Upper South Carolina Basketmakers Guild

May 2013


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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)
	LAURA LEE ZANGER

Upper South Carolina Basketmakers Guild

Update April 28, 2013

Welcome to the Upper South Carolina Basketmakers Guild.

The purpose of our Guild shall be to promote the art and tradition of basketry through instruction, public service, and community awareness. Members shall fulfill the guild’s purpose by participation in regularly scheduled meetings; conferences, workshops, conventions, gatherings, etc; local, regional, and national art and craft shows, exhibits, demonstrations, etc.

Our meetings are at Lutheran Church of Our Savior at 2600 Wade Hampton Blvd. (Hwy 29), Taylors, SC 29615. (The church is located between the Red Lobster on N. Pleasantburg and the Wade Hampton Plaza Shopping Center. Turn onto Cherokee Dr.) Our usual meeting time is the 1st Thursday of every month at 7:00 pm. We will have 3 to 4 Saturday meetings throughout the 2012 year. Please see the schedule below.

The picture shows members of our sister guild, Lakelands Basketry Guild, as they made heart baskets in Feb. The baskets were made without patterns. This guild meets the 3rd Saturday of every month. Check out their information below. See some of the finished baskets in the "Picture" page link to the left. The members, left to right, back row are: Billie Elsley, Myrtle Longshore, Pat Wicker, Joyce Crain; upfront - Bonnie Geiger and Scottie Jeffries.

New and Different Materials for Weaving and Coiling by Marianne Barnes will be available in April. The book gives techniques for gourds and baskets. In addition to the work by Marianne, this new book also features patterns and baskets from Maxine Riley, Pati English and Sandy Roback. The pre-order form and copy of cover is downloaded here. download Marianne Barnes, New and Different Materials for Weaving and Coiling

Minutes and newsletters are listed in pdf form. If you need a doc or docx form, please contact Peggy McCarson at pmccarson@charter.net

UPPER SOUTH CAROLINA BASKETMAKERS GUILD:

The latest newsletter for the Upper SC Basketmakers Guild is posted here. (Note the newsletter contains the Double Wall workshop material). download Awl the News, May/June 2013

If you just want the June Workshop Registration click on this download. download June 8 Double Wall Workshop

May 2 - we will have stations to make decorative handles. Dolores will show a spiral weave; Sandy will do a one strand handle; Pati will have several options; Peggy will do a handle knot.

LAKELANDS BASKETRY GUILD
The Lakelands Basketry Guild meets the 3rd Saturday of every month at the Chappells Community Center, Hwy 39, Chappells, SC. The themes for the past two years have been to finish our kits we have bought and to think outside the box. Sometimes we have patterns and sometimes we design as we go. The meetings start at 9:00 am and continue until the afternoon.

(Note: April 21 - for some reason I can't click on the pdf file. I have to right click and the go to Open. I will keep working on it). The latest newsletter for Lakelands is listed here: download Lashing News, April/May, 2013 file.

I am attaching the docx form in case you can't open the pdf file - remember contact me if I can help. download THIS MS Word file

The minutes of the March meeting are listed here: download Minutes of Lakelands Meeting, March, 2013.

Thanks to Ellen Boyce, the Guild has a brochure highlighting activities, membership, and meetings. This brochure may be used at events to advertise the Guild or to enlist new members. See a copy of the brochure here. download Lakelands Basketry Brochure

Our April 20th meeting Patriotic meeting was a great success. Joyce Crain won the prize for a beautiful tote basket resembling the American Flag. In May, we will have open weave. Bring a kit for members without supplies or visit a basket side for a kit. (Examples: NC Basketworks, Bases to Weave, Basketpatterns, etc.!!

Interested in joining the Lakelands Meeting. Download the following form to join. download Lakelands Membership Form.

LAKELANDS DUES ARE OWED IN JAN., 2013. YOU ARE NOW PAST DUE - PLEASE SUBMIT OR YOU WILL BE DROPPED FROM MAILING LIST, ETC.

Upper South Carolina Basketmakers Guild dues are due during August. Check the newsletter or the link below to send in your membership dues.
Tennessee Basket Association dues are also due in August.

If you did not pay your North Carolina dues, remember they are due by August.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS!

Congratulations to the following members who won ribbons in the exhibit room at the NCBA convention: Pati English, Bettina George, Bonnie Geiger and Peggy McCarson. Hopefully all winning basket will be pictured in the picture page soon.

Thanks to Dolores von Rosen for making a beautiful basket for the NCBA raffle
Download the volunteer form here. If you donate your time, expertise, or baskets to a charitable organization or cause, please fill out a form and turn it into our Secretary, Dottie Pittman. download Volunteer Form file

CLASSES:

Pati English continues to teach at her studio and at Clemson/OLLI Program - check out the link to the left. HER SUMMER SCHEDULE IS POSTED.

John C. Campbell - see link at left - Elaine Robson, Pati English, and Marianne Barnes will teach at the folk school in 2013.

Peggy McCarson is teaching a beginning class at Furman through the OLLI program.

Debbie Wilson is teaching a Gourd Class through Furman's Learning for You program. The class starts 4/8 and runs for 6 weeks.

Our Board

Any member wishing to bring items before the board is welcomed to contact any board member and especially Pati English, Myrtle Longshore, and Marianne Kaupin who are our members at large and represent 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, Programs, Refreshments

The following are the meeting dates for 2013. Listed next to the date are the refreshment volunteers. Also listed are the activities we plan for that meeting. The Guild provides drinks and paper products.

Feb. 16 - Saturday - 9 am to 4 pm - Jerry Maxey workshop - POT LUCK

March 7 - Thursday - Candy Basket

April 4- Thursday - 7 pm to 9 pm - Show and Tell - describe baskets made at Georgia and North Carolina - complete candy basket if needed - Refreshments by Dottie and Jeri.

May 2 - Thursday - Embellishing Handles - Refreshments from the Chappells group

June 8 - Saturday workshop - Double Wall Baskets

August 1 - Thursday - Make a Twill basket

Sept. 5 - Choose a rim for your twill basket

Oct. 12 - Pattie Bagley workshop - Antler or Hen Basket - 9:00 am to 4:00 pm

Nov. 7 - Woven Wing Gourd Angel - Debbie Wilson

Dec. 5 - Christmas Celebration

LAKELANDS MEETING

April 20 - Patriotic Day - make a patriotic basket and pot luck dish

Officers for 2013
Please check your roster (available from Denise Gillam) for phone numbers or contact Peggy McCarson.

President - Sandy Roback (sroback0329@yahoo.com)

Past-president - Priscilla Phillips - (priscphil@bellsouth.net)

President-elect and Newsletter/Website - Peggy McCarson (pmccarson@charter.net)

Treasurer/Membership - Denise Gillam - denise.gillam@gmail.com

Secretary - Dottie Pittman - dottiepittman@hotmail.com

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

Member at Large - Myrtle Longshore - longshoremp@yahoo.com

Member at Large - Marianne Kaupin

Special Events - Maxine Riley - mmriley@charter.net

Special Events - Dolores von Rosen - dvonrosen@gmail.com

Sunshine - Joyce Crain (joycecrain49@yahoo.com)

Lakelands Officers:

President - Bonnie Geiger (bonnie.geiger@gmail.com)

Vice-president - Pat Wicker (patwicker@gmail.com)

Treasurer - Myrtle Longshore (longshoremp@yahoo.com)

Secretary - Cora Blair (tbear96sc@aol.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: download Upper SC Membership form 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.

Elaine Robson is offering a shave horse hand made by her husband, Peter. This is a great gift for the basketmaker who has everything. You can scarf rims, carve handles, and so much more. Open the attached pdf file to view details or contact Elaine and enprobson@bellsouth.net download Basket Makers Friend Shave Horse

Toney Boozer has many beautiful natural materials to use in baskets and gourds. These include natural and dyed grasses, palm parts, bamboo, natural and dyed sea grass. Please contact Toney at 836-3811 or rockyboozerdog@yahoo.com

UPPER SOUTH CAROLINA BASKETMAKERS GUILD
Simpsonville, SC
: pmccarson@charter.net • phone: 864-963-1799

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