Large Apple Basket
Workshop | Registration opens 12/2/2026 10:00 AM CST
Create a charming basket out of hand-split white oak from trees that the instructor personally selects, cuts, and prepares by hand, using the tools his father made and used. Billy Owens, a second-generation basket maker, will share all things concerning white oak basketry from how he selects his trees to how he prepares it all by hand. The large apple basket is a perennial favorite. It is 14” in diameter and approx. 9” deep with a woven oak “working” bottom a solid oak handle.
Billy Owens
Billy (Jenkins, MO) is a second-generation White Oak basket maker from the Ozark mountains of Southern Missouri. He travels the country teaching and sharing this tradition since 1999. Billy was recently honored at the Smithsonian "Folk Life Festival" in Washington, DC. He displays baskets at the Missouri Botanical Gardens in St. Louis.