Handmade North Carolina Baskets

Handmade NC Baskets is owned by Joni-Dee and David Ross. In 1990, a friend signed Joni-Dee up for a basket class at the community college in Rocky Mt, NC. She was addicted immediately and to this day can still remember the thrill and excitement of weaving her first basket. In the Fall of 1991, she opened HNCB and began teaching baskets. David was transferred to Delaware in the Spring of 1993. In the fall of 1993, Joni-Dee begin teaching basket classes in Dover, DE.  She continued to take classes and to study the art of basketry. While in Delaware, she started the Delaware Basket Association with the help of several friends. David’s career brought the family to Greensboro, NC in 2002. Today, Joni-Dee teaches in her studio in Summerfield, NC and has written/published several hundred patterns.  Handmade NC Baskets lnow offers nantucket baskets for sale (each handmade by Joni), workshops at our studio in Summerfield, NC, as well as custom baskets and basket supplies.  Joni-Dee has taught at private guilds/groups and state conventions throughout the US, but is now focusing on workshops in her NC studio.  David is the principle woodworked for HNCB and designs new wood part as well.  She and David have developed an extensive line of baskets and and series of their own design. All baskets and supplies are created out of the highest quality materials available. We take pride in giving each piece individuality and our work will highlight the grain, burl, knots and other characteristics of the wood. 

Joni-Dee graduated from Clemson University in 1977 with BA in Education.  Joni-Dee has published a book on how to make Nantucket Baskets with Denise Bendelewski entitled, “The Nuts and Bolts of Nantucket Basket Weaving”. 

David is the principal woodworker for HNCB, and makes many of Joni-Dee’s basket bases, slip-on-rims, lids, knobs, molds, etc. David has a PhD in Entomology and worked in the agricultural industry as a Researcher and Technical Manager for almost 30 years.    

Feel free to inquire about custom designs @ hncbjdr@icloud.com or 336-337-8589

Consider attending one of our Handmade NC Baskets Workshops at our studio in Summerfield, NC.