North House Folk School - Courses, Classes, Workshops

Craft Your Own Coiled Bee Skep

Basketry

Cathryn Peters

Basket making and beekeeping traditionally go hand in hand, as beekeepers in the 1800s housed their bees in handcrafted coiled bee skeps. Bring nostalgia to your home or garden by crafting your own bee skep from straw, mixed with barley and oats for both decorative and practical purposes. In this two-day workshop, you'll learn the traditional coiling basketry technique to create a skep, providing you the skills and instruction to make a full-sized skep tailored to your beekeeping needs. Your instructor also provides a presentation on the traditions of bee skep history and lore as she learned from her travels throughout England.

Dates

No classes currently scheduled

Course Details

Length in days:

Hours:

9am-5pm

Tuition:

$150.00 per student (May 1-Oct 31)
$130.00 per student (Nov 1 - Apr 30)

Materials:

$15.00

Levels:

Beginner to Advanced

Age with adult:

na (Review age guidelines/policy)

Making it happen:

When should I enroll?
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Do you take last minute registrations?
Of course! Although it's important that courses meet minimum enrollment three weeks before their scheduled start dates, we know that life doesn't always allow for prior planning. As long as there are still spots left in a course we're happy to accept your registration last minute.
When will new course dates be posted?
New course dates are posted both in the spring and fall to coordinate with our course catalog release dates. All the new dates are opened for enrollment on the same day and at the same time, so that everyone gets a fair crack at a spot in the courses they're interested in. As that time rolls around we announce when the new dates will "go live" in our e-newsletter. (sign up here!)