The SWSG April meeting was all about basketry using native California materials. Our presenter was Samantha Iacobello and she was a lively, engaging speaker. She spoke about her projects aimed at restoring our local forests and wetlands..........fascinating. The table was full of baskets made from the different materials she harvests around her Chico area. Willow is her favorite, but she also uses blackberry, plum, apple, grasses. She has a good time experimenting and we had a good time going on her journey with her.

She talked about the searching, harvesting, cutting and curing her basketry materials.

Makes you really appreciate a good basket.