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Date: July 27, 2007

Join Roger Ellison and Anita Barreca for a hands-on program that explores how European pioneers adopted Indian basket weaving and daub and wattle techniques on the frontier.

The program is schedule from 1 to 3 p.m., Saturday August 4 at English Camp. The program is free. A golf cart is available to transport disabled persons to and from the parking area. Call (360) 378-2902 or 378-4409 for additional special access information.

Daub and wattle are building materials used in constructing houses. A woven latticework of wooden stakes called wattles is daubed with a mixture of mud and clay, animal dung and straw to create a structure. Pioneer weaving usually blended European techniques and native materials.

Ellison and Barreca will demonstrate the tools and techniques useful in working small round wood and willow rods. Participants will have a hands-on opportunity to make and take home their own small coppice craft project, such as a plant teepee, trellis, or woven garden edging.