WEAVIN' IN WINONA BASKET WORKSHOP JUNE 22nd, 23rd, and 24th, 2012 Winona State University - Tau Conference Center- Winona MN MEET THE TEACHERS |
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| Sally Anaya Renton, WA
Email Address: Sallyanaya9@comcast.net Sally has been weaving baskets for over 22 years and teaching for 17 years. Designing helps to express her own creative process, combining conceptual basis with choices of materials and textures, while exploring specific techniques in bound weaves. She has taught for conferences and private workshops in many states. Her work has been shown in numerous juried shows in Seattle area, receiving Hand Weavers Guild of America Award. She is currently working on her book covering a history of bound weaves and a selection of her original patterns. JoAnn Kelly Catsos Ashley Falls, MA Email Address: JoAnnKellyCatsos@gmail.com JoAnn is a black ash basketmaker and teacher from Massachusetts. With her husband Steve, they harvest black ash logs and process them into beautiful weaving materials. JoAnn has been teaching for over 25 years and her award winning baskets are highly sought after. She is a recipient of the Handweavers Guild of America’s Certiicate of Excellence, Level 1. JoAnn is a board member of the National Basketry Organization. Her web site is: www.joannkellycatsos.com Dianne Gleixner Brookfield, WI Email Address: diannegleixner@sbcglobal.net Dianne began weaving in 1987 and enjoys weaving Nantucket style, twills, and anything else with a challenge. She has written and published over 50 patterns and exhibits and sells her baskets at art and craft shows in communities near her home and online through her Etsy site wwww.Etsy.com/shop/DiannesBaskets She has taught at many states for local guilds or state organizations. In 2010, the Milwaukee Art Museum purchased a number of her baskets for display and sale in the museum store during a special quilt exhibition. In July 2010 she took part in a Trunk Show featuring her baskets at the museum. Her web site is www.diannegleixnerbaskets.com Annetta Kraayeveld Beloit, WI Email Address: krazyveld@hotmail.com Annetta’s fascination with baskets began when she was a young child, however her weaving adventure didn’t begin until 1994. She is mostly self-taught, learning from mistakes and successes, weaving because she can’t stop. Annetta finds that the challenge of mastering new techniques and weaving the pictures in her mind keep this an exciting art form. She considers herself a weaver, teacher, and life-long student of basketry. Annetta has published stacks of patterns and loves to teach her original basket designs at guilds and conventions across the USA. Her web site is www.prairiewoodbasketry.com Marlene Meyer Hudson, WI Email Address: bluffcreektm@aol.com Marlene is a full time studio artist and teacher. She sells her work at galleries and juried art shows throughout the region. Inspiration for her work comes from nature and the natural textures of the materials used to embellish her baskets. The challenge of basketry with its different shapes and materials is still exciting after 25 years. Marlys Sowers Milo, IA Email Address: Sowers@iowatelecom.net Marlys began making baskets in 1985. She’s always loved working with her hands and has a great love for the outdoors. It seems making baskets ties the two together. She raises 13 different kinds of basket willows, and gets great satisfaction in watching the willow grow, harvesting it, and preparing it for weaving. She also makes many kinds of Nantucket, Shaker, and Appalachian styles of baskets. She teaches at many conventions and special invitation classes throughout the US as well as at her studio during the year. She feels very blessed that people like and buy her work. Creating things with your hands keeps you in touch with the world around you and the things that are really important in ones life. Her web site is www.piniconfarmcrafts.com |