Sculptural Twined Forms
With Ann Coddington
This program is part of Handwork 2026, presented by Craft in America
In this busy four-day workshop, Ann will introduce the off-loom weaving technique of twining as a method of creating contemporary woven sculptural forms.
Twining is an ancient basketry technique, possibly as old as 2 million years, that co-evolved in multiple cultures across the globe – from Africa, to the Bering Strait to Sumer.
We will utilize both waxed linen as well as reed and will cover several different ways of starting pieces. Ann will teach you how to turn, split and join forms, giving you lots of methods for inventing your own shapes.
Most of all, we will have fun creating new forms with this pre-historic basketry technique.
Four-Day Workshop
Day 1 – Friday, March 13, 2026
Day 2 – Saturday, March 14, 2026
Day 3 – Sunday, March 15, 2026
Day 4 – Sunday, March 16, 2026
- Skill level All
- Age appropriate 16+ (minors must have a parent on site)
- Materials fee $100 (includes Weave rite tool, Waxed linen (two colors), Ruby Spring Twine, round reed (two sizes), color handout, Hypafix tape, needles, and extra strings of various colors)
- Students should bring
any fibers or waxed linen they have that they might want to play with, a packed lunch and a drink. Waxed linen thread is available at Fiber Arts on 4th to purchase.
Instructor
Ann CoddingtonAnn Coddington utilizes a variety of ancient fiber techniques including twining, looping, and netting in her
sculptural forms. Her work has been shown across the United States and Internationally with recent/upcoming exhibitions:
1. Bind, solo show, Gallery Jennings Kerr, Robertson, New South Wales.
2. Art Evolved: Intertwined, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA, Suzanne H. Arnold Art Gallery,
Annville, PA, Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Laurel, MS
3. Threads: Natural Fiber and Living Lines, solo show, Ruth Davis Design Gallery, University of Wisconsin in Madison
4. Basketry Now, Juried show, Textile Center, Minneapolis, MN
5. Thread, Sarah Myerscough Gallery, London, 25 February – 16 May 2026
Ann is a Professor of Art and Graduate Coordinator Emerit from Eastern Illinois University. She received her MFA from the University of Illinois Sculpture Department, and her BFA from the Colorado State University Fibers Department. She is active exhibiting her work and teaching sculptural twining workshops
around the world, recently at the Fibre Arts Australia and Fibre Arts New Zealand and at Penland School of Crafts. Coddington is an active member of the National Basketry Organization.
