Instructor: Karen Zukas
Ages: 15 up
Format: 3 hour workshop
Date: Friday, November 6th
Time: 10 am to 1:00
Course Fee: $65 ~ All Materials included to make this good sized handsome catch all basket. Flat reeds, cane, wrapping rush, colored cane/reed. Bring a lunch and drink, expending creativity will make you hungry, and we don't want anyone Hangry !!
Cat's Head Basket
Come and be amazed at what you can do in three hours ! This cat's head basket is meant for an intermediate level. If you've made a basket with us, or on your own, you should be A.Okay. Get ready to make a gorgeous, functional, piece with your very hands. You will be so impressed with yourself ! This basket is really a beautiful treasure made with an interesting square bottom with 4 distinct legs that from the side look like a cat's head and ears, but ends up being round to the top. This fun and interesting pattern yields beautiful results! Adult intermediate level. All materials are safe for food handling. We will patiently take you through the process of weaving these elegant creations that you can either keep or share as a treasured gift. You will enjoy their beauty and functionality for years to come. This is sincerely a creation you will be proud to have made.
Karen Charbonneau Zukas has been making all kinds of art and craft for most of her life. Needle Felting is a recent skill acquired, but she has taken off like a rocket, making sweet little domestic and woodland animals for fun. She is a graduate of Tufts university and The School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston with a master’s degree in education from Western New England University. She is a recognized portrait painter and potter and former columnist for the Bulletin in Boston. She has been teaching various subjects, primarily advanced ESL, fine art, writing, test prep, debate and humanities; at universities, preparatory, public, private and international schools and community ed in Boston and now locally for over 35 years. She and her family moved back to the south coast in 2013. She is currently working on a book which is a series of short animal stories from her personal experiences. She is the proprietor of Peasantware Pottery in New Bedford and the founder of The New Bedford Art and Cultural Emporium at Kilburn ! Email: kczukas@comcast.net
Have your GPS take you to 101 West Rodney French Blvd. in New Bedford. Once there, please park on the end of the building AWAY from the main entrance. You'll see an ORANGE door that says Mattress Handup...enter there and go up the stairs. At the top of the stairs...follow small yellow signs for NBACE. We're right around the corner behind the mural !!