Pam has been designing and weaving baskets for over 19 years. A native of MO, she retired in NC from her corporate career in 2016 and jumped into sharing and teaching basket weaving. She is a member of several basket organizations including NCBA and her local Port City Basketmakers guild. Pam travels to several out of state basket conventions/events each year to teach her art as well as teaching at the Leland NC Cultural Arts Center. She has had the honor of having her basketry art selected for 3 Gallery Shows and she also sells her baskets at the Seaglass Monthly Market in Castle Hayne NC Pam teaches multiple techniques of basketry, from plain utilitarian to artistic wonders, catheads to ribs, twills to double walls. Though they are mainly in reed, she uses color and texture to create their beauty. She dyes all her reed at her kitchen stove, blending and tweaking to create new rich vibrant colors.