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Class includes all basketry materials and a little extra to practice later! We will be outside on our farm and in our open, outdoor kitchen. Students should bring a sharp pocket knife but not exacto blade kinds. A pair of clippers or garden scissors, and a small towel to wrap their willows. A large awl also helps but can be borrowed from the teacher if needed.
About the Instructor
Pegg (Margaret) Mathewson
Pegg lives in the coast range mountains near Alsea and has taught basketry in the Western States since the early 1980s. “My art is inspired by all that natural materials suggest and combines traditional and modern techniques and a world-wide perspective on the craft. ”
Pegg works with museums, tribal and other, to identify basketry and to create exhibits in collaboration with tribes, focusing on Native plants and ancestral technologies. A resident of Oregon, she runs the Ancient Arts Center, a retreat and school with classes in basketry, food ways, spinning, dying and felting, hide tanning, carving, pottery, stone and bone tools and many other skills from around the world.
Her own basketry work is a mix of ancient and modern and reflects her studies of the traditions of Europe and Japan as well as North America. All her work uses natural materials.
See more about Pegg and her work at Ancient Arts Center and also this Oregon Folklife Network interview.
Photo of Margaret with willow by Paula Sauvageau
Cancellation Policy- Any cancellation up to two weeks prior to your event date will be refunded 100%. No refunds or credits will be issued for cancellations received less than 2 weeks before your event start date, however, you may always send a friend in your place if you’re unable to attend. If a class needs to be canceled due to a natural disaster, public health crisis, or other act of nature that will prevent the class from being safely completed, then the attendee that made the booking is eligible to collect a full refund or credit for a future class at Long Table Farm.
Please contact us with any questions regarding this upcoming class!
