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This 2-day workshop is part of HGA’s Convergence 2026 in New Orleans, and is an introduction to ply-split braiding for baskets.
Students will learn how to construct four different mats (basket bases), taking one of these further to form a basket, and will use cotton, linen, wool and rug wool to get a feel for how they behave. Students will learn how to make a square base round, and how to make at least one basket border. All of these will give skills, confidence and ideas for ply-split basket making.