Basket-weaving Class
Conducted by Guest Artisan Debbi Zvanut
June 18 and 19, 2011
Guest artisan Debbi Zvanut taught two classes over a weekend at LRAC -- one for a Choctaw Basket, and the other for a Williamsburg Market Basket. |

Materials are organized for the Choctaw Basket class.
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Debbi shows the pattern necessary to construct the basket's design.
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Nancy Huston shows off her progress on a Choctaw Basket.
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Here, Nancy is nearly done with the body of the basket.
Clothespins hold the shape as the students begin to construct the
finished rim of the basket.
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The next day, students begin the process of assembling a Williamsburg Market Basket.
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A student carefully weaves the reeds in the correct pattern.
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Debbi assists a student with the spacing of the reeds.
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The body of this basket is nearly finished.
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Jean Flanagan shows off her completed basket.
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Photos provided by Albert Hutchings. |