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Join us for Mini Picnic Basket with Elaine Imoto
Weave a six-pack picnic basket using industrial waste rescued from the dumpster. The bale straps are cleaned, cut to workable lengths and prepackaged for your weaving fun!
Seven long length straps are woven criss-cross style with 12 shorter length straps marked with a sharpie to stay centered. Vertical straps are spaced with a quarter inch gap, while horizontal straps are pressed together tightly for structural stability. The sturdy, finished basket measures 5.5 inches wide and 9.5 inches long.
A green handle of super stiff bale taken from a construction site is woven into the white basket. Bits of color are provided for embellishing your one-of-a-kind mini picnic basket.
This is an easy beginner project to get you hooked on making more baskets. Extra kits will be sold at class (if available).
What to bring:
- Ruler
- Long nose pliers
- Sharp scissors that can cut plastic
- 12 clothes pins
- 2 clipboards or 2 chip clips for initial alignment of stakes for basket base spacing. Instructor will provide masking tape alternative.
Instructor Bio
A long time Honolulu Museum of Art (HOMA) volunteer, Elaine Imoto learned to weave baskets with bale straps from Professor Gaye Chan of University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Imoto took Chan’s reuse & recycle class in the December 2021 HOMA Artists of Hawaii NOW program at which these weaving materials (the bales) were handed out.
Hawaiʻi Handweavers' Hui members receive a discounted class fee. If you are interested in becoming a member please click HERE.
This class is open to adults from age 18. Those registering for a Hawaiʻi Handweavers’ Hui class may add one guest based on availability.
We require a minimum of three participants for each class. A full refund will be issued to those registered, if class is cancelled by Hawaiʻi Handweavers’ Hui. Refunds for class registration cancellation by participant will be issued in full only if the cancellation is made more than 14 days before the class begins.
MAP Downtown Art Center - Parking in building, Chinatown Gateway Garage, enter on Bethel Street. Weekday rate: $3.00 for two hours, $1.50 for additional 30 minutes. Weekend rate: $.50 for 30 minutes, maximum fee of $3.00. All Day weekday pass: park your car before 10 am, take your ticket back up to the person in the kiosk and request the $10 all day pass. All transactions in cash.
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For more information contact: classes@hawaiihandweavers.org
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HHH COVID POLICY: Masks are mandatory for this class.
HHH TERMS OF USE_CANCELLATION POLICY 7_2022.pdf
