Basket weaving instructor Joy is letting loose for this fun, paper-weaving party!

We will start by learning to weave everything using paper, including the classic Carolina Snowflake as well as "4x4" ornaments which start with the same base, but can be woven into a variety of forms.

Students will then have the option to weave more in paper, or to pay Joy (please bring cash for this part if you would like to try the other materials) to try weaving with reed or ash once you have the hang of the process.

*Picture below is from Joy's "Market Basket" workshop*

Joy Smith is an experienced basket weaver with over 30 years of making baskets, and 25 teaching professionally. She has studied in New England to learn about Shaker and Nantucket style baskets, West Virginia to study weaving with white oak, and has traveled near and far to source wood. Most notably, she traveled to Washington State to source red cedar when she heard trees were being chopped down. Joy's favorite souvenir when travelling is material for her baskets; she has been known to harvest birch bark from hotel parking lots and to travel home with a stump for company.