21 Sep 2015

Willow Harvest Weekend in Amana October 9-11

By Joanna E. Schanz
Willow Harvest Weekend will be held at the Amana Arts Guild Complex in the Village of High Amana on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, October 9, 10, and 11, 2013.  Under the guidance Joanna E. Schanz, students will harvest and sort willow on Friday.  Saturday and Sunday will be spent learning the traditional techniques of German stake and Strand willow as students make their own basket.

Class open to all levels of weaving skills from very beginner to advanced.

Registration on line at www.broomandbasket.com.    For paper registration or questions, phone 319.622.3315 days & 319.622.3009 evenings.

20 Apr 2015

Basket Weaving Open House

By Joanna E. Schanz

Philip Dickel Basket Museum Gallery

618 8th Ave, West Amana, IA 52203

Joanna E. Schanz 319 622 3529 days 319 622 3009 evenings, email: jeschanz@southslope.net

Weekend open house for 2015 basket exhibit titled:  "AMERICAN MADE BASKETS - MADE TO BE USED" will be at Philip Dickel Basket Museum Gallery on May 1,2,&3.  Friday and Saturday from 10 to 4 and Sunday from 12 to 4.  Refreshments will be served.

Twenty-four basket weavers from across the USA will have their basket on display from May 1, 2015 to September 30, 2015.

From the beginning of time baskets were made from materials found growing where people lived.  Baskets were a necessity, had a purpose and were made to be used.  This exhibit celebrates  baskets made today in the USA and their multi uses in everyday life.

Basket materials you will see include willow, pine needles, red and yellow cedar bark, white pine bark, sedge, reed and cane.  Basketry techniques, the coiled, plated, looped, frame and stake and strand, with a history from the past still are used today.

Facebook account has been established with new information added each week.  www.facebook.com/philipdickelbasketmuseum

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