Ribbed Basket Making Workshop

with Carleigh Fairchild

Saturday, March 19 | 9:30 – 1:30pm

You’ll learn how two hoops can be lashed together and woven to create a basket commonly called an egg or melon basket. The style is a ribbed basket as we add in round reed to form the 'ribs' which is what gives the basket its shape and structure. Ribbed baskets are great for gathering things: eggs, herbs, garden greens, your imagination is the limit for its use.

You’ll create and take home one ribbed basket with handle about 8"x8”x10”

Carleigh Fairchild has a deep love for the Earth. She gardens, keeps bees, wild harvests, processes animals, tans hides, weaves baskets, and finds joy in time spent around the fire. As the founder of Human Nature Connection LLC, she is dedicated to helping others rediscover respectful and collaborative relationships with the more then human world. Carleigh’s journey—including 86 days on the survival show ALONE in Patagonia—deepened her understanding of belonging and connection. With over 25 years of experience, she teaches both online and in-person classes in Western North Carolina, weaving together earth skills, community, and healing. Carleigh is also a NIASZIIH bodywork healer and instructor at WildernessFusion, integrating body, earth, and spirit in her practice.

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