Basket Making Class in Portland, Maine
Length: 4 hours
Class Fee: $90
Learn essential basket-making skills while creating a small, functional basket. Each two-month session focuses on a different style. You can take just one class to make a smaller project, or both classes to complete a larger version of the same design — whichever fits your schedule and goals. Each class is a separate signup.
Projects offered:
Jan, Feb: Round Reed Baskets
One class (Jan OR Feb) – small tray using round reed
Two classes (Jan AND Feb) - taller basket with a handle
Mar, Apr: Flat Reed Baskets
One class (Mar OR Apr) – rectangular basket using flat reed
Two classes (Mar AND Apr) - tote with handles
May, Jun: Rib Baskets
One class (May OR Jun) - small rib tray
Two classes (May AND Jun) – medium-size egg basket
Jul, Aug: Coiled Baskets
Sep, Oct: Basketry with Recycled Materials
Nov, Dec: Basketry with Foraged Materials
Left: wicker tray - January OR February
Right: basket with handle- January AND February
Left: rib tray - May OR June
Right: egg basket - May AND June
Left: rectangular basket - March OR April
Right: flat reed tote - March AND April
About the instructor:
Making things out of fibers has been Kimberley Harding’s passion since she was a child. Until being introduced to basketry by Jackie Abrams and Lois Russell in 2015 and 2016, she primarily worked with textile materials. She joined the Northeast Basketmakers Guild in 2016 and has increased her basketry knowledge from the many wonderful teachers at the annual Gathering, as well as at other basketry events. Now as a sculptural artist she works with a wide variety of materials, though rooted in textile and basketry techniques. She has shown her work throughout the US and recently had a solo show at Maine Audubon in Falmouth. She resides in Portland.