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NEWSLETTER Spring/Summer 2014 Volume
26 Number 2, April to August 2014
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We would really like to hear your ideas for programming – repeats of favourite past basket workshops and your ideas for new basket workshops. Please let us know! MONTHLY GUILD WORKSHOPS – THIRD SATURDAYS (usually) We have been asked to have some Sunday classes for those members unable to attend on Saturdays. |
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DUES (calendar year) $15 per individual $20 per couple Payable to: Nova Scotia Basketry Guild Mail to: 121 Crichton Avenue, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, B3A 3R6 Contact us if you are not sure if your dues are paid for the current year |
FUTURE
WORKSHOPS Suggestions for workshops, and locations to hold the workshops are always appreciated. If you, or someone you know, would like to teach a workshop, or have an idea for a workshop, or an idea for workshop space, please e-mail us and let us know. We have people who can help make it happen! |
GORDON Workshops These gatherings are
open to Guild Members
only.
There is no formal teaching just sharing, to complete workshop projects or to start new ones. Tuesday Mornings (we will continue to meet until we agree to stop for the summer) 9:30am to Noon with a potluck lunch at noon. Contact us: nsbg@chebucto.org for more information |
| MONTHLY GUILD WORKSHOPS If you are not a current member you will be required to pay the $15 annual dues plus the class fee |
Two Day Workshop April 12 and May 17, 2014 Red Osier Dogwood and Acadian Willow Casserole Dish Basket  These two
shrubs have an interesting history and requirements for growth – and
the young shoots provide excellent stems/withies for weaving
baskets. Learn how to identify and collect the yellow Acadian
Willow (Salix alba var. vitelina (L.) and Red Osier Dogwood (Cornus
stolonifera, Michx.) found in the limestone ditches of Hants
County. We will “pair” the basket shape of a basket together with its dish by weaving the yellow and red withies around either a round or oval-shaped casserole dish to make a colourful casserole basket to take food to community potlucks – or for serving at your table. Techniques: the basket base is a sturdy withe shaped and bound to match the rim of the dish. To the base, two sturdy withies are added with their butt ends “slyped” – a British basket term for a long tapered cut- the tip ends are woven with finer withies. The side-stakes are added to base ring with their butt ends slyped. The sides are woven using two sets of paired withies. More pairing! The rim is an attractive braided border. Day One Saturday, April 12 Time/Place: Gather at 9:00am at Gordon home 121 Crichton Ave. for carpooling to the ditch at exit #5 on the #101 highway near Windsor. If people are interested, we could make a side trip to Burgess Baskets (Poplar berry boxes) in Newport Station. www.burgessbaskets.com This would make a longer day, so bring your lunch. Tools: clippers; twine for binding withies. Day Two Saturday, May 17 Time: 9:30am to 3:30pm Place: Room 101 Findlay Community Centre, Elliott Street or the Gordon Workshop both venues in Dartmouth. Tools: casserole dish (round or oval), clippers, non-folding knife and lunch. Participants: 8 people - open to all levels of basketmaking. Cost: $25.00 (if you are not a current member you will be required to pay the $15 annual dues in addition to the class fee of $25 = $40) Register for Class by contacting us: nsbg@chebucto.org Please register by April 10 and mail class fee to: Nova Scotia Basketry Guild, 121 Crichton Avenue Dartmouth NS B3A 3R6 <<<<^^^^>>>>
April 19, 2014 NEW! Pop-up Class Easter Basket Nest (no handle).  At lunch, we will dye eggs with onions skins for our nests thanks to Guild member Pat McKay who shared her English Easter tradition with the Tuesday group. Time: Saturday April 19, 9:30am to 3:30pm Place: Gordon workshop Tools: clippers, knife, spray bottle, bodkin/awl, 48oz juice can (with juice!), old towel for wrapping damp willows and your lunch. Bring onion skins for the egg dyeing. Eggs will be provided. Participants: 6 people Cost: $10.00 (if you are not a current member you will be required to pay the $15 annual dues in addition to the class fee of $10 = $25) Register for Class by contacting us: nsbg@chebucto.org Please register by April 12 and mail class fee to: Nova Scotia Basketry Guild, 121 Crichton Avenue, Dartmouth, NS B3A 3R6. <<<<^^^^>>>>
June – no workshop scheduled <<<<^^^^>>>> Three day Workshop July 11 and July 12 and July 13 Red Maple Basket with Pam Wall  Pam and Vivian will take us through the stages of making the handless basket, a new style for us. Friday will be our field trip day searching for the “right” basket maple tree and preparing the wood. Saturday and Sunday we will be learning how to split the maple to make the weaving strips and the ribbed construction of this versatile basket for table serving buns, biscuits and fruits, or for holding the “catch-alls”. Dyeing will be taught as well. Come join us and make this part of your summer holiday! Cost: $50.00 (if you are not a current member you will be required to pay the $15 annual dues in addition to the class fee of $50 = $65) Participants: 6 people - open to all levels of basketmaking. Place: Gordon’s Camp, Hammond’s Plains Time: 10:00am to 3:00pm with a lunch hour Tools: non-folding knife, small hatchet and hammer, wood scissors plus your lunch and swimsuit – the lake water is beautiful. Register for Class by contacting us: nsbg@chebucto.org Please register before July 4 and send your cheque made out to Nova Scotia Basketry Guild to 121 Crichton Avenue, Dartmouth NS B3A 3R6. <<<<^^^^>>>> August – no workshop scheduled <<<<^^^^>>>>FUTURE
GUILD EVENTS
July
19 and 20, 2014 – Making Lavender Wands at the
Lavender Festival at the Seafoam Lavender Farm in Seafoam, Nova Scotia
on the beautiful
Northumberland Strait overlooking PEI.Contact us: nsbg@chebucto.org <<<<^^^^>>>> Fall 2014
- Weave your own Harvest Cornucopia or
Horn-of-Plenty, some of us are weaving them as centrepieces in the
Devour Food
Film Fest in November 12-16 in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. More details later. <<<<^^^^>>>>
Double-walled
Reed Shopper Workshop using
imported seagrass and reed - anyone interested to help plan this
workshop?
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President:
Joleen Gordon Vice President: Lillian Fowler Program Officer: Anita Price Secretary: Donna Silvert Treasurer: Michele Gallant Member at Large: Lois Murray Member at Large: Peggy Jenkinson Member at Large: Lene Maunder Web Mistress and News Letter Editor: Pat Othen |
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