Sweetgrass basket classes / 12 & Up

Learn to weave sweetgrass basket by hand from a fifth generation Sweetgrass Basket Weaver. You will be working with naturally grown materials, have historical perspectives in basketry and create a basket. sweetgrass basket classes sweetgrass baskets charleston sweetgrass baskets

Marsella Jefferson is a fifth generation sweetgrass basket weaver from the low country of South Carolina. She started weaving at the age of 8 years old, learning from mother, great, great grand mother, and aunties. Marsella handcrafts one of a kind African dolls adorned with a sweetgrass basket in hand which is being currently sold at McLeod Plantation and Middleton Place Design By Nature and Mc Clellanville Arts Council of McClellanville, SC. sweetgrass basket classes sweetgrass baskets charleston sweetgrass baskets

• SWEETGRASS BASKET CLASSES: $110.00 plus tax  Per Person- 2.5 hrs.  SWEETGRASS COASTER CLASSES:  $65.00 plus tax Per Person 1.5 hrs.(includes all materials). You will be given a brief history and learn how to (coil) weave by hand to make a sweetgrass basket of your own. And will learn the materials and tools used to weave a sweetgrass basket. The basket at the end of class will be yours to take home. CALL (843) 906-6507 TODAY TO SECURE YOUR SPOT  A DEPOSIT (NON REFUNDABLE) IS REQUIRED AT TIME  OF REGISTRATION PER EACH PARTICIPANT FOR A STARTER KIT, INCLUDES ALL  MATERIALS).  DEPOSIT/ BALANCE CAN BE PAID AT THE ONLINE STORE. THE DEPOSIT IS HALF THE COST OF THE CLASS PER PATICIPANT AND THE BALANCE IS DUE THE DAY OF CLASS. 

DEMOSTRATIONS OR CLASSES: You will be given a brief history and shown  how a sweetgrass basket is made. Also you will learn the materials and tools used to make it and get a chance to weave on a sweetgrass basket.                       (I can come to your event room, or airbnb if your visiting Charleston). sweetgrass baskets charleston sweetgrass baskets