**This workshop is sold out. To join the waiting list, email [email protected]. Please include your phone number**
Adult Community Education | Basketry | 5 hours
Tis the season to make some willow stars and star lanterns! Instructor Joan Carrigan will have willow on hand to make an assortment of decorative stars of various sizes as well as a willow hanging mobile which when strung with fairy lights makes a magical lantern. The shape of the mobile is a dodecahedron which incorporates the star pattern. Many variations within these shapes are possible. They make great gifts and will brighten up your home throughout the winter season.
Tools to bring: Secateurs/pruners, package of small elastic bands, measuring tape.
Date & Location
Saturday, Nov. 30, 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
The Classroom at the The Gardens at HCP, 505 Quayle Road, Saanich
Fees & Registration
PLEASE NOTE: Registration for this class opens at 9:00 am on Oct. 16.
HCP Members $130.00
Regular $145.00
REGISTER ONLINE or call 250 479 6162
**If the workshop is full, email [email protected] to be put on the waiting list. Please include your phone number. **
Instructor Bio: Joan Carrigan
Joan Carrigan is a full time basketmaker and basketry teacher living on Salt Spring Island, BC. Over the past 25 years, her passion for baskets has led her to study, travel and explore many different techniques and materials within the medium. Joan studied Fine Art and Art History at the University of Guelph and her love of history has fueled her research in traditional techniques. Her background in fine art has fueled her enthusiasm for the sculptural and creative potentials that the medium offers. Her inspiration comes from the plant materials she respectfully harvests from nature. Joan's work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. Joan teaches extensively both close to home and in Europe and finds this to be a very rewarding aspect of her career.
