Book & Paper Arts Workshops
Kalapuya Cedar and Sedge Basket (Otis, OR)
In this workshop students will spend the day learning how to process Western Red Cedar bark and local sedge, prepare it for weaving, weave a medium sized basket and have a completed basket by the end of the class to take home. Each student will learn how to traditionally process the materials and will learn four different weaving techniques plaiting, twine, 3-strand twine, a rim and how to make cordage. Class begins with a short talk on local Tribal history and family personal accounts; also a small display of traditional items pre- and post-contact.
Location/Venue: Sitka Center for Art and Ecology
Original website page: https://tinyurl.com/ybcrc59n
Cost/Fee: $165
Material/Studio fee: $50
Instructor: Stephanie Wood-Craig is Santiam and Yoncalla Kalapuya, Takelma Rogue River, Cow Creek Umpqua and Clackamas Chinook, enrolled with the Grand Ronde Tribe. She grew up listening to her Mother, Chich, and Aunties telling stories of our weaving traditions. Family baskets and weaving traditions have been passed down through seven generations.