MUSEUM TOUR REMINDER.. March 6th General Meeting Replacement

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1 Newsletter March 2014 Volume 28 Number 3 Edited by Susan Lester MUSEUM TOUR REMINDER.. March 6th General Meeting Replacement Please remember that we will be meeting at the Nevada State Museum in Carson City for a tour for our first Thursday general meeting on March 6th, not in Reno! Please be on time for your scheduled tour, and give yourself time, either before or after the tour, to view the new exhibits within the Museum. Bring a bag lunch for our gathering at noon in the auditorium. The Museum is located at 600 N. Carson St. between Robinson & Carolina. Parking is available on the streets surrounding the Museum, and parking lots on the north side on Robinson St. and on the west side on Curry St. Contact Sande Rowan if you need more directions or information. sanderowan@hotmail.com Membership Basket Contest This year all members will be able to participate in a Member Raffle Basket Contest. Any members, whether you plan to attend the retreat or not, are asked to bring an item they have made to the May meeting and be entered into the contest. Members attending the meeting will be the judges. The winner will get $ This a great way to support the Guild with creative projects to raffle at our retreat. The raffle is a very important money maker for us. Please give us your support and make an item for the May meeting. Please welcome new member Diane Rienstra Janesville CA Inside this issue: March classes Annual Retreat 3 Retreat Classes 4-5 Message from the President March meeting minutes 6 Exhibits and Shows & Embellishment ideas 6 7 Great Basin Basketmakers March

2 Tule Serving Basket Saturday, March 15, :30 to 3:00 Instructor: Sue Ann Monteleone Location: St. Peter s Rectory, 300 North Division, Carson City, NV Skill Level: Advanced Beginning through Intermediate Cost of Class: $15.00 members, $20.00 non-members Material fee: $15.00 for tule (bulrush, scirpus ) for project Maximum Class Size: 15 (no drop-ins) Equipment to bring : Work scissors or clippers, towel, spray bottle. A 1/8 to 1/4 thick awl could be useful, but not essential. LUNCH (although you might be able to get sandwiches at a couple of nearby shops) Contact samonte@charter.net or Description - Beginning by creating a twill plaited base we will twine an open shallow bowl great for serving bread or snacks, maybe even storing yarn or trinkets. A row or two of threestrand twining add strength, shape and texture. The rim will be a braided/track border. This basket includes experience with a truly natural Great Basin and ancient world-wide basketry material, and several different weaving skills. Coiled Cutie Thursday, March 20, :30 to 3:00 Instructor: Susan Lester Location: 1st Congregational Church, 627 Sunnyside Dr. Reno All skill levels welcome. Cost of class: $15.00 members; $20.00 non-members Materials fee: $12.00 I hope you will join me in making this fun little basket. We will be using small sized twisted paper as a core and wrapping it with silk thread as you coil this beaded cutie. I will provide all the supplies you need to complete a basket that is approximately 2'' to 3'' big. If you don't finish this little basket in class no worries, it is very easy to finish on your own and you will be provided instructions to take home. You only need to bring scissors and your lunch. Contact me at or my fordtraveler@gmail.com Great Basin Basketmakers March

3 May 13-16, 2014 Please come join us for our Annual GBB Retreat at Zephyr Point Conference Center located on beautiful Lake Tahoe $250 plus materials fees for double occupancy rooms, all meals and 2 full day classes are included. In addition we will have a raffle and silent auction, embellishment fair and game night. Sign ups begin February 6, 2014 at our GBB meeting in Reno or by to April at ecologeo@yahoo.com or to April Barber at PO Box Reno, NV A deposit of $50 is required at the time of signing up. The balance and all material fees will be due by the April 3 GBB meeting. Checks for material fees should be made out to each instructor. Wednesday we are delighted to have a visiting instructor Polly Giacchina teaching twined beads as well as our member Joan O'Brien teaching a beautiful antler basket class. Thursday Polly will teach a second class, a People Rattle. We are thrilled to have our member Karen Rosselli returning to teach a twill weave market basket. We will initially accept each person into only one of the visiting instructor classes so everyone gets a chance to take a class from her. If there are extra spaces we will take names off the waiting list. So find someone to be your roommate, decide on the classes you want to take and prepare to sign up for another fun retreat! GRANTS AVAILABLE Remember, GBB offers grants to members to help offset cost of attending classes, workshops, conferences or the retreat. The application form is available on our website. You may contact any of the grant committee members: April Barber, Bonnie Kennedy, and Joan O Brien for further information. Great Basin Basketmakers March

4 ANTLER BASKET Wed, May 14 Instructor: Joan O Brien All skill levels Material Fee: $25.00 At the retreat we will be weaving this antler basket using twisted seagrass with palm inflorescence and/or twisted coconut as accents. The framework for the basket will be completed at the May program when we will drill the antler and glue the spokes in place. If you cannot be present at the May meeting I will be available Tuesday night (May 13 th ) so you can drill your antler and glue your spokes then. In this class you will learn the techniques for antler drilling as well as how to determine the shape for your antler basket and spoke placement. Each antler is different so each basket will be distinctive. You may bring additional materials to use as highlights but they must be very flexible. As well as the weaving (randing) you will learn when and how to add ribs and how to pack. To control your basket shape you will also learn when and how to use braces using #10 round reed. At the finish we will use large wooden beads to balance the basket. Materials provided: Deer Antler, #6 round reed for spokes and ribs, seagrass, palm inflorescence, twisted coconut cordage, #10 round reed for braces, beads, glue. Supplies you must bring: Drill, drill bits-1/8, 3/16, 7/32, scissors, twist ties or pipe cleaners, pencil, spray bottle, awl, needle-nose pliers, clothes pins. TWINED BEAD WORKSHOP Wed, May 14 Instructor: Polly Jacobs Giacchina All skill levels Material Fee: $15.00 The workshop will concentrate on small format weaving using the basketry technique of twining. Distinctive individual beads will be created with colors chosen by the student. Varied patterns and textures can be incorporated. Waxed linen, embroidery floss and the other components needed, will be supplied. Student brings: small sharp scissors and individual task light with extension cord Great Basin Basketmakers March

5 CHECKERBOARD BASKET Thurs, May 15 Instructor: Karen Rosselli All skill levels Material fee is $25.00 We will create a lovely, round reed, checkerboard basket. Bring your regular weaving tools, soaking bucket, and spray bottle. I will have spaced-dyed reed as well as solid colors along with plain reed so you will have a choice of several color combinations. This basket has a wide variety of weaves and you will be able learn some new techniques to bolster your basket making skills. This is sure to be a fun-filled class and you will come away with a useful and beautiful basket. PEOPLE RATTLE WORKSHOP Thurs, May 15 Instructor: Polly Jacobs Giacchina All skill levels Materials Fee: $15.00 Learn the basketry technique twining or push your established skills to a new level. We will concentrate on a dimensional design forming the body. Embellishments will complete the figurative form, weaving with large hemp. All materials will be included. You may bring your own small beads and found objects to personalize your project (optional) Great Basin Basketmakers March

6 Message from the President I was trying to think of something clever to write this month when, low and behold, I got a delivery of great pictures from Nancy s Horsehair Bracelet class. I know everyone would much rather see a few of those instead of reading my message, so here they are. Thanks Nancy! Enjoy, Susan The Group Sande with a horsehair necklace Katherine Great Basin Basketmakers Meeting Minutes Sue Ann and Sandy Feb 6, 2014 at 1st Congregational Church Submitted by Marge Purdy Meeting called to order 11:05 am by Susan Lester. Minutes of previous meeting approved with no corrections. Treasurer s report given by Bonnie Kennedy. Membership report given by Karen Olson. Several renewals were received this am. We have a total membership of 116. Membership numbers have dropped and discussion as to reasons for the decline was had. Board members will include this subject on their agenda. Karen said one reason was that because of comp members who have been dropped. Those not paid today will be dropped. Meetings program and monthly workshop report was given by Sande Rowan. Bonnie reviewed today s basket start taught by she and Joan O Brien. Joan reviewed her Sampler Basket class to take place Feb 20th at 1st Congregational Church starting at 9:30 am. Nancy MacGillivray reviewed her Feb 15th Horsehair Bracelet class at St Peter s Rectory. Sue Ann Monteleone s Tule Basket class will be Mar 15th in Carson City at St Peter s Rectory. Susan reviewed her Beaded Coiled Cutie Basket class Mar 20th. It was mentioned a materials sale will be held at the May meeting. Special Workshops report by Susan that there are none scheduled for this year and recognized that Pat Wescott has resigned her position and thanked her for the superb job she did in the past. Exhibits and Shows report was given by Phyliss Lewis. Paula needs small baskets for Alpine County exhibit by April. Sande will collect baskets for Carson City Library exhibit. April Barber reported the exhibit is up and looks great at the Douglas County Library and thanked everyone for their contributions. Special Projects and Events report was given by April Barber-update on Retreat at Lake Tahoe. Publicity report was given by Susan Lester. Material was submitted to RGJ but nothing in the paper. Library report was given by Pam Wilcox. There are no new items this month. We have a great library collection. If when returning items please advise Pam if the item is damaged so it can be repaired or replaced. Announcements: Kaylee Mayne reported on basket contest for Retreat that any member can participate even if you don t attend the Retreat. Susan received a request from a teacher for help with an advanced art class of 8th graders to teach a basket class. No one wanted to take the responsibility for the project. It was suggested this should be handled by the Education Committee. Members present were Lorrie Moore, Betty Hulse, Pam Wilcox and Bonnie Kennedy. The meeting was adjourned at 11:45 am with 29 in attendance. Great Basin Basketmakers March

7 Exhibits and Shows There are two opportunities for GBB members to display their baskets. The Alpine County Library display is April and May. Paula Pennington will be collecting small baskets for this display at the March/April meetings. It's important for members to know they will not get those baskets back until the June meeting. Our first display at the Carson Library will be May. Sande Rowan will collect baskets from the Douglas County Library display at the March meeting and members can also give her baskets at the April meeting. The Carson Library has two large display cabinets, large baskets will be accepted. Remember inventory sheets and hang tags. We are looking for a lead person for special workshops in Please contact Susan Lester with your ideas. fordtraveler@gmail.com Zephyr Cove Embellishments Needed We need a few people who will be attending this year s retreat to sign up to bring their ideas for embellishments. Please participate so we can have another fun embellishment fair event. Contact Karen Olson with your ideas. kvolson@charter.net Next Month s Newsletter Editor is: Kristy Dial kristy.dial@yahoo.com Please submit articles for April newsletter by April GBB Officers and Board Members: President... Susan Lester Vice-President... Kaylee Mayne Secretary... Marge Purdy Treasurer... Bonnie Kennedy Board... Phyliss Lewis Board... Judy Magiera Board co-chair... Paula Pennington Board... Julia Richardson Board co-chair... Sandy Zoerner Membership... Karen Olson Great Basin Basketmakers Membership Application/Renewal Annual Membership Dues: $20/yr., $35/2 yrs., $50/3 yrs. (Renewals due in January) Date Amount: $ New Renewal Name Address City State Zip Telephone Send this completed form and check payable to Great Basin Basketmakers and mail to: Great Basin Basketmakers * P. O. Box * Reno, NV Great Basin Basketmakers March

8 Great Basin Basketmakers Post Office Box Reno, Nevada Great Basin Basketmakers Established January 1987 Meet the first Thursday of each month at the First Congregational Church of Reno, United Church of Christ located at 627 Sunnyside Dr, Reno. Open business meeting at 11:00 AM. All are welcome. Bring a sack lunch. Show & Tell/Lunch 12-1 PM. Program starts at 1:00 PM Membership dues for Great Basin Basketmakers are $20/yr, $35/2 yrs., $50/3 yrs. $5 extra per household member per yr. Dues are to be paid annually in January. Membership includes monthly newsletter, access to large library and reduced workshop rates. Please direct address, changes, membership dues, and requests for membership to PO Box 11844, Reno, NV Questions regarding workshops, events, etc. may be directed to GBB president, Susan Lester at fordtraveler@gmail.com or check our website at: Information to be exchanged among GBB members may be directed to: gbbreno@gmail.com Our Mission Statement The main focus of the Great Basin Basketmakers is to make baskets, to learn everything possible about the tradition and techniques of basketry and to pass this knowledge along to others. Great Basin Basketmakers March