Bike Basket

Saturday, August 5, 2023
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuition: $96  Materials: $35

Registration closes one week prior to class, on July 29. 

Make your own bike basket! We will use a traditional basket weave with brown dyed and natural colored reed for a beautiful dark and light checkerboard type patterned basket for you to pedal away with! The perfect accessory for summer fun. This basket does not include the leather buckles to attach it to a bike, students can expect to spend about $20 more for buckles. 

While scheduled as a full day class to ensure everyone has time to finish and doesn’t feel hurried, perhaps not everyone will need the full time to finish.

All materials are made and provided by the instructor. This class is acceptable for a beginner to basketry or someone more advanced.

About the Instructor Martha Buche. I have lived in the Driftless region of Western Wisconsin, in rural Vernon County with my family for more than 20 years. Before that I bopped around the world, working and "Arting" in Europe and Asia. I came back to North America with a husband and daughter, then added a son to our family when we were settled back here in the Midwest. 

From September to June, I am an Early Childhood Educator working with young parents and their children and also a high school fine and practical arts teacher. For decades I have taught all sorts of skills to every age group from babies to grandparents.I have a studio art bachelor's degree and a masters in education.

I have been an artist for 45 years and I work in many, many media, much of it inspired by the natural environment and materials of my indigenous ancestors. (Potawatomi)

I love fiber arts & textile design, copper and metal forging, drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, jewelry, recycled art, basketry of all sorts, stone carving & sculpture, mosaics, land art, art history, and helping people find a way to express their innate creativity.