"My most enjoyable and creative weaving is when I put materials
left over from classes or commissioned work in piles and then
make whatever basket I can out of each pile."
Artist History:
When Cathy made her first basket in 1985, she had no
idea that it was the start of a career. Now, 17 years later, she owns
and operates a basket supply business, teaches weaving both in her
shop and for other basket guilds and associations, and has created
over 3300 baskets.
Over the years, she has experimented with white oak,
hickory bark, Russian birch bark, ash, and most materials native to
the Shenandoah Valley. Because she specializes in design, she has focused
mainly on rattan and round reed because of the easy ACVilability of
materials. "I specialize in traditional baskets with a creative flare.
As I am finishing one, ideas are already flying on what to create next.
If I had to harvest and process my own materials, I would be so limited
in the time I had to weave that my head would probably explode. 'So
many baskets, so little time!' "
Cathy and her husband, Bennie, share a place overlooking
the South Fork of the Shenandoah River with an English Setter named "Buckeye".
Teaching Experience
Private Classes for over 15 years
Blue Ridge Community College
VA Beach Basket Guild
Guilders Weave, Newport News, VA
Delaware Basket Association
Deer Field Basket Makes, Dover Delaware
West VA Basket Association, Ripley WV
Massanutten Resort for over 11 years
Memberships
Association of Virginia Artisans
High Country Basketry Guild, Northern VA
North Carolina Basketmakers Assn.
Tidewater Basket Guild, Eastern VA
West VA Basket Association
Tennessee Basket Makers
Central Pennsylvania Basket Weavers
Kentucky Basket Association
Classes Under:
Flo Hoppe, Rome, NY - Round Reed
Judith Olney, Rowley, MA - Shaping and Design
Jeffery Gale - Black Ash
Luke Block, Pettigrew, AR - White Oak
Ann Harlow, Rockland, MA - Russian Birch Bark
Eileen Laporte - Washington, MI - twill weaving
Jill Choate, Alaska - Weaving with Antlers
Cathy Cupp
Cathy Cupp Baskets & Supplies
9714 South Eastside Highway
Elkton, VA 22827
(540)-289-5197
E-Mail: cathycuppbaskets@comcast.net
Hours
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday: 9-noon
Wednesday & Friday: 9-5
Other hours by appointment
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