In the Community
Dr. Susan Marine, a chemistry professor on the Middletown Campus, is known to be a basket weaver. She has taught a botany class how to make a simple berry basket of botanical materials and is currently teaching a geology professor how to incorporate polished mineral beads into woven baskets. Dr. Marine entered three pieces in the 2019 Warren County Fair:
- Her green and yellow basket (incorporating 3D stacked staves is a personal design) earned a blue ribbon in the Handwoven Basket category.
- The blue/purple/white painted watercolor paper tray earned a blue ribbon for 1st place 3-Dimensional Paper Item.
- Her stack of Shaker boxes won first place in Small Wooden Items. With this encouragement, Dr. Marine plans on designing more baskets and creating more Shaker box items.
She will be showing her work at the juried Deerfield Handmade Market on Sept 17 and at the Germantown Pretzel Festival Sept 28-29.