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2025 Workshops

Hello all! As many of you know, 2025 is my first year of motherhood! I’m excited to return to teaching after taking the last year off, but it will require figuring out how to balance being a full time mom while evolving my career and as basketry teacher in the small ways I can. I’ll be teaching several workshops at my studio through the summer and fall and will post them here on a rolling basis. I miss teaching basketry and all the wonderful students and community so much after taking a year off and can’t wait to weave together! 

 

Coiled Baskets with Plants of the Garden

Saturday June 28th 2025

10:00am – 4:00pm 

Stone Ridge, NY

Have you ever looked outside and wondered what you could make with the abundance of natural materials growing in your own yard? In this workshop you will learn how to take iris, grasses, cattails, daylily leaves, and many other natural materials and create coiled baskets. Coiling is an ancient and versatile basketry technique in which a wrapping strand is sewn around coils of material to build a form. It is used all over the world to create beautiful vessels that can be either decorative or functional. During the workshop we will discuss how to identify, harvest, and prepare a variety of local materials all while coiling baskets using a variety of stitches. If you are excited about using found natural materials to create art and learning a fun and unique new skill, then join us! Everyone will leave with a basket, the skills to create more pieces in the future, and inspiration to explore your local natural landscape.

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Portfolio

In addition to teaching basketry workshops I am a practicing artist. Through intricate woven sculptures, watercolor paintings, and mixed media work I explore varied themes including material transformation, lineage, cycles of nature, and the voices of plants. See portfolio page for more. 

 

Older Rhythms. 2022. Ceramics, Birch Bark, White Oak Splints. 12” X 13” X 3”
Heartwood – Side View
Walk Slow  /  5″ X 5″ X 5″  /  Honeysuckle Vine, White Ash Inner Bark  // SOLD
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Continuing Lineage. 2022. Precious Scraps From The Studio Floor: Cattails, Elm, Oak Splints, Rushes, Birch Bark, Sweetgrass, Corn Husks, Grasses, Leaves, Dust, Hair, Snakeskins, White Pine Branches, More.  Dimensions Variable
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About Katie Grove

Going out into the forests and fields, harvesting materials from nature, and sitting down in the sun to weave a basket is  my idea of a perfect day! I am an artist and educator based in the Hudson Valley of New York and my passion is to create art  that is inspired by nature. I also teach nature-based art workshops on basketry and plant dyes, where I foster an environment in which individuals can explore self-expression while learning how to identify, use, and appreciate locally available natural materials. When I’m not teaching I am either working on my fine art, participating in gallery shows and residencies, or traveling.

 

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2024 Workshop Calendar

I will be taking a break from teaching my long form classes in 2024, but keep an eye out for webinars and one day/weekend workshops announced on a rolling basis. 

WildEarthCoilBasket 4004207 291A1724 Stefan.lisowski@warui.com

Basketry and Plant Dye Tutorials

Learn all about wild harvesting plant materials at home to make baskets, plant dyes, and more. 

Pine Needle Basket WorkshopHarvesting Red Willow In Taos

Contact

Have any questions? Want to schedule a workshop? Or just talk basketry? Email me at Katiegroveart@gmail.com

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