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About Steen Madsen
About Steen Madsen
Steen Madsen, from Denmark, discovered basket making through his early love of old handcrafts such as Stone Age flint knapping, rope making, hide tanning, and woodcarving. In 1979, he was introduced to basket making while working with 7500-year-old Danish Stone Age eel traps made of willow. Soon he was growing his own willow and teaching workshops in basket making. For the last 25 years, he has been a full time basket maker, growing willow, teaching basket making, educating 3 apprentices, and weaving baskets. Much of his weaving work is for museums, film and theatre productions and for artists. Steen has written two books about basket making – one for beginners -Flet med pil -and the other about Square work - Kurve med Hjorner. He is an avid collector of old baskets and his collection extends from 1840-1965. This is all part of his searching for knowledge about the cultural history of baskets and basket making, which could lead to his third book.
See http://www.steen-madsen.dk/ for more information.
LIDDED SQUARE BASKET
LIDDED SQUARE BASKET
Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday (June 24-26) – 24 hrs (3 days, 8 hrs/day)
Add to your skills of weaving square work with willow. Keeping the basket square, using corner posts, weaving a good border and corners are all techniques with variations that Steen will teach in this workshop. The lid can be flat or domed according to your personal preference and is attached with leather and cranked willow. A real beauty!
Approximate Size: 6"H x 16"L x 12 W"
Weaving Level: Experience with willow and comfortable with borders
Cost: $488 (class fee $398 / material fee $90 )
AZORE BASKET
AZORE BASKET
Friday (June 28 ) – 8 hrs
Steen offers to teach us this classic basket from the Azores which has some interestingly different weaves happening in its structure. From a “looks like a braid” base, to a special border made of the butts from the stakes, to the beautiful rope handle, this is an exciting willow basket!
Approximate Size: 8 3/4" H (without handle) x 13 3/4" wide
Weaving Level: All levels; hand strength needed. Ability to be able to work on your knees or to bend over and work on basket under your foot needed for part of the weaving in this basket.
Cost: $242 (class fee $190 / material fee $52 )
BASKETS – FISHING CREEL STYLE
BASKETS – FISHING CREEL STYLE
Saturday/Sunday (June 29-30) 16 hrs (2 day 8 hrs/day)
Steen says this style of basket is his favorite – he owns a collection of old ones – around 60-70 pieces! Wouldn’t we like to see that collection? Instead, work with Steen during this class to create a Fishing Creel Style basket that can be used for fishing or as a bag. Woven without a mold, the techniques, shaping and weaving of the lid will offer a variety of skills to enhance your “basket vocabulary.” The leather harness system will not be included in the workshop, but will be discussed and explained for you to make on your own.
Approximate Size: 9 1/2"H x 13 3/4"L x 9"W
Weaving Level: A knowledge of willow weaving and borders will be helpful - the challenge is in the shaping.
Cost: $354 (class fee $294 / material fee $60 )
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