Transform your “weeds” into beautifully crafted baskets!
Angela Eastman will teach you to harvest, process, and weave with the invasive vines that grow on Hambidge’s campus. The mature vines of wisteria, kudzu, and Japanese honeysuckle will be processed into material which forms the structure of strong and beautiful baskets. She will discuss both traditional weaving techniques and contemporary sculptural designs for working with this plentiful material. Attendees will leave with material they have processed themselves, samples woven with a variety of basketry techniques, plus an expanded ecological awareness that includes seeing “weeds” as abundant resources and creative collaborators.
Workshop Basketry with Invasive Vines
Instructor Angela Eastman
Fee $1825-$2075 (These prices include lodging and meals. Special pricing is available for our Local Community members.)
Experience Level All levels are welcome. Ages 21 & over only.
About the Instructor
Instagram: @flagmountain.studio
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Angela Eastman is an artist and teacher from Hillsborough, North Carolina. She holds an MFA in Sculpture from Cranbrook Academy of Art and completed the Core Fellowship program at Penland School of Crafts, and has participated in numerous residencies, including at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts (ME), the John C. Campbell Folk School (NC), the Hambidge Center for Creative Arts (GA), MASS MoCA (MA), Vermont Studio Center (VT), the Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild (NY), Sitka Center for Art and Ecology (OR), Talking Dolls (MI), the Ragdale Foundation (IL), and SIM and Nes residencies in Iceland. In addition to sculptural work, Angela creates baskets, jewelry, ceramics, and forged metalwork through her design business Flag Mountain Studio, and teaches art workshops to adults and youth. She is an advocate for craft education as a vital component of understanding the material world we live in.