North House Folk School - Courses, Classes, Workshops

Birch Bark Berry Basket: Workshop and Field Harvest

Basketry

Dennis Chilcote

Fully experience the craft of making a traditional birch bark basket for the gathering and storage of berries or anything you please. This course includes time focused both on basket making and on material preparation. Day one includes an extended session in the woods to harvest the birch bark followed by boiling, peeling, and splitting pine root in preparation for basketry. You then make your own individual basket from a single piece of birch bark with stitched sides and a rim wrapped with split pine root. The instructor provides the peeled and split root, bent willow rims and required tools.

Dates

Fri, Jul 06, 2012 - Sun, Jul 08, 2012 Nearly Full

(Early bird tuition deadline: 05/25/12)

Course Details

Length in days:

Hours:

9am-5pm

Tuition:

$255.00 per student (Regular rate)
$225.00 per student (Early-bird rate)

Materials:

$37.00

Levels:

Beginner to Intermediate

Making it happen:

When should I enroll?
We can't hold classes without students! Decisions regarding course cancellations (as related to minimum enrollment) are made three weeks before the class starts--so if you've got a course in mind, plan ahead and sign up at least three weeks in advance! That way we'll know you're coming, courses are more likely to meet minimum enrollment numbers, and then they'll actually take place.
Also watch for the words "nearly full" next to course dates. When that notation appears it means there are only one or two spots left--so sign up soon!
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!)

Birch Bark Berry Basket: Workshop and Field Harvest