TEXTILES – SUMMER SESSION 7

AUGUST 10-15, 2025 (4 STUDIO DAYS)
Angela Eastman
Vessels of Place: Basketweaving with Foraged Materials

Learn to harvest, process, and weave with the fibers that grow on Penland’s campus.The mature vines of wisteria, kudzu, bittersweet, honeysuckle, and other plants can be processed into material for creating strong and beautiful baskets. We will discuss both traditional weaving techniques and more sculptural designs as we work with this plentiful material. We will use our Penland-harvested vines in combination with pre-harvested material to explore a variety of basketry techniques. Students can expect to leave with several small samples and at least one completed basket. All levels. Second-floor textiles studio. 

Note: this workshop takes place in a second-floor walk-up studio that is made partially accessible by a stair lift.

Studio artist; teaching: Campbell Folk School (NC), North Bennet Street School (MA), Cranbrook Art Museum (MI), Woodcrest Farm and Forge (NC); residencies: Penland Core Fellowship, Haystack Open Studio (ME), Campbell Folk School (NC), Hambidge Center (GA), MASS MoCA (MA), Vermont Studio Center (VT), Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild (NY), Sitka Center for Art and Ecology (OR), Talking Dolls (MI), Ragdale Foundation (IL), and SIM (Iceland), Nes (Iceland). 

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November 15-December 16: Scholarship applications accepted
February 3: Regular enrollment opens