Biscuit Basket Class

Join us on Saturday, May 10th at Sequoyah Birthplace Museum for a Biscuit Basket Weaving Class. The class will be from 10 am to 4 pm, so bring your lunch. The cost of the class is $55 a person materials included. Space is limited so call 423-884-6246 to register and pay for the class.
Mary Welch Thompson will be teaching the class. Mary Thompson, and her daughter weave traditional Cherokee baskets, using river cane and natural dyes in their single and double woven baskets and cane mats. The knowledge and skill needed to create the double weave baskets was almost lost. They also weave white oak and honeysuckle baskets, and they use reed splits in some of the baskets as well. The method used to split river cane, strip the outer layer, trim and scrape the split then dye the splits consumes the majority of time involved in weaving a basket. Their prize winning basketry has been juried, exhibited and published in “ALL THINGS CONSIDERED VI” sponsored by the National Basketry Organization & hosted by the Fuller Craft Museum, Boston Mass. All are members of the Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual, Inc. and Mary has commissioned works at the University of S. Alabama, Mobile.

You may also like the following events from Sequoyah Birthplace Museum:

• This June, 1st June, 12:00 pm, Statehood Day in Vonore
• This August, 3rd August, 12:00 pm, Sequoyah Remembrance Day in Vonore
• This September, 6th September, 10:00 am, 34th Annual Cherokee Fall Festival in Vonore

Also check out other Workshops in Vonore, Arts events in Vonore.