Basketry: Melon Basket Workshop

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Learn how to use natural materials to make a small melon basket with Jodie Goldring.

In this full-day workshop, you will be using the traditional basketry technique of ribbed construction.

You will start by lashing two intersecting hoops together to create a basic framework. As you weave, ribs will be inserted into the lashing to provide structural integrity and strength to the basket. The woven surface will be created using a technique called randing, which is the moving of a single weaver inside and outside alternating ribs.

At the end of the day, you will take your melon basket home with you.

Content: Centre for Rare Arts and Forgotten Trades

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Disabled access available, contact operator for details.

17 Feb

9:30am - 4:30pm

Rare Trades Centre

Bradshaw Street, Golden Point VIC 3350

$240.00 per person

All materials provided, including extensive written resource; participants leave with their own uniquely woven melon basket.

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