Class #23 – Short Paper Cathead Paint and Weave

Weave this small cathead from paper, which you will paint and cut yourself, choosing your own colors and style. You will start with 140lb watercolor paper, paint it with acrylics, and then cut it with a pasta maker. Learn how to adjust traditional basket-making techniques in order to weave with paper. Techniques include painting with acrylics, how to create distinctive feet, shaping, upsetting, and down-staking with paper, continuous weaving, and lashing with waxed linen. Students should have some weaving experience.

Materials Fee

$35

Dimensions

3” high x 4” diameter

Tools needed

sharp scissors, a measuring tape, toothless alligator clips