basket in the late 1980s. Little did she know how that first basket would change her life. Her love of weaving quickly expanded to designing, teaching, exhibiting, and entering juried shows. In 1990 she opened a shop, Adirondack Basketry, in her home, has branched out to work with an artists’ co-op selling her baskets, and in 2004 added an online shop. Scherz teaches throughout the eastern United States for various guilds, conferences, art centers, and organization, and enjoys sharing her basketry knowledge and experience with others.
During this workshop, program participants will create their own laundry basket, Linda's Laundry Basket. Scherz will demonstrate and teach all the techniques to make the basket, which will measure approximately 15” x 20” at the base, 22"-23" at the top x 12½”H. Participants will weave a plain weave base and sides with an accent woven in the sides, a combination of seagrass and maple or cherry. Hand carved oak handles and a half round rim make this a very sturdy basket, great for laundry, towels, and gift giving.
The fee for this artistic workshop is $89 per person which includes all materials, prep, pattern and tool use during class to complete the basket. Participants should bring their own lunch and beverages. Registration in advance, including payment of the $89.00, is required as space is limited. To register for this program, please contact the 4-H Office at Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oswego at 315-963-7286 before mailing the program fee.
This Nature Inspires series is made possible with funds from the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York Legislature and administered by CNY Arts. Cornell Cooperative Extension is an employer and educator recognized for valuing AA/EEO, Protected Veterans, and Individuals with Disabilities and provides equal program and employment opportunities. Please contact the office if you have any special needs.
