December 2 Twined Basket Workshop

Saturday, December 2, 10-2pm
Location: 2313 Beatrice St. Suite #100
Instructor: Sarita Westrup 
# of Students: 6-12 

Create a beautiful and functional twined basket in the round. Learn how to weave with round reed, begin with a star base, weave a spiral to form the walls, and finish the lip of the basket . This is a wonderful beginning level basket weaving class; all levels are welcome.

Instructor Bio:

SARITA WESTRUP IS AN ARTIST AND CONTEMPORARY BASKET WEAVER ORIGINALLY FROM THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY OF SOUTH TEXAS. THROUGH THE USE OF MIXED MEDIA AND WOVEN SCULPTURAL FORMS, HER WORK EXPLORES THEMES OF TENSION, MOVEMENT AND CONTAINMENT, JOINED AND PERMEABLE SPACE, AND THE BI-CULTURAL AESTHETICS OF HER HOME. HER ARTWORK IS EXHIBITED NATIONALLY AND IS PUBLISHED IN AMERICAN CRAFT AND SURFACE DESIGN JOURNAL.

Sarita is a craft based artist and art educator of mixed Mexican descent living in Dallas, TX. Rooted in weaving techniques and bricolage, her sculptural basketry works are inspired by where she was born and raised, the Rio Grande Valley on the Texas - Mexico border. She received her MFA in Fiber arts from the University of North Texas in 2012. Most recently her work has been shown in "Materials Hards and Soft" at Greater Denton Arts Council in Denton, TX and in "Staked Out" at Blue Spiral 1 Gallery in Asheville, North Carolina. This past summer she was accepted into the 2022 American Craft Council Emerging Artists Cohort receiving a $10,000 accelerator grant. This summer of 2023 she will be teaching sculptural basket techniques at Penland School of Craft in North Carolina and the National Basketry Organization Conference in Tacoma, Washington.


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*Enter code BUDDY at checkout to receive 10% off when you register with a friend. If you'd like to book a private workshop for a group of 6 or more please call or email for discounted rates.