$65 class + $50 material fee payable to instructor at the time of class
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The classic 10″ Shaker Cathead Basket was one of the most popular made by the Shakers. Its name derives from the fact that when it is held upside down, its shape resembles a cat’s head – the corners being the ears. Although the original design was borrowed from the Native American baskets, it was refined by the Shakers. Students can weave it plain or with a diagonal line through it (Twill pattern).
Age: for students 18+
~About the Artist~
Karen was an art teacher in the Neshaminy School District for 22 years – at the elementary and middle school level before becoming the principal of Neshaminy Middle School in Langhorne, PA. When the school was closed in 2008, she became principal of Tohickon Middle School in the Central Bucks School District. Upon retiring in 2014, she has focused her attention on basketry.
She is a member of the Bucks County Craftsmen’s Guild, the PA Guild of Craftsmen, and the Handweavers of Bucks County. She has sold her work at various shows and galleries throughout the northeast (Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut, Virginia, and Ohio). She is currently president of the Penn-Jersey Basket Weavers Guild.
Aside from teaching basketry at her home studio, Karen has taught at the Mennonite Heritage Center in Harleysville, the Mercer Museum in Doylestown, PA, Washington Crossing Park and at the Waterford, Virginia Craft School.
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