Welcome!
All workshops are now open for registration
Most basketry workshops are taught by the project. These workshops are designed to share the history of basketry and introduce experienced artists and total beginners techniques of 3D and off-loom weaving.
In each workshop, all materials are included in the registration fee and participants can bring materials and finished work home.
If you have questions please feel free to email Dee, at info@studioherron.com
New workshops for May, June, July will be posted in March.
The Weaving Workshop
Hi! My name is Dee Clements, I am an artist working in basketry in Chicago. I am building a new basketry and fibercraft school in Chicago called The Weaving Workshop.
While I work on creating branding and a new website for the school, I have already begun in-person workshops and programming in the brick-and-mortar storefront space that has served as my studio for 2yrs, located in Chicago’s Marshall Square Neighborhood. (See above for workshop offerings.)
*A note on the name "The Weaving Workshop"
From 1919 to 1933, a now legendary school for art and design in Germany called The Bauhaus produced some of the most brilliant artists, designers, craftspeople, and architects of the last century. However, women faced discrimination when seeking to enroll, especially in architecture, ceramics, or painting programs. As a result, a department was established called the Weaving Workshop, which focused on textile studies and provided “a more suitable space” for women to pursue their art education. The Weaving Workshop became known for its innovative and technical work in weaving and textiles, Anni Albers, Gunta Stolz, and Otti Berger, to name a few, were some of the women who established textiles and weaving at the Bauhaus as a serious craft both for industry and artistic expression. This department and the remarkable women who contributed to its legacy serve as the inspiration for my school of the same name.
