Weaving baskets and sculptures with wild foraged plants

Learn how to weave a basket and connect to nature

Online and in person in New York State

The complete guide to wild basketry. If you’ve ever wanted to go outside, forage plants, and make a basket, this is for you.

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Upcoming 2026 Events

Come visit me at the 4th Friday at Water Street Market, New Paltz NY with Literally Books, the perfect bookstore in this sweet location .

Book Signing and Cordage Making at Water Street Market

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Hello community! It’s bark peeling season and I am looking for logs 🤗🌳 if you are located in the Mid-Hudson Valley and have access to any freshly cut or fallen trees that you’re willing to share with your friendly local basketmaker plea
**Basketry Internship!!** Calling all Hudson Valley basketry folks! I could use help over the next two months in my studio and figured why not put it out there and ask? This is the most official internship I've every offered and I think it will be a
It’s tomorrow! Come celebrate the release of my new book, Weaving Wild Baskets @fullcirclegardiner in Gardiner NY! There will be cordage, baskets, books and original art to purchase, many friends to make inside jokes about baskets with, and m
May Basket Weaving Events! 🧺🎉 Come have some fun and celebrate springtime at one of my book events or workshops this May! There will be many baskets present, I promise you that. more info in my profile. ✨Saturday May 2nd Book Launch Party!!! @fu
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About Me

I am a basketry teacher, artist, and writer based in New York State.

Cultivating a relationship with the plants in my local landscape and making baskets with them is my greatest passion. And sharing what I have learned through years of time in the field is a cornerstone of meaning in my life. I truly believe that growing to know and love the natural world is not only important, but essential in our world today.

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Learn more about wild basketry online

  • Rows of cut palm leaves laid out in a garden, with a black chair and a small table in the background near the curb.

    Using Cattails for Basketry

    How to find, harvest and process cattails leaves for weaving all kinds of baskets.

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  • a willow basket filled with basket weaving tools

    Your Basketry Toolkit

    What are the essential tools you need to get started as a basketmaker? Here are my favorite recommendations.

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  • basswood fiber floating in the river with two hands holding it

    How to Process Basswood Fiber

    Everything you ever wanted to know about harvesting a basswood tree and making gorgeous fiber from the bark.

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  • two hoops of spruce roots foraged for basket weaving

    Foraging Spruce Roots

    Reflections and instructions on foraging roots for basketry.

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