Here are my cabin mates: Polly Sutton, Jo Campbell-Amsler, Marilyn Moore & Jackie Abrams. Everyone is slightly goofy on Sunday morning - it's been a long week!
Here are Diane and my dolls with their feet in and arms started! Of course, I still don't have the arms done, but I will!
Jo and Renee are wrapping up one of the willow classes - everyone is getting ready to go home.
This is from the ferry on the trip to Edmonds - we're looking south, and you can just see the Seattle buildings, and even the Space Needle on the horizon at the right.
This is looking to the North, and the land you see is the South end of Whidbey Island - Home!! But I still have to land at Edmonds, then drive north to the Mukilteo ferry and sail back across the strait. I'm ready to be home.
Saturday, March 17, 2007
Saturday's class is the Fantasy Figure with natural materials, by Donna Sakamoto-Crispin. Here Diane is trimming the bottom of her tunic, and next is my doll awaiting the bottom border.
Here Donna is showing how to start the feet.
This is Jackie Abrams' paper hexagonal weave class in the second day of a two-day class. The baskets were amazingly intricate, but the students persevered, and most of them finished.
Saturday's class is the Fantasy Figure with natural materials, by Donna Sakamoto-Crispin. Here Diane is trimming the bottom of her tunic, and next is my doll awaiting the bottom border.
Here Donna is showing how to start the feet.
This is Jackie Abrams' paper hexagonal weave class in the second day of a two-day class. The baskets were amazingly intricate, but the students persevered, and most of them finished.
Jackie is on the right, and Jill Green is on the left showing off her basket.
Friday, March 16, 2007
Friday's class is the Beaded Bark, taught by Polly Sutton. Here is my start, showing the cedar bark base and the beads strung on wire. That was our first task.
Here is Marcee working on hers, with mine in the foreground. 
Friday's class is the Beaded Bark, taught by Polly Sutton. Here is my start, showing the cedar bark base and the beads strung on wire. That was our first task.
Here is Marcee working on hers, with mine in the foreground. 
The weather turned out great, so some of the classes moved outside. Kathey Ervin, Hanna Mandt, teacher Jo Campbell-Amsler and a student went down by the lake to work on their hen baskets. 
The Willow Magazine basket class sat out in the sun - some of the students were starting a second base.
After dinner and a slide show, we attended the Gallery Gala. Members bring baskets to show in the Gallery - it is always an amazing display of the wonderful work everyone does!
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Full day of class today. It's another class with paper from Jackie, called the Maori basket, because it's based on a design the Maori's use with their native flax. We got to choose a sheet of painted paper, then put it through the pasta machine to cut into strips. Since they were painted different colors on each side, we had lots of design options. Here is my base all woven, and the beginning of the side.
Here are some of the beginnings.
Here are some of the baskets further along, and a trio mostly finished - what wonderful colors and designs.
Another class was the Willow Magazine basket - here everyone has finished their bases, and added all the spokes. You need to be careful walking in this class - you'll get whipped with a willow withie!
Basket Guild Retreat starts today - Yippee! Normally I take the Port Townsend ferry and drive south on the peninsula, but it is broken down, so I have to take the Mukilteo ferry, then drive to the Edmonds ferry and take it to the Peninsula. So lots of traveling! Along the way, we were stopped for construction, and I looked up to see the wires and clouds. It just caught my fancy, so I took a few shots.
After settling in and having dinner, we had a short class. Teacher Jackie Abrams from Vermont showed us how to make rattles from strips of watercolor paper that she had painted. Fun!
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Oh - I just love this photo! It frosted last night, but after the sun came up, it melted and everything was dripping. Of course, soon after this shot, it clouded over and began to rain, with a touch of hail. The forsythia is in full bloom now - sunshine on earth.
Tonight was book club - we read The Highest Tide by Jim Lynch. I just loved it - it was about a 13-year-old boy who spends his summer in Puget Sound collecting sea life for restaurants and aquariums. He observes everything, and has read every book about marine biology he can get his hands on. He also read Rachel Carson's books, and of course now I need to go back and re-read those too, since it's probably been 30 years since I read them. In the novel, the boy also has to deal with changes in his family, his friends, and his body. It was very well done, and most of the club members really enjoyed it, too. The first photo is Cathi, Robyn & Bonnie, the other shows Dayle, Jane and Karen.
Tomorrow I'll be at Retreat, so won't be able to post for a few days, but I'll get caught up when I return on Sunday.
Full day of class today. It's another class with paper from Jackie, called the Maori basket, because it's based on a design the Maori's use with their native flax. We got to choose a sheet of painted paper, then put it through the pasta machine to cut into strips. Since they were painted different colors on each side, we had lots of design options. Here is my base all woven, and the beginning of the side.
Here are some of the beginnings.
Here are some of the baskets further along, and a trio mostly finished - what wonderful colors and designs.
Another class was the Willow Magazine basket - here everyone has finished their bases, and added all the spokes. You need to be careful walking in this class - you'll get whipped with a willow withie!
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Basket Guild Retreat starts today - Yippee! Normally I take the Port Townsend ferry and drive south on the peninsula, but it is broken down, so I have to take the Mukilteo ferry, then drive to the Edmonds ferry and take it to the Peninsula. So lots of traveling! Along the way, we were stopped for construction, and I looked up to see the wires and clouds. It just caught my fancy, so I took a few shots.
After settling in and having dinner, we had a short class. Teacher Jackie Abrams from Vermont showed us how to make rattles from strips of watercolor paper that she had painted. Fun!Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Oh - I just love this photo! It frosted last night, but after the sun came up, it melted and everything was dripping. Of course, soon after this shot, it clouded over and began to rain, with a touch of hail. The forsythia is in full bloom now - sunshine on earth.
Tonight was book club - we read The Highest Tide by Jim Lynch. I just loved it - it was about a 13-year-old boy who spends his summer in Puget Sound collecting sea life for restaurants and aquariums. He observes everything, and has read every book about marine biology he can get his hands on. He also read Rachel Carson's books, and of course now I need to go back and re-read those too, since it's probably been 30 years since I read them. In the novel, the boy also has to deal with changes in his family, his friends, and his body. It was very well done, and most of the club members really enjoyed it, too. The first photo is Cathi, Robyn & Bonnie, the other shows Dayle, Jane and Karen.
Tomorrow I'll be at Retreat, so won't be able to post for a few days, but I'll get caught up when I return on Sunday.
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