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FORAGED basketry workshop
Collect natural materials and weave them together in this fun, hands-on class!
ABOUT THE CLASS
Students in the Foraged Basketry class explore the fundamentals of using organic, foraged materials like grapevine, rushes, and grasses to weave a basket or natural form. Instructor Tami Fuller will demonstrate the weaving technique and participants will have an opportunity to practice using beginner-friendly materials before moving on to weaving with foraged materials. This workshop will offer plenty of time for individual instruction.
This class will be held outdoors, weather permitting, in order to draw inspiration from the natural world and provide a restful setting for creating natural woven art. Students will leave with a basic knowledge of the weaving technique and working with natural materials, and a basket or form of their own creation. In the event of inclement weather, this class will be held indoors using instructor-provided materials.
This class is suitable for beginner or for beginner/intermediate students. All supplies will be included.
PHOTOS FROM PREVIOUS WORKSHOPS
about the instructor
Tami Fuller is a second-generation fiber artist and educator. Her work integrates the traditional foundations of hand-constructed processes with modern technique. Her workshops are designed with an eye toward revitalizing and modernizing fiber, ensuring the continuation of these skill sets by exposing the art form to new people within new contexts. She teaches retreats and workshops throughout the North East. She holds awards from NY Sheep and Wool, Lake Affect Magazine, Arts Council for Wyoming County and the Carnegie Art Center. In 2022, she was defined as a WNY artist culture-maker and a recipient of the NY Council on the Arts “Creatives Rebuild NY” grant, tasked with rebuilding arts access post-COVID. She is an internationally published fiber artist whose work has appeared in Fiber Art Now and her work can be found in collections in the United States, Canada and Australia. She works out of East Aurora, and is an exhibiting member of the Buffalo Society of Artists and a 2021 Roycroft Emerging Artist in Fiber.
