Weaving Workshop: Make a Mini Basket with Foraged Fibres

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Weaving Workshop: Make a Mini Basket with Foraged Fibres

Learn to weave and make a gorgeous miniature twined basket to keep!

Kirrily Jordan

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5.5 hours

1 to 10 (public classes), 5 to 30 (private) (private classes)

$165 - $195 (Afterpay available)

($165 for Concession, $185 for Bring a Friend, $195 for Adult)

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Overview

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Teacher

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What you'll do

In this weaving class, you’ll dive into the art of twining with natural fibres to create a beautiful miniature basket in just one day.

Twining is an ancient art used all over the world to create everything from strong and durable carriers to fine and intricate patterned weaves. It's a fantastic start to your basket making journey.

In our fun, relaxed environment you will:

Learn how to identify and work with suitable plant fibers.
Discover useful tools you can use when twining.
Get hands-on experience with the two-strand twining stitch and shaping techniques.
Wrap up your creation with finishing touches using the natural fibres provided for you.

Don’t worry if you’re new to weaving – this workshop is all about exploration, not perfection! You’ll be guided through the process in a welcoming and supportive environment where you'll connect with nature and each other as you learn to weave.

And if you’ve tried two-strand twining before, you can extend your skills with new shapes, patterns and fibres.

All materials for the day are provided, including a beautiful selection of natural fibres that have been harvested and prepared for you.

Join us for this delightful day of weaving and leave with your own mini twined basket to keep!

What People Are Saying:

"Thank you so much for the basket making workshop. Being a teacher in my past life I was appreciative of the huge amount of preparation and care you took to make the workshop a success. Also your knowledge and enthusiasm - brilliant."

Lesley B.

"Thank you for all your careful preparation and for your calm and patient tuition. You are a wonderful teacher! Everything was perfectly timed and everyone was made to feel comfortable and welcome. I can't think of any improvements you should make!"

Annette Lang

"Kirrily was an excellent facilitator - patient, explained things clearly and slowly, and happy to help everyone. The weaving was so much fun and it is the kind of thing that is great to do in a group setting like this!"

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Knowledge required

Beginner- and intermediate-friendly

What you'll get

* A beautiful selection of natural fibres that have been harvested and prepared for you.

* Tea, coffee and some delicious snacks.

What to bring

Your own lunch, and your creative selves!

Suitable for

This class is great for individuals and couples as well as for a date idea or hens party.

This experience would also be a unique gift for her, gift for mum or gift for couples.

Location

Wallarobba Arts And Cultural Centre, Edgeworth David Avenue, Hornsby NSW

This venue is within walking distance from Waitara station (700m) and Hornsby Station (800m). There is public parking on the property, and additional street parking nearby.

Weaving Workshop: Make a Mini Basket with Foraged Fibres location

More about this class

This class is new, and is covered by ClassBento's money-back guarantee.

Your teacher

Kirrily Jordan

Women-owned

Kirrily Jordan is an award-winning artist specialising in basketry, textiles and social practice. She has taught hundreds of people how to weave baskets and harvest natural weaving materials since 2021, including in her regular workshops around Australia and at music festivals and special events.

Kirrily loves nothing more than to share her knowledge and enthusiasm for basketry, and to see her students growing in confidence, skill and self-expression. She believes deeply in the role of weaving in wellbeing, and ensures her workshops are fun and safe spaces that support play, experimentation and connection.

Although Kirrily started her own weaving journey nearly a decade ago, she is still excited by the power of woven objects. She grounds her teaching with reflection on the diversity of weaving techniques in Australia and overseas and what they can tell us about ourselves, each other and our world.

Kirrily graduated with a Bachelor of Design majoring in textiles in 2023. In 2024 her community weaving project, in which she taught 250 people how to weave, was chosen for the prestigious Emerging Contemporaries exhibition in Canberra, and as a finalist in the Alice Prize. In 2023 she won two Emerging Artist Support Scheme Awards from Craft & Design Canberra and Canberra Spinners and Weavers. Her woven piece Invocation was Highly Commended in the Hornsby Art Prize Emerging Artist Awards in 2022.

Kirrily’s own life is testament to the healing power of art and creativity, having survived a cancer diagnosis and made a radical career change from her high stress office job to artist and maker.