Karey was born and raised on the north shore of Lake Tahoe. Her love of traveling has taken her to the Philippines, London and Aniak, a remote village in the Alaskan Bush. She developed a liking for Native Alaskan art, especially the baskets woven by the Yupik Natives. 

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After 25 years of service, Karey recently retired from a distinguished career at North Tahoe Public Utility District. Taking advantage of retirement, she embarks on a journey into basket weaving,  incorporating found pieces of wood and bark, feathers, antique buttons, jewelry, beads and gemstones into her baskets and gourds. Karey is sharing her art, hoping that you enjoy it as much as she enjoys creating it!

Kristine is an illustrator and designer with a passion for portraits and botanicals. She currently resides in the high desert wonderland of Reno, NV. This is an inspiring place for someone with a fascination of the desert landscape, and an affinity for the cool, dark forest and the shimmering waters of alpine lakes. Being a part of this world between worlds has offered her a beneficial environment to fuel her botanical passions. She is all about soaking in the details, a trait she pours into her designs and illustrations. She teaches through her love of watercolors and nature, enriching others by encouraging creative exploration, attunement to the cycles of our environment and inspiring beauty through simple moments of self care.

Terry is an award-winning fiber/textile artist juried into numerous exhibitions throughout the US.  She has been a costume designer for over 30 years for local Shakespeare Festivals, SCA and themed weddings. Her work has been featured in Foothills Magazine and she has participated in the Placer Arts Studio Tour from 2014- 2022. She lives and creates in the Sierra Foothills town of Auburn, where she finds her inspiration from the surrounding natural world.   

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A native of the Sierra Valley, Virginia has been surrounded by nature her whole life which has been her greatest influence artistically.  This rich surrounding full of wonderful artisans has allowed her to pursue a variety of crafts.  Feather River College offered an opportunity to not only hone her skills but allowed her to teach printmaking classes.  

New techniques such as nature printing on fabric/paper, creating jewelry, making handmade paper, book binding, mosaics, watercolor, pastels, acrylics, and collage are part of her non-stop art learning.  Now that she is retired, ART is her full-time passion.

Nick is a basket weaver, natural foods chef, green wood carver, and all around multi-talented craftsman. Over the last decade, he has studied various traditional crafts, wilderness skills, deep nature connection, permaculture, and rites of passage.  Nick currently works as a full-time carpenter, is the co-founder of Hearth Folk School, and lives in Clio, CA with his wife and two sons. He's been teaching willow basketry and green woodworking for many years, and loves sharing craft with others.

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Jeri is a fiber artist and founder of 5080 Camp for Artisans and Crafters.  Surrounded by fiber arts from an early age, she is fluent in many of these domestic hand skills.  For some strange reason, she choose  business school over art school.

Never liking to follow directions, she teaches with a free-style design approach, encouraging students to follow their own ideas. 

She created 5080 Camp for Artisans & Crafters to support the creative pastimes that are essential to a well-balanced life and build a community for those seeking craft education.

You are passionate about your craft. Your happiest moments are spent thinking about your craft, dreaming up new designs, experimenting with new faucets of it and making lots of it. Talking about it animates you. You can spent all day immersed in your craft. You walk gently on the earth and love working outside.  Your craft is made by hand using simple tools and natural materials. You are excited to share your skills and coax emerging ideas from your students. 

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Send us your workshop proposal.

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