Cherokee Double Weave Basketry

Award winning basket maker who has been weaving baskets since 1972 (age 13) Basket maker/weaver for 45 years. Honored as a Cherokee National Treasure on September 2, 1995. 22 years as a Cherokee National Treasure and represents the Cherokee Nation as a cultural ambassador. Educating the public on Cherokee basketry and culture at every opportunity Cherokee Adult Choir member and Treasurer Retired from husband's audit firm, Ronald C. Cottrell, CPA in 2016 Attends and demonstrates basketry at various art shows: Santa Fe Indian Art Market, SEASAM, The Artesian Show and Market, Red Earth Festival, Trail of Tears Art Show & Sale, Cherokee Holiday Art Show, Cherokee Days at the Museum of the Native American, Washington, DC (demonstrating rivercane basketry) Currently teaching traditional Southeast Cherokee double weave basketry at the Cherokee Arts Center to Cherokee citizens, Tahlequah, OK through the Cherokee National Treasure Program of Cherokee Nation Businesses. (Double weave rivercane technique). The basket knowledge I obtained through the years came from my mother, Betty Scraper Garner, and other notable weavers in the 70's & 80's. More recently, I have researched double weave basketry and have taught our traditional Cherokee style of basket making which was first observed in the 18th century by Europeans to several Cherokee citizens. Natural materials used in basket weaving: Rivercane, black ash, honeysuckle, & buck brush. Natural dyes used: Black walnut roots and hulls, bloodroot, bois d' arc shavings, wild cherries, mulberries Commercial materials used in basket weaving: Hamburg cane, round and flat reed