Introduction
Sourcing materials
Coiling and cobbling
Twining
Frame Basketry
Stake and Strand
Plaiting
Assemblage
Interlacing
Conclusion
Glossary
Bibliography
Suppliers
Index
A practical guide to learning the basics, getting started, and designing and creating your very own original baskets. While based on traditional techniques, this book opens the door to an exciting hybrid approach, mixing both materials and methods to achieve fabulous pieces.
Stella Harding has been making baskets since 2001. Growing, gathering and making in an urban context, without a garden of one's own, is a passion she is keen to share with others. Stella has exhibited her basketry widely across Europe, and most recently at the Barbican Library and Metre Square Gallery in London. Shane Waltener regularly exhibits internationally. Recent projects include Love Lace, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney Design Festival, 2011; Sweet Celebrations, The Royal Shakespeare Company Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon 2011, and Taking Time: Craft and the Slow Revolution, Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery and touring, 2009/11.
There are some quite intricate pieces in the piece, but there's
also lots of information and instruction for the would-be basket
maker.
*Craftsman Craft & Design*
Amazing ... Practical Basketry Techniques is not just another
basketry book. The writers managed to make an innovative, inspiring
document, which includes clear instructions for using general
techniques. This book is not only useful for beginning basket
makers, but also of great use and inspiration for the more
experienced basket weavers. It gets your creative juices flowing
and makes you want to get started straightaway. A great asset to
the library for everyone who loves to make baskets.
*Lucienne Kramer, boardmember of the Netherlands National Basketry
Organisation and Founder of Wonderful Willow*
Good-looking, good-natured ... I feel and hope this book goes some
way to introduce new makers to the basic techniques and, once they
are understood and mastered they, and experienced makers, might be
encouraged to think about the more contemporary idea of using
basketry for artist expression ... This book wants us to learn, try
this at home and most of all, go and play.
*Basketmakers' Association Newsletter*
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