Greetings to Friends and Fellow Art Appreciators! I’d like to invite you to Art in the Woods, an annual studio tour featuring over 65 artists, nestled in 24 North Kitsap studios, this November 9, 10 and 11, open each day from 10:00 – 5:00. http://www.cafnw.org/resources/forms/2012/FINAL_AITW_BROCHURE_2012.pdf Please … [Read more...]
NCI Students Begin Their Projects
The following images were taken by Julie Toomey. Thanks for sharing these Julie! Many students came with their own project ideas. It was amazing to see how these ideas became transformed into objects. Don is making a wall sconce for a light fixture at home. Mary wants to make a special open basket, for holding her "angel cards" … [Read more...]
Weaving From the Garden – Potato
The Potato Basket, refers to this ribbed-style basket in the largest size, but this style can be adapted to any size and renamed as you like. In a medium size this makes a great bread serving basket. Students will learn how to select and transform plant materials from Pacific Northwest landscapes and gardens into beautiful and … [Read more...]
Bear Grass is Blooming
In the Pacific Northwest, this perennial herb has been utilized by basket weavers for a long time. With great care and delicacy, individual leaves, and only a few from each plant, would be pulled from near each stem. It had, and still has, value to First Peoples cultures for decorative work on baskets and hats, and was and still is used as a … [Read more...]
Western Red Cedar
The forest is a special place, and each plant has it's own story. Once tall, thick forests covered the land surrounding the Salish Sea, or Puget Sound, region. Since about five-thousand years ago, among these tall conifers, there is a pollen record of the existence of the Western Red Cedar. This slow-growing, water and shade-loving plant, became … [Read more...]
