URBAN HOSTS AND HOSTESSES CLUB | Basket Weaving Workshop – Basket with Decorative Handle
Wicker weaving workshop, tradition and creativity for everyone.
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September 7, 11:00 AM Mazowiecki Institute of Culture ul. Elektoralna 12 📩 Registration required at: [email protected] Limited number of spots available. 📞 Accessibility upon request – please contact MIK's accessibility coordinator: [email protected], tel./sms: 601 669 440 First steps – weaving a basket with a decorative handle Wicker weaving is the oldest craft in the world. It used to be a common skill – everyone in the countryside could weave a basket for potatoes or fruit harvesting. Today, this skill is disappearing along with the last masters of basketry. It is worth learning this art to save it from being forgotten. The value of Polish basketry as cultural heritage has been recognized by the inclusion of the skill of weaving a basket called 'szulim' (or wicker basket) on the UNESCO heritage list. Participants will learn: - Weaving a basket on a round plywood base - Weaving walls using the rib-cross technique with a single thread or layer - Finishing the basket with a simplified 2/1 rim or a full 3-pair rim - Attaching a natural decorative stick 👩🏫 Instructor: Gabriela Gąsowska – hailing from Urzecze, an ethnographic region along the Vistula River south of Warsaw, where wicker weaving was a common and integral part of daily life. She is a basket weaver both by passion and profession. She completed a vocational course in basket weaving and passed the professional qualification exam. She primarily weaves with wicker and string but also enjoys experimenting with other natural materials such as larch, pine root, rye straw, hops, iris, and cattail. 📩 Limited spots available. Registration required at: [email protected] 📞 If you need accessibility tools, contact us! Accessibility coordinator: Magda Ptak, [email protected], tel./sms: 601-669-440 Let us know what you need in advance so we can prepare: - PJM translation (7-14 days before the event) - Induction loop (3 days before the event) - Quiet zone (immediately before the event) Need other tools? Contact us 7-14 days before the event!
