Weaving, but make it useful! Learn the basics of basketry and off-loom weaving techniques while marrying form and function. Students will make a lovely rope bowl using basic warp and weft and twining techniques. Firm enough to hold its shape, and soft with neutral tones and reflective light, it’s a super simple project for beginners who have no weaving knowledge that yields an elegant result, and easier on the hands than traditional reed or rush materials.

Instructor: Tami Fuller
Level: Beginners
Age: Adult (16+)
Category: Basketry/Weaving
Additional supplies needed from students: Bowl no larger than 8″(width) x 4″ (hieght)

Tami Fuller is a second-generation fiber artist and educator. Her work integrates the traditional foundations of hand-constructed processes with modern technique. Her workshops are designed with an eye toward revitalizing and modernizing fiber, ensuring the continuation of these skill sets by exposing the art form to new people within new contexts. She teaches retreats and workshops throughout the North East. Her work has received awards from NY Sheep and Wool, Lake Affect Magazine and the Carnegie Art Center. In 2022, she was defined as a WNY artist culture-maker and a recipient of the NY Council on the Arts “Creatives Rebuild NY” grant, tasked with rebuilding arts access post-COVID. She is an internationally published fiber artist whose work has appeared in Fiber Art Now and her work can be found in collections in the United States, Canada and Australia. She works out of East Aurora, and is an exhibiting member of the Buffalo Society of Artists and a 2021 Roycroft Emerging Artist in Fiber.