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www.baskets -gourds.com Volume 22, Number 3
August 5 INSIDE THIS ISSUE Annual Members’ Basket Class Day
Basket Day & Weekend Update ...... 1 There are still openings in some of the classes Mary Hettmansperger Class Experiences ...... 2 at this relaxing and inspiring annual event: CGS So. California Competition ...... 2 September & October Meeting Info & Calendar ...... 3 Appalachian Egg Basket ~~ Carol Lang SD County Fair Demos & Competitions Winners ...... 4 Member Happenings & Garden Fairy Festival Report ...... 5 Weekend Teacher & Class List ...... 6 Cobalt Blue Bottle Covered Road Trips ...... 7 with Cross Warp ~~ Willie Ziegler Minutes: May, June, July...... 7-9 Contacts, NBO, Links & Acknowledgements ...... 10 Membership Form ...... 11 Lauhala Earrings ~~ Sue Kamin
(Grace Swanson’s teneriffe/pine needle
woven ornament class is full.)
2019 Weekend in the Garden Class descriptions, photos and registration and payment information are on the Classes Class List is Here! Page of our website (http://baskets- gourds.com/classes ). Non-member friends We’re pleased to announce that the list and family are welcome to join the fun! (BYO of Weekend teachers and classes has lunch – no potluck.) been finalized, and can be found on Page If you have additional questions, contact 6 for your review. Jeanne Ames ([email protected]). We are working on the draft class Members who want to just handout and catalog with photos and descriptions, bring something to work on are welcome! which will be available on our website in the near future. As mentioned previously, registration will be online at the San Diego Botanic Garden website. Those without internet access will have an option to register via phone.
UPCOMING EVENTS: August 5 Annual Members’ Basket Day Classes September2 Informal Meeting/BYO Lunch October 7 Those of us who stayed to take Carol Lang’s folded paper box mini-workshop had a wonderful time, and we all Meeting and Field Trip to Fiber Arts learned from each other along the way. -- Photo by Fiesta in Vista Carol Lang
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A Special Timewww.baskets with Mary-gourds.com Hettmansperger
By Susan Roberts Thank you to MWGBG for the scholarship to this special class. It was two days of learning new techniques and being with an awesome group. Thank you all! A journey of techniques and new materials greeted the participants of the Alternative Surfaces for Basketry. The subjects covered were varied, interesting and a chance to stretch your creativity. Copper techniques started the exploration of color on metal. Colored pencils were easily used to add excitement to the surface. Cold, heat and painted on patinas were employed. The surface was also reworked with textured hammers and shaping. The second day brought in torch-fired enameling on copper. Truly another technique to find color for your work. So many other surfaces were up for grabs when trying out the new techniques. Basketry and gourd samples were used to explore color and rusted exteriors. Fabric was painted and embossed. Embossing was also carried through on metal to amazing results. An exciting turn in the class was the creation of a metal wire armature, covering it with pantyhose and then gluing pattern tissue to the surface. Amazing results! Other structures were created with stripped willow and covered utilizing the varied techniques. So much information and such a fun atmosphere added to the class. This is the Guild offering a unique and exceptional experience.
Call for Entries California Gourd Society Southern California Competition
CGS will have a competition October 27-28, 2018. The Orange County Gourd Society is hosting the competition in conjunction with the Orange County Woodcarver’s Show at the Laborers Local 652 Union Hall in Santa Ana, CA. The categories are Carved, Pyrography, Filigree/Fretwork, Weaving, Painted, Anything Goes, and a special category of Class-Made Gourds. The Divisions are Novice, Intermediate, Advanced and Master Craftsman. Any MWGBG member who would like to enter is welcome. If you can bring your entries to the October 7 Guild meeting during the Fiber Arts Fiesta in Vista, Debbie Zimmerman will take them to the show and return them at the November meeting. Full entry information is available on www.californiagourdsociety.org or www.ocgourdsociety.org.
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September 2 Informal Meeting Because of the Labor Day holiday, this meeting will 2018 Calendar be informal. Bring a sack lunch and one of those August 5 [no regular meeting] unfinished projects of yours and enjoy the Annual Members’ Basket and Gourd camaraderie and get inspired while you work. Or Class Day, 9am – 3pm maybe you have a problem piece you need help with. Or maybe you could start working on your September 2 hand-made gift exchange item for the December Informal Gathering (BYO sack lunch) 2nd meeting. October 7 October 7 Brief meeting at Noon at the Fiber Arts Fiesta at the Antique Gas & Steam Fiber Arts Fiesta in Vista Engine Museum, Vista [2040 N Santa Fe There will be a short Guild meeting at Noon in the Ave, Vista, CA 92083] Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum board room Bring your CGS competition entries during the Fiber Arts Fiesta. Admission is free, but [See Pg. 2] there is a $5 parking fee. Concurrent with the Fiesta, is a gem and mineral show and clock market November 4 – all of these definitely worth the parking fee! Meeting/Potluck Guild members are encouraged to come before December 2 and/or stay after the meeting to experience all the Meeting/Potluck and Members Gift fun activities and to tour the antique looms in the Exchange weavers' barn. No potluck, but food is available for purchase at Unless otherwise noted, meetings take place AGSEM (http://vistafiberartsfiesta.yolasite.com). from Noon to 3:00pm the first Sunday of the month at San Diego Botanic Garden (230 Quail BRING ENTRIES for CGS Southern California Gardens Drive, Encinitas, CA) Competition. Debbie Zimmerman has graciously offered to deliver your pieces and return them at the next Guild meeting. [See Pg. 2]
Mini Workshop Suggestions?
What types of projects would you like to learn after our meetings? Please put your thinking caps on and brainstorm mini- workshop ideas and send your suggestions to Nanette Wood, our Workshop/ Activity Chair ([email protected]). Some of the mini-workshop participants taught by Debbie Zimmerman in June. Everyone was very pleased with their sample eggshell mosaic on gourd shards and were inspired about the many possibilities to use this technique in their artwork. -- Photo by Carol Lang
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www.baskets-gourds.com Opportunities 2018 San Diego County Fair
Fun at the Demos! By Barbara Jones The demo group on June 16 included the opportunity for a hands- on weaving experience. Barb Jones, with the assistance of the other guild volunteers (Michal Costello, Natalie Kuhlman, Susan Roberts, Judi Shaw) invited interested booth visitors to participate in weaving a make-and-take, lauhala-style bracelet. Using suitable substitutes for natural weaving materials (flexible plastic file folder material, cardstock and miscellaneous threads, yarn and ribbons), approximately 20 visitors sat in the comfortable sofas and chairs our demo space provided to make a unique creation. Participants included teenagers, small children, and men and women of various ages. Each was able to create their bracelet in approximately half an hour. On right, is photo of the creation of our first visitor! A good time was had by all! Let’s all think of other participation activities for future demos.
Thank You! Big thanks and a round of applause to Judi Shaw for again coordinating this year’s demos and to all of you who joined her at the Fair! You played an important role in helping to spread the awareness and appreciation of gourd and basketry to the general public. Hopefully, a few of these people will join us at a future meeting or attend the Weekend in the Garden.
And the Winners Are. . . Additional thanks to Judi Shaw for taking the time to deliver Guild members’ artwork to the Home and Hobby exhibit. This made it possible for many of us to participate. Congratulations to the following members who won in various basket and gourd categories: Peggy Blessing, 2nd Place ribbon; Natalie Kuhlman, 3rd Place ribbon and Honorable Mention; Judi Shaw, two 3rd Place ribbons; Grace Swanson, 1st and 2nd Place ribbons and MWGBG Award for Best Gourd; Nanette Wood, 1st and 2nd Place ribbons and the MWGBG Award for Best Basketry. Also, congratulations to Vicki Patnode for taking a 3rd place in the Fine Arts competition for her ribbed basket. Thanks to everyone who participated in this year’s competitions. It’s really important for us to continue to have a lot of entries in the basket and gourd categories to ensure they are not eliminated from future competitions.
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Member Happenings
Congratulations to Grace Swanson whose beautiful artwork was chosen to promote the SD Botanic Garden’s 2018 plant sale on 10/20 & 21. Watch for a call for volunteers to sit the Plant sale Guild booth during this popular event. It will Artwork by be a great opportunity for us to promote the Grace Swanson 2019 Weekend in the Garden.
Jeanne Ames has an exhibit of her watercolors and gourds at the Southwestern Yacht Club, 9/22 to 11/8/18. She invites you to join her at the artist’s reception on Sunday, 9/30, 4 to 7pm (2702 Qualtrough St., San Diego, CA). Willie Ziegler was featured in an article on The Front Porch gallery in Carlsbad exhibited collecting and preserving natural materials in the work of San Diego area artists in their the winter issue of NBO’s Quarterly Review exhibition, “Second Act,” that ran from May to magazine. It included photos of Willie’s July. Members of the Guild included in this work that were taken by Peggy Blessing. juried show included Nadine Spier, Natalie Kuhlman and Carol Lang. Peggy Wiedemann won Third Place in “Small Expressions 2018,” at Wilbur D. May Museum, Carol was accepted in NBO’s first Members in Reno, Nevada, 7/1-15/18. This show will Print edition of their summer 2018 magazine. travel through June 2019 (venues to follow). Peggy also has a piece in “Rooted, Polly Giacchina and Peggy Wiedemann will be Revived, Reinvented: Basketry In America.” in "California Fibers: A Matter of Time" at SOKA This show travels through 2020. Current University Art Gallery, Aliso Viejo, California, venue: Houston Center for Contemporary 9/17/18 to 1/7/19. Craft, Houston, Texas, 6/1 to 9/2/18. Next Venue: South Dakota Art Museum, 10/19/18 to 1/12/19.
There Was a Fairy in Our Garden By Carol Lang The San Diego Botanic Garden held its annual Fairy Festival on Saturday, June 23. The Guild was originally asked to have a demonstration booth; but, for a variety of reasons, the Board decided it was not a good venue for our group. The Fairy Festival is designed mainly for pre-schoolers and early elementary children. Because basketry needs good hand-eye coordination and a fairly long attention span, it is not generally appropriate until about middle-school age. I decided I could represent our group as a volunteer and was assigned an afternoon shift. When I arrived, it was in full swing with hundreds of little girls (especially) all in their fairy costumes and wings. They had vendors in the parking lot and the craft area was all down the driveway to the Ecke Building and the eucalyptus grove. It was very well organized. Volunteers handed out the various craft projects, and the children and their parents did all the decorating. It turned out to be a very enjoyable afternoon. . . with only a very few melt-downs, which were very quickly taken care of.
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www.baskets-gourds.com Weekend in the Garden Classes May 4 & 5, 2019
Saturday Lanny Bergner - Four Fin Basket Toni Best – Dancing Ring Robin Bryson - Pointillism Donna Crispin – Japanese Basket Purse Deb Curtis – Willow Bard Knitted & Stitched Basket Vickie Echols – Shell lid with Porcelain Beads Gail Ethier – Envelope Purse Polly Jacobs Giacchina – Twined Multi-Materials Vessel Mary Hettmansperger – Connections Sue Kamin – Lauhala Flowers Carol Lang –Pine Needle Basket Around a Chinese Coin Sam McKinney – In Bloom Linda Scherz – Inspiration Polly Adams Sutton - Sculptural Sweetgrass Grace Swanson – Pour It On! Karen Tembreull - Off the Grid Judy Zugish – Ripples in Tsumugi
Sunday Lanny Bergner - Mesh Twist Basket Toni Best – Spring blossom Robin Bryson - Delicately Carved Star Fish Donna Crispin – Woven Figurative Rattle Deb Curtis – Folded Birch Bark Trays Vickie Echols – Triple Handle Basket with Blass Beads Gail Ethier – Copper Wire Knotless Netting Polly Jacobs Giacchina – It’s a Bird Mary Hettmansperger – Shadow Boxes with Torch Fire Enameling Sue Kamin – Lauhala & Paper Woven Basket Carol Lang – Knotting Sampler Vicki Lash – Bracelets, Bracelets, Bracelets Sam McKinney – Beaded Shekeree Linda Scherz – Stargazer Polly Adams Sutton – Waves on Cedar Grace Swanson – Tree of Life Karen Tembreull - Wisp of Willow Judy Zugish – Moonscapes
Class descriptions, photos and registration instructions will be on line as soon the catalog becomes available. We expect on-line registration at the San Diego Botanic Garden website to be available late in 2018.
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ROAD TRIPS!
There is a wonderful event filled with fantastic art by painters, glass artists, gourds and wood crafters at the Silver State Art Festival, 9/15 & 16/18. Plus, there are many classes on how to create art with gourds, basket weaving, and even wood-turning on 9/14, 15, & 16/18. Nationally recognized artists from Hawaii, Texas, California and Nevada will be present to share their knowledge at the Festival. It should be a fun weekend at Fuji Park, Carson City. For details check out their website http://www.nevadagourdsociety.org
There is an interesting show at the Mingei Museum in San Diego’s Balboa Park, "Israel 70 Years of Craft & Design,” which runs until 9/3/18.
The classes being held at the 2019 NBO conference are now online. The conference will take place at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, KY, July 7-21 (www.natonalbasketry.org).
Misti Washington Gourd and Basket Guild Board Meeting Minutes May 6, 2018 Polly Giacchina, Co-President called the meeting to order at 10:41 a.m. 1) Minutes: Peggy Blessing moved and Carol Lang seconded to accept the minutes as published for February 4, March 4 and April 1, 2018. Motion passed. 2) Treasurer's Report: Income for May 2018 was $260.00. Expenses were $0. Total assets were $14,167.41. We will have expenses for new banner and website. 3) May 2019 Weekend: Classes were selected. 4) Demo opportunities: a) Fairy Festival, June 23: Carol worked up a sample of activities. We discussed and have limited volunteers to help and decided not to participate. b) Peggy ordered and obtained a new banner for the Guild. c) Fair: Judi Shaw reports we will not be on a stage. We will be in a living room area in the Hall. We will have some projects that people can work on. We will not be able to do make and take. Carol and Willie presented ideas. We will wait for the assignment of days and then
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www.baskets -gourds.com contact people to help. There is an offer of a display case for education. 5) Mini Workshop : Carol offered to do a folded paper box in July. 6) Library: Carol has two notebooks of patterns and instructions for a variety of techniques. 7) Newsletter/Website: Peggy will advertise the mini-workshops on our website. 8) Hospitality: No report. 9) Marketing: Susan Roberts not present. 10) Special Class: Mary Hettmansperger Class; there are 7 people who have reserved a spot. 11) Basket Day: Classes were discussed. Meeting adjourned at 12:05 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Debra Zimmerman, Secretary
[11 people attended the Board meeting. Approximately 18 people attended the regular meeting.]
Misti Washington Gourd and Basket Guild Board Meeting Minutes June 3, 2018 Polly Giacchina, Co-President called the meeting to order at 10:35 a.m. 1) Treasurer's Report: Income for May 2018 was $1,160. Expenses were $1,400. Total assets were $14,017.98. We will have expenses for new banner and website. 2) May 2019 Weekend: Carol is doing draft of catalog. We are in process of scheduling a meeting with the Garden in order to coordinate the information on the web site. Jobs for the weekend are open for people to chair. 3) Special Class: Mary Hettmansperger class is next week. There is a request for scholarship. Willie Zeigler moved and Carol Lang seconded to give a scholarship for the Mary Hettmansperger class. Motion passed. 4) Library: Carol has processed the books that were donated by Molly Long. The Guild will sell off the duplicate materials. 5) History: The Fair awards have been issued. Nanette Woods received Best Basket and Grace Swanson received Best Gourd from the Guild. 6) Demo opportunities: Judi Shaw went to the new Fair set-up. There is a case with items on display. There were some problems. Carol reported the number of baskets and gourds entered were reduced. We talked about next year. It will coincide with the Weekend members’ exhibit. We are looking for demos to increase membership. Peggy suggested the Balboa Park cultural activities. Polly is looking into No. County events. 7) Marketing: Susan is using Facebook to contact people. Polly and Michal used it to contact teachers. Susan will contact NBO regarding the Weekend to have it advertised. Convergence is happening in July, and we will ask to pass out Save the Date bookmarks. Susan will put the event on the Facebook page. She will ask Alison to help with contacts. 8) Newsletter: Peggy reported July 15 is the deadline. She will add photos for the Weekend classes on the website. 9) Mini-Workshops: July 1 is on folded paper box with Carol Lang.
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10) Basket Day classes: Sign up will start today. 11) New Business: Debbie Zimmerman presented the idea of recording skills of members and having them on the website or Facebook. Idea will be discussed at general meeting. Meeting adjourned at 12:05 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Debra Zimmerman, Secretary
[9 people attended the Board meeting. Approximately 18 people attended the regular meeting.]
Misti Washington Gourd and Basket Guild Board Meeting Minutes July 1, 2018 Peggy Wiedemann, Vice President, called the meeting to order at 10:40 a.m. 1) Treasurer's Report: Income for June 2018 was $225. Expenses were $200. Total assets were $14,042.98. There was discussion about the budget and making money to keep the Guild going. Willie emphasized the importance of the Opportunity Raffle and Guild Booth at the Weekend as a traditional source of our income. 2) May 2019 Weekend: Carol has met with the Garden. The registration will be on line. The fee for members is $55.00 and $70.00 for non members. (Membership can be to Guild or Garden). The Garden will be mailing out postcards to inform people of the registration. They will be communicating with teachers regarding enrollment. If the class is full, it will be noted immediately. There are many things to be worked out in this new process. 3) Library: Carol shared new additions to library. She is willing to bring the history books to meetings for people to review. 4) Demo opportunities: Judi is still demonstrating at Del Mar Fair. Barbara Jones did a very successful demo of the lahala bracelet and several people made one. This activity brought people to the table. There was discussion on how these activities are good to do at demonstrations. The next demo is at the plant sale. Peggy contacted Balboa Park regarding opportunities. They gave her contacts for the activities, and she will do more research on the Maker Faire option. 5) Marketing: Susan has contacted NBO to list the Weekend. She is working on Facebook page. We discussed a flyer or poster for advertising the Weekend when we are demonstrating. There was suggestion to contact the Editor for Quail Tracks to see if it can go out to Garden members. Also if we can take pictures of Basket Day to advertise on a flyer and for Constant Contact. 6) Newsletter: Peggy reported July 15 is the deadline. She will put something about Basket Day. 7) Basket Day classes: There are still some classes open. 8) New Business: Peggy Blessing checked on the possibility of holding a Guild exhibit at Mission Trails Visitor Center, which holds exhibits throughout the year. There is an exhibit fee and everyone would need to pay a non-refundable jury fee. The Visitors Center is very nice. She will research how timing is determined and report back. Meeting adjourned at 12:00 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Debra Zimmerman, Secretary
[8 people attended the Board meeting. Approximately 14 people attended the regular meeting.]
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Misti Washington Gourd www.baskets -gourds.com and Basket Guild www.baskets -gourds.com Many thanks to those who info@baskets -gourds.com Contributed to this issue! 760-431-1645 Jeanne Ames, Alison Heirs, Barbara Jones, Carol Lang, Susan Roberts, Grace Swanson, Peggy Board Members: Wiedemann, Willie Ziegler, Debra Zimmerman Michal Costello and Polly Giacchina, Co-Presidents [email protected] Judy Robelotto, Past President NBO Connections Peggy Wiedemann, Vice President MWGBG holds a guild membership in the National Debra Zimmerman, Secretary Basketry Organization. Willie Ziegler and Kathi Willie Ziegler, Treasurer Klopfenstein are our Guild’s representatives in NBO. [email protected] We encourage our Guild members to subscribe to ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Over/Under, NBO’s free electronic newsletter. We Peggy Blessing, Editor recommend you consider joining this network of [email protected] basket makers ( www.nationalbasketry.org).
Committee Chairs: “The Basket Guild Bulletin Board” is a Facebook Demo Opportunities: Judi Shaw group sponsored by the National Basketry Organization Finance Committee: Willie Ziegler to help facilitate information sharing between History: Carol Lang basketry guilds, related non-profit groups and Hospitality: Alison Hiers individual guild members across North America. Library: Carol Lang librarian@baskets- gourds.com Co-Librarian: Vacant Marketing/Public Relations: Susan Roberts Your Newsletter. . . Meeting Workshops/Activities: This is a quarterly publication for MWGBG members. Nanette Wood Past issues are available on the Members Only page [email protected] of the website. Submission deadlines are: Membership: Judy Robelotto October 15 – January 15 – April 15 [email protected] Please share information about gourd and basketry Meeting Opportunity Drawings: exhibits or events. Submit a feature article or Nanette Wood profile of a fellow member, send in a question or a Special Classes: Willie Ziegler helpful tip you discovered. Submit your classes using Volunteers: Vacant form supplied by Editor or posted on Members Only Weekend in the Garden: Polly Giacchina page. Your suggestions are welcome!
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