Harriet teaches a range of basket weaving workshops for individuals, groups and conferences both in Australia and internationally.
In the next 12 months will be teaching basketry classes as part of textile retreats in Australia, Samoa and Sri Lanka. Please email me harriet@harrietgoodall.com to register your interest or to be emailed itineraries when they are released.
Upcoming Retreats & Intensives
STURT WINTER SCHOOL – July 2019
“CIRCLING BACK” 5 day intensive basketry class 8th – 12th July 2019
Bookings: Sturt Craft Centre & Gallery Ph: 48602083
A focus of this class will be combining global basketmaking techniques and incorporating found and recycled metals and wires with traditional materials. Students will learn to identify, gather and prepare some native and non-native plant materials and salvage both hard and soft materials to use in the creation of contemporary woven fibre art. The course will introduce a variety of techniques practiced around the world such as rib basketry, twining, string making, hexagonal weave, netting and random weaving. Taking a responsive approach to gathered and found materials, participants will be supported to create a series of unique works to take home.
SRI LANKA CREATIVE – SEPTEMBER 2019
Join us in in the breath-taking island of Sri Lanka for this artfully blended experience like no other! With eight nights and nine creatively-infused days of Tapestry Weaving, Basket Weaving, Yoga Nidra and Restorative Yoga. Surrounded by leafy coconut palms, with far-reaching views, we will be accommodated in tranquil locations with the perfect blend of indulgent seclusion and immersion in Sri Lanka’s breathtaking natural beauty.
Be guided through Tapestry Weaving with Natalie Miller and Basket Weaving with Harriet Goodall as they unite crafters from around the world and bring back the beauty of handmade. Casey Cordoba will join this inspiring team to nourish our minds and bodies with a daily Restorative Yoga and Yoga Nidra practice (sleep based meditation) awakening our ability to discover our inner artistry, with great openness and curiosity.
AVAILABILITY AND BOOKING!
RECENT RETREATS:
JAPAN CREATIVE December 1st – December 9th 2018 SOLD OUT
VIETNAM CREATIVE July 1st – July 8th 2018 SOLD OUT
BALI CREATIVE March 2018 – SOLD OU
TAILORED WORKSHOPS
You can also tailor private or group workshops to suit your needs – Harriet will forage, dye and prepare all weaving materials, bring comprehensive notes, tools and most importantly, cake! For a workshop overview with pricing please email harriet@harrietgoodall.com or fill out the enquiry form at the bottom of the page. You can select from the workshop techniques below.
Random Weaving
We will use the basic contemporary technique of free-form or random weaving to make a pod like shape out of hand-dyed rattan. Student have the option to extend the pod into a sculptural shape. To finish we will ‘fill’ or decorate using foraged plants and flexible fibres.
Fish Trap Style Basket (Windowpane Twining)
Students choose soft or hard fibres to create a fish-trap inspired sculptural basket with open weave or windowpane twining. The class will start with string making or ‘cordage’ by hand from leaves or raffia which can then be used to hang their fish trap basket.
Palm Pods (Random Weaving)
Take Random Weaving to the next level Harriet will guide you to create a delicate pear shaped sculpture using only the textured flower stalks of the palm tree. Suitable for beginners but less tricky for those with some weaving experience!
Looped String Bags (Knotless Netting)
Starting off by learning how to make cordage using harvested plant fibres, Harriet will then demonstrate how to turn the cord into looped structures which can be wrapped around a form – or even a stone! You will learn up to three stitches increasing in difficulty which you can use to make soft string bags or pouches in the style of stretchy ‘billums’ or use with wire to create hard looped structures.
Backpack or Bike Basket (Randing & Waling)
Using rattan you will weave an oval basket which can be used as a shopper, bike basket, backpack, or plant hanger. Students will learn a natural dye process to stain the basket to a shade of grey/charcoal. Each student will have a choice of tan or coloured pre-cut straps and learn some basic leatherwork techniques to make riveted or stitched handles.
Living Willow
Harriet will show you how to construct a woven tunnel or dome in your garden made from willow which will grow leaves in summer and be bare in winter. Note: This workshop is possible only in Spring and you will need an open area away from buildings, soft ground and be prepared to care for your structure in the future.
Coiled Baskets
Harriet will demonstrate coiling techniques shown to her by Indigenous artists from the Top End in the Northern Territory and using various soft fibres you will make a small coiled bowl.
Gift of the Heart
Perfect for bridal parties and lovers of love. In this class you will not only learn to random weave but make a gorgeous woven heart to take home which you can fill with fairy lights or hang at your special celebration.
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