Date and time: Monday, August 25, 2025. 6:30-9:30 pm PT
Location: Multnomah Arts Center (7688 SW Capitol Hwy, Portland, OR) Room 30
Cost: $16 (includes $6 class fee and $10 materials fee)
Instructor: Celeste Whitewolf
Maximum number of students: 12
Student skill level: All
We will wrap yarn around a firm supporting material, row by row. The wrapped yarn is secured by anchoring to the row below. The base can be circular or oval. The sides are done "free-hand." The angle of the sides depends on how you place the row above the row below. If you keep it "right on top" the sides will be straight. If you angle inward or outward, the sides will curve in response.
Color change will create your design. How you anchor the new color creates a different design. Coiled platters look just as great a bowls. Handles can be added. They can be decorated with beads, feathers or other materials. The process is quite simple, calming in the creation with beautiful results. Your project will be 13" circumference, 4" wide, 2" tall.
Register online by clicking “add to cart” below, and filling out any forms that appear during the check out process.
This class is for Basketry Guild members only. If you are not a member, but would like to become one, we welcome you. Click here to become a member.
The last day to register or to get a refund is Monday, August 18, 2025.
If you have any questions, or if you would like to get on the wait list when the class fills, email ColumbiaBasinBasketryGuild@gmail.com
About Your Instructor
Celeste Whitewolf (at far left) says, “I have created things all my life. I began sewing on my mother’s Singer treadle machine. I learned beading from my Cayuse maternal great-grandmother. When I retired I declared “I want to be a weaver.” I did not know why I had such a drive to become a weaver until I traveled to my paternal grandmother Karuk tribal homeland for a weaving gathering. There I saw pictures or my grandmother’s elders sitting beside their glorious spruce root baskets. Weaving is in my blood.”