2005 Basket Making Classes Schedule
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Nathan and Kathy conduct classes on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings in their
home in Warner, NH when they are in residence. Classes are from 6:30pm to
9:00pm. For inquiries please call 603-456-2126.
The following classes will be held at the Fletcher Farm School For
The Arts and Crafts
Operated by the Society of Vermont Craftsmen, Inc. in Ludlow, VT.
For Further Information or To Sign Up For Any of These Classes Call
Fletcher Farm School (802)-228-8770
May 21 & 22, 2005 Shaker Apple Basket
The same Shakers who made the Fancy Baskets for sale made the original
Mount Lebanon apple baskets. Thus they used the finest of all their strong
ash, pounded by their Supreme Leader, Elder Daniel Boler. The rims and handles
were made in the cabinet shop. This made the Mt Lebanon Apple Basket one
of the largest basket produced exemplifying the refinements of the Fancy
Basket industry. Nate insures the closest reproduction by weaving on mold
copies made from the original on loan from the New York State Museum at
Albany, NY. The handles and rims are made with the same tools, faithfully
reproducing them to exactness. The apple basket’s splint is pounded
and processed in precisely the same manner as it was 160 years ago. Only
the strongest and healthiest splints are selected for these baskets.
July 23 & 24, 2005 Nathan Taylor’s Cape Cod Purse©
The Cape
Cod Purse© is Nate’s new design utilizing
traditional and art basketry materials in an extremely frugal and practical
manner. The result is a country elegant purse. Intended to be quickly woven
the large ash base lets the basket sit sturdy. The pounded ash staves turn
quickly up the sides requiring little tapering. Nate’s unique cube
rims accented with brass nails are solid and strong. The lid is contoured
and channeled for the stitched leather hinges and magnetic latch. The lid
is flat leaving you plenty of space to adorn it with your choice of a scrimshaw
piece or carving. A stitched or braided leather shoulder strap is attached
with bone knobs and washers. An optional wooden handle is available. The
Cape Cod Purse© signature plaque is included.
July 25, 26, 27, 28 & 29, 2005 Shaker Week
Join Nathan
for a week of Shaker basket making. Make any of Nate’s
Shaker designs. Sign up for the full week or as many days as you would like
with a two day minimum. This is a good way for you to make that Shaker basket
Nathan did not schedule this year. Perhaps you were unable to come for the
date it was scheduled. Now is your chance! Just sign up for the class. Let
them know the number of days you want to attend. Then call or visit Nathan
to choose your personal projects. Nathan will bring everything you need
with him at the time of the class.
August 20 & 21, 2005 Nathan Taylor’s Quadrifoil Medallion
Framed
basket art pieces! Nathan’s Quad Art came to life at the
urgings of a patron. She thought that the basket bases he wove were more
beautiful in and of themselves and that putting them into a basket only
took away from their beauty. To convince Nathan of this she hung one of
his larger quadrifoil basket bases over the fireplace in the lobby of the
Balsam's Grand Resort Hotel where Nathan was demonstrating. There were many
appreciative comments and so much interest that Nathan was compelled to
create this new presentation of the quadrifoil weave. Nathan went with that
concept and in 1990 he introduced a new form of framed art. Today hundreds
of these piece of “Quad Art” adorn homes across America. For
the first time Nathan offers classes in this medium at Fletcher Farm School
for the Arts and Crafts. Be among the first to make one of these beautiful
art pieces.
August 22, 23, 24, 25 & 26, 2005 Nantucket Week
Join
Nathan for a week of Nantucket basket making. Make any of Nate’s
Nantucket designs. Sign up for the full week or as many days as you would
like with a two day minimum. This is a good way for you to make that Nantucket
basket Nathan did not schedule this year. Perhaps you were unable to come
for the date it was scheduled. Now is your chance! Just sign up for the
class. Let them know the number of days you want to attend. Then call or
visit Nathan to choose your personal projects. Nathan will bring everything
you need with him at the time of the class.
September 10 & 11, 2005 Nathan Taylor’s Sweetheart Picnic
Basket
Nathan has embarked on a continuing series of useful basketry,
the Cape Cod Purse© Collection. This collection of baskets were designed
to enrich your summer activities be they elegant evenings dining, a picnic
at the beach or enjoying the sunset from the porch. They hold in common
the use of fine wood working techniques, pounded ash weaving, fine American
hardwoods and brass fittings. This all comes together in a uniquely beautiful
collection of useful basketry in the hands of the designer and master basket
maker, Nathan Taylor. The Cape Cod Sweetheart Basket is
woven of pounded ash with a beautiful hand rubbed oil finish. Extensive
use of cherry wood accents makes this a striking basket. The stylish handles
swing on brass and bone findings. Each Cape Cod Sweetheart Basket carries
the Nathan Taylor’s Cape Cod Purse© signature medallion.
The following classes with be held at the League of New Hampshire
Craftsmen
13 Lebanon Street, Hanover, NH 03755
For Further Information
or To Sign Up For Any of These Classes Call Suzanne Jones (603)-643-5384
2 Classes:
Monday, April 4 and Monday, April 11, 2005 (6:00—9:00
PM)
Thursday, April 21 and Thursday, April 28, 2005 (6:00—9:00
PM)
4” Nantucket Capped Basket
Object of this class
is to complete a basket with maximum success in minimal time. We strive
for instant gratification. This basket is quick because the staves are pre-tapered.
This allows the student to concentrate on setting up the basket for weaving.
The student will learn basic weaving skills. They will learn starting, joining
weavers, and finishing off the top weavers. Chase weaving and coil weaving
skills will be taught. The fitting of the rims, gluing of scarf joints,
drilling and nailing rims is taught. The basket finishes off with a wooden
cap lid with pull. This basket is completed
in two evening sessions.
Monday, May 9 and Monday May 16, 2005 (6:00—9:00 PM)
5” Classic
Nantucket with Swing Handle
The object is to strengthen the weaving
skills and teach lashing and handling techniques. In this class the basket
will be set up and started in the first evening session. Homework will
be to weave the body to the top of the mold or completion. The second
session is a repeat of finishing and nailing the rims, etc. I will re-teach
weaving if home work was unsuccessful. New lesson for this basket is to
finish the rims by lashing with top rim cover and under rim cover. Handle
finishing. Handle placement and attachment techniques are introduced.
Monday, June 13, Monday, June 20, and Monday June 27, 2005 (6:00—9:00
PM)
7” Fancy Cherry Classic Nantucket with Swing
Handle
This basket has a cherry handle with bone knob findings
and a cherry base. Object of this basket is to practice learned skills
on a large basket. To learn tapering of stave skills and design understanding.
The student will have the experience of completing an elegant valuable
heirloom Nantucket. The first evening is spent tapering and placing staves.
Homework is to weave to completion. Second session is to finish off the
body. Fit and nail the rims then set the handle. Homework will be to lash
the rims. Third session will be to catch-up on any unfinished work and
to put varnish finish on all baskets.
Nathan will be teaching his Cape Cod Purse© at:
The North Carolina Basketmakers Convention
That Which
You Share NCBA 2005
March 17, 18, 19 & 20—Imperial Sheraton Hotel,
Raleigh-Durham, NC
And
The Bennington Museum, Bennington, Vermont
September
24 & 25, 2005
Private Locations
Ballwin , Missouri –May 27 – May 30, 2005<
Anyone
interested in sponsoring a class in your area please contact Kathy or Nathan
at 603-456-2126.
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