Weave a White Oak Backpack
What to know
Weave your own beautiful piece of the Ozarks! In this one-day workshop, students will spend 7-8 hours weaving a 13.5" deep white oak basket with a 6" x 12" woven oak herringbone bottom. An oak handle and leather harness are included. All materials come from white oak trees selected, cut, and prepared by instructor Billy Owens. Billy uses a homemade tool (split knife) made and used by his father, Dale Owens. Backpacks will be woven over a mold provided during class. You will take home a white oak basket that should last a lifetime. Registration is required and closes two weeks prior to the start of class.
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Meet your teacher: Billy Owens
Owens Oak Baskets is located in the Ozark Hills of Southwest Missouri near Branson, MO. It is family owned & operated solely by the Owens family for generations. Dale Owens, was the founder of Owens Oak Baskets. He made baskets many years ago for "Mutton Hallow", "Silver Dollar City", & "Shepard of the Hills" in Branson, Missouri. Billy Owens was taught by his father the Owens' traditional way of making baskets and he now carries on the family business and shares his skills with students around the nation.
Billy personally harvests, cuts, and splits, all by hand, the White Oak that is used in all the Kits, Supplies & Baskets. All of the work is done by him & the many Owens family members. Being a large and blessed family, consisting of Billy & Theresa, their daughters, Stacie, Jamie, Bo, Frankie, Dena, and their son Kase, their Sons-in-Law, and their twelve grandchildren. The Owens family all want to say thank you to their many patrons and students for making it possible for them to be able to share their family tradition of white oak basket making.