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Thursday Aug 05
• GUILD MEETING
6:30pm-8:30pm 6:30 - Pineapple Meeting Raffle basket descriptions due

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GREENVILLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

 GREENVILLE PARKS AND RECREATION

 PATI ENGLISH, BASKET MAKER

 ELAINE ROBSON, BASKET MAKER

 SUZANNE MOORE'S NC BASKET SUPPLIES

 PALMETTO GOURD PATCH

 FEIX BASKETS

 WHITE WATER BASKET GUILD

 TENNESSEE BASKETRY ASSOCIATION

 NC BASKETMAKERS

 GEORGIA BASKETRY ASSOCIATION

 MARIANNE BARNES, BASKET AND GOURD ARTIST

 WEAVERS SUMMIT, NASHVILLE, IN

 CREATIVE HANDS, LYMAN, SC

 WICKER WOMAN/CATHRYN PETERS

 ONLINE GOURD COLLEGE

 ARROWMONT SCHOOL

 JOHN C. CAMPBELL FOLK SCHOOL

 GHOST CREEK GOURDS

 NATIONAL BASKETRY ORGANIZATION

 POPLAR GROVE PLANTATION

 VLADIMIR YARISH BIRCH BARK BASKETS

 ROYALWOOD LTD. (BASKET SUPPLIES)
 img s.gifUpper South Carolina Basketmakers Guild - updated 7/21/2010
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Welcome!!             

The Upper South Carolina Basketmakers Guild welcomes you to this website. We are an organization dedicated to the teaching and sharing of basketmaking ideas and skills. Our guild meets the 1st Thursday of every month at the Lutheran Church of Our Savior at 6:30 pm. The church is located down from Red Lobster on the way to Taylors at 2600 Wade Hampton Blvd., Greenville, SC 29615.

The picture shows some of our members (Sis, June, Billie) taking Billy Owens' white oak basket class at the Weave In, 2010.


NEWSLETTER: VIEW THE LATEST (JULY/AUGUST, 2010)NEWSLETTER HERE. Be Patient.

  • Download the "doc" form here.download July/Aug.2010 "doc".
  • Download the "pdf" form for any computer here. download July/August 2010 "pdf"/

    HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NEWSLETTER:

  • August 5 meeting - Pineapple Basket
  • Gourd Weekend with the Devines - registration and material list included. Please register for this special events weekend.
  • Lakelands Meeting - July 17 - Wool Drying Basket
  • Are you current in your membership to our Guild, Georgia, and Tennessee?


    South Carolina State Fair===== If you are interested in submitting a basket to the SC State Fair, go the website www.scstatefair.org. ===Bonnie Geiger has offered to take the baskets to Columbia if you have registered online and bring the baskets to the Sept. 18 Lakelands meeting. She will return them at the November 20th meeting.


    PROPOSALS FOR GBA AND NCBA CONVENTIONS: Next year a guild member will make the basket we donate to the Georgia and North Carolina Conventions. If you are interested in making this basket (with reimbursement between $50 and $100), please submit a picture or sketch of the basket to Linda Harriz by the August 5th meeting. The board will pick a basket to be made and donated. We will also have the possibility of making a "themed" basket with other members donating items to fill the basket.


    • SOUTH CAROLINA WEEKEND WITH THE DEVINES!! On Sept. 16 through Sept. 19, the Upper SC and Lakelands Basketry Guilds in conjunction with the Palmetto Gourd Society will host Gary and Catherine Devine - famous authors and artisans of gourd carving and coiling. Gary will teach carving in Chappells and Catherine will teach 2 coiling classes in Greenville and a pine needle coiling in Chappells. Please open the following flyer and registration form to join in this fabulous weekend. The registration form also contains a list of supplies needed for the carving classes. (Be patient when opening). download Devine Registration Form and Material List file


    OPENING RECEPTION - Please join Pati English on Sept. 11 at the Pickens County Museum of Art and History as she becomes the guest curator for the Basketry Artisans exhibit. The reception will start at 7:00 pm and will also feature other members of our guilds.


    CONGRATULATIONS TO MARIANNE BARNES!!!

    Marianne has completed her book on Weaving on a Gourd. She is now taking pre-orders for signed copies of the book. Contact Marianne at maribasket@charter.net or 864-244-3297. Sandy Roback and Maxine Riley contributed to this project. To see the poster and cover of the book, open this link. Cover and poster for Marianne's book. TO PRE-OREDER MARIANNE'S BOOK, PLEASE USE THIS ATTACHED FORM. WEAVING ON A GOURD, ORDER FORM.

    Marianne is now working on her second book "New and Different Materials for Weaving and Coiling." She is interested in talking and working with weavers who use contemporary materials such as wire, paper, etc. Please contact Marianne if you have information on using natural materials in weaving.

    WEAVE-IN, 2010 - WHAT A SUCCESS!! THANKS TO ALL MEMBERS WHO MADE THIS CONVENTION A SUCCESS. If you have any suggestions to make our 2012 Weave In better, please contact a board member.

    VOLUNTEER,DONATION FORM. To record our work throughout the year, members are asked to fill out the volunteer, donation form. If you have donated your time, supplies, help, or baskets to help a cause, to teach children, to promote the guild, please take a minute to fill out the form. Turn the forms into Jeri Pool, Secretary, who will keep them along with the minutes of the meeting. Download a copy of the form here.download Volunteer Form Guild file

    CONGRATULATIONS

  • Dolores von Rosen placed first for her "Diamonds" basket (taught at our Weave In) at the SC Festival of Flowers in Greenwood. Dolores also placed 2nd place for her blue metal jewelry necklace.
  • Maxine Riley has a basket juried into the 31st Annual Juried South Carolina artists Exhibtion at the Pickens County museum of Art and History. The exhibition opens April 24 and will run till June 10.
  • Pati English has been invited to serve as Guest Curator at the Pickens County Museum of Art and History. The Exhibit of Basketry Artisans will be in the new Focus gallery with an Opening reciption on Saturday, 9/11/2010. The exhibition will open through the middle of November. See our newsletter for more details.
  • Marianne Barnes was juried into the Southwest Gourd Fine Art Show at the Kerr Art and Cultural Center. She will have 4 or 5 woven gourds in the show May 27 - July 11, 2010 in Kerrsville, Texas. Visit http://www.kacckerrville.com.
  • Pati English's new basket placed 3rd in the juried competition at the North Carolina Basket Convention, 2010.
  • Maxine Riley has two baskets juried into the Annual Blue Ridge Arts Council Exhibit in Seneca, SC. The show runs through March 10.
  • Lee Sipe has recently been nominated by the SC Arts Commission for inclusion in the SouthernArtistry.org - a juried on-line artist registry for artists in the Southeast. Visit her link at www.SouthernArtistry.org/Lee_Sipe
  • Please send all news, awards, etc. to pmccarson@charter.net for inclusion on this site.

    • LAKELANDS BASKETRY GUILD OF SOUTH CAROLINA Remember that the $25 dues will be owed in January. Contact Cheryl Longshore at 803-276-9476 or cheryl.longshore@schousing.com for membership information. Click here for a membership form.

    Lakelands Schedule for 2010.

    The latest newsletter is p2010

    2010 Lakelands Basketry Guild Projects:

    The Lakelands Guild posted above as part of the combined edition of Upper SC and Lakelands Guilds. The Guild has had GREAT success with the year long project of making baskets from Lyn Siler's book. We have been able to go home every month with a terrific basket. Our next projects are:

  • July 17 - Wool Dying Basket - contact Dolores if you want feet, handles or entire kit as soon as possible. Pot Luck for lunch. Cost is about $30.
  • August 21 - Flat Shaker Bottom - Scottie Jeffries and Jane Wilson. Contact Scottie by August 1 if you want handle and/or kit. Pot luck for lunch. Cost is approximately $6.

    Classes from our members.

    • Pati English will continue her workshops at her home this summer and fall. Check out her website on the left later this summer. Pati is also teaching at John C. Campbell in 2010. Check out the link at the left for John C. Campbell folk school

      Interested in Nantucket baskets?? Check out this document from Joni-Dee Ross and Denise Bendelewski. download Woodland Retreat


    JOHN C CAMPBELL: The new John C Campbell catalog (2009-2010)is available now and lists many wonderful basket workshops and other opportunities to explore. Check out the link at the left.


    Directions to Church.     The Lutheran Church of Our Savior is located at 2600 Wade Hampton Blvd., Greenville, SC 29615. From the corner of Wade Hampton Blvd and Pleasantburg Dr. (where the Red Lobster is located), head toward Taylors and Greer. The church is on the right, 1.4 miles past the Red Lobster. You can turn before the church or right after onto McKinney Lane and then take the first right.

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    Our Board 

    Any member wishing to bring items before the board is welcomed to contact any board member and especially Pati English, Maxine Riley and Dolores von Rosen who are our members at large and represented the entire guild.

    If a meeting is cancelled due to bad weather, please check this website or contact one of the officers listed below.

     
    Meeting Dates and Field Trips

    The following are the meeting dates for 2010. Listed next to the date are the refreshment volunteers. Also listed are the activities we plan for that meeting.

    August 5 - 6:30 pm - Pineapple Basket with Pati English - Refresments - Pot Luck- light refreshments.

    Sept. 2 - Gourd Workshop - Refreshments - Jeri and Joyce

    Sept. 16 - 18 - Weekend with the Devines - see above for information and registration

    Oct. 2 - 9:00 am - Dye Party and Workshop - Pot Luck

    Nov. 4 - Christmas Ornament - 6:30 - Refreshments - Denise and Priscilla

    Dec. 2 - Christmas Party and Dirty Santa - Pot Luck

    		   Officers for 2010 (Elected and Volunteer)

    President - Linda Harriz, President. harriz@charter.net

    Joyce Crain, President-elect. joycecrain49@yahoo.com

    Peggy McCarson, Past-President/Newsletter. pmcccarson@charter.net 864-963-1799

    Denise Gillam, Treasurer, Membership. denise.gillam@gmail.com

    Jeri Pool, Secretary. jbpool@charter.net

    Pati English, Member at Large. englishh@nuvox.net

    Maxine Riley, Member at Large. mmriley@charter.net

    Dolores von Rosen, Member at Large, Special Events Coordinator. dvonrosen@hotmail.com

    Priscilla Phillips, Special Events Coordinator. prisphil@bellsouth.net

    Sandy Roback, Hospitality. sroback0329@yahoo.com

     
    Join Our Guild
    If you would like to join our guild, the membership dues are $15 and the membership year runs from August 1 through July 31. Download the membership application here: Membership Application file    		  
    Send your check to:
    Upper SC Basket Guild
    % Denise Gillam, Membership
    202 Middle Mountain Rd
    Pickens, SC 29671
     

    SWAP, SELL, OR BUY

    If you are looking for a special pattern, a particular basket supply, post your request here. If you have some patterns, reed, supplies you would like to swap or sell, post your information here. Remember that we will not violate copyright rules - so make sure you have permission to share or sell a pattern. Requests will be posted when received. Contact Peggy McCarson at pmccarson@charter.net to list in this section of the website.

    If you have a pattern for a baby rattle, please contact Dottie Pittman.


     
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