Making Progress

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My week at the John C. Campbell Folk School is going by too quickly. I am making progress, but have yet to complete a whole basket. That's always the downside to working on a bunch of projects simultaneously.

Day One!

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Yesterday was the start of my week of basket weaving at the John C. Campbell Folk School. So many baskets in my future.

Standing the Test of Time

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White oak basket exhibit at the WKU Kentucky Museum, featuring dozens and dozens of contemporary and historic white oak baskets.

More prep for John C. Campbell Folk School

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Cutting mini maple runners this morning for my mini Shaker apple baskets. I always cut at least one extra set to have as back-up. I know this may sound pessimistic or anal retentive, but I am going to be hundreds of miles from home and it's not like I can just whip up some 3/32" thick maple on demand. To me this is like taking an umbrella with you in the morning and it wards off the rain they were predicting.

Bending handles and rims for my John C. Campbell Folk School Class

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My class with JoAnn Kelly Catsos at the John C. Campbell Folk School starts soon. I have put off bending my handles and rims until nearly the last minute. This part always makes me nervous, bu I only had one break on a backup handle, so am very happy. I will let them dry for a few days before I take them off the forms.

Baskets on a Saturday morning

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Just a few of the many baskets covering every inch of my house. These are some that grace the top a a lovely cherry hunt board I picked up in New Hampshire at one of the prison shops. The one on the far left is a black ash JoAnn Kelly Catsos, the next is a white oak Cynthia Taylor and the last grouping is mine. Mine include a 4" snowflake bowl woven of natural and dyed black ash, a nesting set of Shaker cathead baskets and in the back (you can barely see it in the shadow box frame) is the black ash reproduction quadrafoil fan I made last year at the John C. Campbell Folk School.

Trying new things

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A delicious dinner last night of oven-roasted cauliflower with Tunisian-spiced yogurt over cumin-scented rice. I love how Hello Fresh is pushing me to try new things. I would have never even considered ordering this in a restaurant, let alone fix it at home. Cauliflower, raisins, yogurt and cumin over rice? No way! But, the flavors were incredible. I'm also trying to have one meatless dinner a week and this was perfect for that.