 |
121 Crichton Avenue Dartmouth NS B3A 3R6 Phone: 902-469-2798 |
E-mail: nsbg@chebucto.ns.ca Website: www.nsbg.chebucto.org |
|
Quick Links
|
| GUILD
NEWSLETTER Fall/Winter 2013 Volume
25 Number 3 September to December 2013
|
| The April Wooden Flower workshop with David Meuse at the Glooscap Heritage Centre was excellent – well organized, well attended and we learned how to make two beautiful flowers – the Brown-eyed Daisy using the dried centre from the real flower surrounded by narrow petals of Poplar wood and the multi-petaled rose with options to dye our finished products. The April/May Red Osier Dogwood and Acadian Willow basket collecting trip and class were both well attended and lots of fun. We have several new members who have brought new expertise to our group. Thank you to Iain Jack, owner of the Fernwood Plant Nursery in Hubbards, who gave us an informative walk through Tangled Garden in Grand Pre when owner and Guild member Beverly McClare was working at the Saltscapes Expo. The June/July class was low in registration but it went ahead as two new members from New Brunswick wished to attend. We go to great extents in our love of basketry! Fall Classes – In conjunction with the provincially designated Mi’kmaw History Month in October, we will focus all our fall classes on Mi’kmaw baskets – those made of hand-pounded Ash splints, birchbark and spruce roots. No class in December. Your President Joleen |
|
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.
This is a
non-teaching morning. You bring your basket project, unfinished or in
your head, and we will work on them together.
Tuesday Mornings starting September 17th 9:30am to Noon with a potluck lunch at noon. Contact Us for more information |
|
GUILD ACTIVITIES
Saturday
October 12th - Ross Farm Museum
Harvest
Baskets at Ross Farm Museum.
The staff cut us witherod, Viburnum cassinoides, we weave baskets with it, meet the public and munch freshly-baked ginger cookies with tea! Bring your latest basket project, your lunch and enjoy a day at the farm. Car pooling Contact Us |
| MONTHLY GUILD WORKSHOPS If you are not a current
member you will be
required to pay the $15 annual dues plus the class fee. |
|
Ash-splint Wine Caddy/Knitting
Basket
with Greg McEwan September 21 and 22 
Cost: $110.00 includes all materials; Guild funding this class. Participants: 8-10 Place: Cox Lake, Hammond’s Plains Time: 9:30-3:30 both days Tools: non-folding knife, scissors, wire cutters, hammer and lunch both days Class contact: Contact Us Please register and mail class fee before September 7 to Nova Scotia Basketry Guild 121 Crichton Avenue, Dartmouth NS B3A 3R6. <<~~~~~~~>>
Birch bark
Root-sewn Basket
with Todd Labrador October 19 (Oct 20 rain date) 
 Learn how our native people gather and use birchbark and spruce roots to make their canoes and baskets with internationally known Mi’kmaw birch bark canoe maker Todd Labrador from Brookfield in Queen’s County. We will be making an 8-10 inch container of birch bark, cut and laced together with peeled and split spruce root, and finished with a hardwood rim laced with peeled and split spruce root. Cost: $75.00; Guild funding this class. Participants: 8-10 Place: Cox Lake, Hammond’s Plains Time: 9:30-3:30pm Tools: non-folding knife, scissors for bark, lunch Class contact: Contact Us Please register and mail class fee before October 5 to Nova Scotia Basketry Guild 121 Crichton Avenue, Dartmouth NS B3A 3R6. <<~~~~~~~>>
Christmas
Ornaments
with Guild members November 16 This will be a round-robin event with three, maybe four, events going on at the same time. Members can move from one to another, or stay and repeat a project. Learn
how to make the Nova Scotia Snowflakes in different sizes and
complexity.
 Learn
how to make a Mi’kmaq Ash wood and Sweetgrass 3-dimensional Star, the
original of which was found on Prince Edward Island.
Learn
how to make the German Straw Stars of split and pressed (yes, ironed!)
straws bound with colourful threads.    Cost: $15.00 Participants: 10 - 12 Place: Conrad Room, Findlay Community Centre, Elliott Street, Dartmouth Time: 9:30-3:30pm Tools: clippers, scissors; and lunch Class contact: Contact Us Please register and mail class fee before November 1 to Nova Scotia Basketry Guild 121 Crichton Avenue, Dartmouth NS B3A 3R6. <<~~~~~~~>>
Advent
Wreath Making
with Rhinhart Petersmann November 24  Cost: free Participants: 10 max Place: Cox Lake, Hammond’s Plains Time: 9:30-noon collecting greenery; lunch; 1-3pm wreath making Tools: clipper for greenery; wire coat hanger and cutters; and lunch Class contact: Contact Us Please register and mail class fee before November 8 to Nova Scotia Basketry Guild 121 Crichton Avenue, Dartmouth NS B3A 3R6. |
|
Please consider
the environment
before printing this e-mail.