Discover How to Create Beautiful Baskets with Natural Materials You Harvest Locally & Sustainably
While having me and our incredible community of makers with you every step of the way for instruction and encouragement.
⬇️ Watch & Find Out How to Get Your 85% Discount ⬇️
Get Over $1000 Worth of Resources for just $149
Because you're a new subscriber to our basket weaving world, I wanted to give you a special 85% discount on my online basket weaving classes.
Normally, each course is $197, and with the bonus resources and community, this whole bundle is valued at over $1000.
But as a new subscriber, you can get everything for just $149 USD
Twining with Soft Natural Materials Course
Inside this on-demand course, you’ll have multiple instructional videos (with closed captions and transcripts) including:
- Welcome and Introduction so you know exactly where to start.
- Recommended Tools to help you understand what tools you need.
- Recommended Natural Materials to show you the variety of materials you can use to weave.
- Preparing Natural Materials so you'll know exactly what to do to get your materials ready to weave
- Bases (including plaited, spiral and bunch) to give you creative options on how to start your baskets.
- Learning to Twine so you understand the foundational technique needed to weave.
- Rims (including cut & tuck, wrapped and folded bark) that enable you to finish your basket simply and easily.
Bark Basketry Basics Course
Inside this on-demand course, you’ll have multiple instructional videos (with closed captions and transcripts) including:
- Welcome and Introduction so you know exactly where to start.
- Recommended Tools to help you understand what tools you need.
- Recommended Bark to show you the variety of materials you can use to weave.
- Preparing Bark so you'll know exactly what to do to get your materials ready to weave
- 3 Weaving Techniques including plaiting, twill and twining to give you creative options on how to weave your baskets.
- Rims including cut & tuck, folded bark and the sandwich border that enable you to finish your basket simply and easily.
Rib Basketry Basics Course
Inside the course, you’ll have multiple instructional videos - over 6 hours of instruction - (with closed captions) including:
- Welcome and Introduction so you know exactly where to start.
- Recommended Tools to help you understand what tools you need.
- Recommended Materials to show you the variety of vines, bark and branches you can use to weave.
- Preparing Materials so you'll know exactly what to do to get your materials ready to weave
- 3 Lashing Techniques, including the God's Eye, 1/2 God's Eye, and 3-Point Lashing to give you creative options on how to construct your baskets.
- Rib Placement & Shaping that teaches you how to easily shape your basket using the simple architecture of ribs.
Plus these additional instructional videos
as my gift to you so you can quickly and easily take your learning experience to the next level!
Harvesting, Preparing & Storing Natural Materials
Don't wonder any longer about when, where and how to harvest natural materials for basketry. This comprehensive video gives you everything you need to get started. (26 minutes)
Making Black Walnut Dye
Come with me into the forest and back to the studio as I harvest black walnuts and show you two ways to create this beautiful, natural dye for your baskets. (13 minutes)
Encaustic Wax Infusion
Learn the ancient process of encaustic wax and the unique way to infuse it into your baskets that will ensure they last for generations to come. (11 minutes)
Harvesting Foliage from the Garden
Join me in my flower garden as I explain exactly how and when to harvest foliage from day lilies and iris, step-by-step. (11 minutes)
Harvesting Inner Bark
Learn to harvest inner bark as you watch me peel a tulip poplar log from start to finish, using nothing but a drawknife and razor blade. (26 minutes)
Plus a Private Maker Community Where You Can Ask Questions & Grow
As if a great course and tons of bonuses wasn’t enough, I’ve also created a private community inside Circle.io just for the students of this course for you to collaborate with each other, share resources and ask me questions along the way.
I've learned over the years that community is a huge accelerator in your journey as an artist. It's a place where you can get feedback, inspiration and encouragement which are all invaluable as you grow creatively.
This community alone is valued at over $500 a year. It really doesn’t get any better than this!
And Be Inspired by Every Basket Begins with a Walk in the Woods
Get a PDF version of this beautiful 84-page book where sculptural basketry artist Matt Tommey shares full-color images of his work, stories about his artistic journey, information about his creative process and even a few poetic reflections about the nature of what he does in basketry.
What My Students Are Saying
"Matt's classes are comprehensive and the bonus videos alone are worth taking them... best of all - his classes are fun! I have a good time watching them and making the style of baskets he teaches. So dive right in and enjoy yourself!" - Alison, a recent student
"I can’t recommend these classes enough, especially for folks interested in using wild harvested materials. Extremely well-done videos and explanations." - Claire, a recent student
"I am thoroughly enjoying learning from these courses. It surely beats getting frustrated and throwing things in the compost pile! But honestly, the most helpful has been Matt’s voice saying, “give yourself a little grace” and “keep rolling” - I find myself repeating them both to myself:) Grace was definitely missing from my weaving practice." - Heidi, a recent student
"If you want to make great baskets, you have to learn from great basket makers and Matt Tommey is one. When he offered this course, "Twining with Soft Natural Materials", I hesitated (It's more than I usually would spend on an on-line course). However, this course turned out to be much more than I expected. I learned a lot, liked Matt's style of teaching and love the fact that you can go back and watch the lessons again. Would recommend it to anyone who wants to make great baskets."- V. Allen, Recent Student
"This course is incredibly inspiring! Matt Tommey is a great artist, a generous teacher and a happy man!" - Sylvie, Recent Student"
"I thoroughly enjoyed this course. The instructor, Matt Tommey, is a master at his craft, yet able to help beginners feel at ease & get started very quickly. And he is very focused and precise, yet has a light, gentle, and humorous manner. And his work is gorgeous, a pleasure to behold! I look forward to watching the lessons over and over!! (And I have been gathering various materials in my yard that I used to think were just pesky vines!" - Jenny, Recent Student
Meet Your Instructor
Matt Tommey is a world-class artist and basketry teacher. Since the mid-1990's Matt's been creating and teaching woven sculpture using basketry techniques that reflect the rustic elegance of nature while exclusively using locally harvested natural materials like foliage, bark and vines.
Over the years, Matt's woven art is featured in some of the most beautiful mountain and coastal homes in the country and is created exclusively from locally harvested bark, vines and branches. Throughout his career, Matt has been featured in many print and online publications including Garden & Gun, Martha Stewart's American Made Awards and Our State. In 2011 he was recognized as an "American Artist Under 40" by the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Renwick Gallery.
I Promise, You'll be Complete Thrilled and Blown Away...
by these courses and all the bonuses or I'll refund your money, no questions asked. Just contact me within the first 30 days of purchase. There's absolutely no risk.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Do I have to know how to make baskets already to take this course? Absolutely not! This course is designed with beginners in mind, although more experienced makers will also find lots of value inside.
- How long can I access these courses once I purchase? Your purchase includes lifetime access via our website. If at anytime we decide to take it off of our website we will get our students ability to download the videos.
- Can I buy natural materials from you? Unfortunately, we're not setup to sell natural materials for basketry. However, half the fun of making is harvesting yourself and this course gives you the confidence to be able to do that in your local area so you discover an unlimited supply of free, natural materials.
- How do I login to view the course? Once you purchase, you'll be directed to a page with a link to access the course. We'll also be sending you an email with that same link. Be sure to save that email! Also, if you don't see the email come into your inbox, check your spam, promotions, updates and other folders. Guaranteed, it was sent to the email address you registered with.
- What if I have a question while I'm taking the course? No problem! That's why we've created our Private Maker Community on Circle so you can collaborate with other me and makers along the way.
- I'm not really that tech saavy, is this for me? Absolutely! If you can watch a YouTube video, you can do this course. It's super simple and we guide you through every step of the process.
- What devices can I access this course through? Any device that has a web browser including your smart phone, laptop/desktop computer or tablet.
- How can I get in touch with Matt and his team if I have any issues? Just email us at [email protected].
- How long will it take to complete this course? That's totally up to you. Since the course is "on-demand", you can watch it on whatever timeframe works for you and replay as much as you like. Go slow, go