Week 4
Folk Arts Week
Lynn & Amy Yurkiewicz

Lynn & Amy Yurkiewicz (Crafts) have been a heritage craft enthusiasts for over thirty years. Lynn first learned the region’s traditional weaving techniques as an Augusta student.  After she and her daughter, Amy, took an Augusta felting class, they soon became proficient in the form. Lynn has shared her love of heritage crafts and fiber arts with adults and children from elementary school through college. Amy Yurkiewicz started making reed baskets at age eleven. She now specializes in white oak basketry and also uses other natural materials. Amy & Lynn have been teaching at Augusta for six years.