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Classes & Handouts

Plants and Basketry:

  • Coiled Mats and Baskets Salon, 2026, Concordia’s July A&S Workshop (NY)
  • Fiber from Nettle Stalks, 2026, Wars of the Roses (NY)
  • Tooling and Stamping Leather, 2026, Concordia’s January A&S Workshop (NY)
  • Stitching a Coiled Basket, 2025, Harper’s Retreat (NH)
  • Secrets of the Plant ID Masters extended version, 2025, Hunter’s Moon (NY)
  • How to Make Cordage, 2025, Hunter’s Moon (NY)
  • Coppicing and Pollarding Woody Plants (updated handout), 2025, Hunter’s Moon (NY)
  • How to Weave a Bark Basket, 2025, Hunter’s Moon (NY)
  • Harvesting Willow Bark for Basketry, 2025, Wars of the Roses (NY)
  • Basics of Building Wattle: Weaving with Wood, 2025, Wars of the Roses (NY) (See appendix linked further below for pictures shown)
  • Secrets of the Plant ID Masters extended version, 2025, Wars of the Roses (NY) (also used in class: North American Trees, 5th Edition)
  • Beginner Basket Making Techniques: Weaving and Twining, 2024, Wars of the Roses (NY)
  • Finding Free Weaving Materials Outdoors, 2024, Wars of the Roses (NY)
  • Coppicing and Pollarding Woody Plants, 2019, Known World Agricultural and Forestry Symposium (NC)
  • Basics of Building Wattle: Weaving with Wood, 2019, Known World Agricultural and Forestry Symposium (NC)
  • Wattle: Survey of some extant illustrations, 2019 (appendix to Wattle class)
  • Introduction to Plant Identification, 2019, Known World Agricultural and Forestry Symposium (NC)
  • Secrets of the Plant ID Masters, 2019, Springe Gardyn Schola (NY)
  • Weaving with Wood, 2019, Springe Gardyn Schola (NY)
  • Weed Walk, 2017, Artisans’ Village and Brewer’s University (PA)
  • Wooden Garden Structures, 2017, Artisans’ Village and Brewer’s University (PA)

Textiles, Fibers, and Weaving:

  • Workshop on basic head/neck holes for garb, 2015, Concordia A&S Night (NY)
  • An Introduction to Fibers, 2012, Northern Region War Camp (NY)

Activities and Service Topics: