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San
Bernadino County Museum
Several hundred baskets from Southern California are in the permanent
Anthropology - Ethnology collection of this museum. Host to a 2010
major exhibition of southern California baskets, “Generations of Symbols”.
Search
the collection for Cahuilla, Serrano, Cahuilla, Tipai, Maidu, Diegueno,
Chemehuevi, Kawaiisu, Klamath, Luiseno baskets of juncus, sumac and other native natural basketry materials from California.
Misti
Washington Gourd and Basketry Guild Newsletter
The MWGBG newsletter is published bi-monthly in January, March, May, July, September and November. The editor welcomes your submissions of articles related to gourd and basketry art. Submissions are due by the first day of the month prior to publishing. More
Call to Entry
Basket Bases by Rusty
Stock and custom bases for basketry are available in solid cabinet grade
hardwoods like oak, cherry, walnut, maple, poplar and ash as well as
several grades of plywood. Choose round, oval, square, rectangular or
specialty shapes.
Fall in Love - Free Basketry Pattern
Sheri L. Van Duyn has authored a free basketmaking pattern available on the Pattern Exchange of
Just Patterns Magazine featuring autumn
colors of dyed round and flat reed that is embellished with cut out
gourd in the shapes of fall leaves and bittersweet berry pips.
Marlien K.
Hennen Marlien gathers her own red cedar bark in summer and three to six months
later processes it into strips, a very labor intensive task, creating wall
hangings, lamps, hats, container baskets, bags, pots and more. She loves to hike
on the beaches and in forests to gather the materials that she incorporates into
her weaving. She offers finished baskets, materials including raw and prepared
red cedar and workshops. More Cedar Basketry
and More Basketmakers
Eric
Taylor(new personal site)
Eric lives in central New Hampshire and has been involved in traditional basket making for over twenty years. His love for working with wood and the black ash tree inspired him to experiment further in the art, where he started creating his own contemporary designs that combined the elements of the Shaker and Nantucket baskets. More Black Ash Basketry
and More Basketmakers
Remembering Ceil Silver (1945-2009)
The daughters of this New York state basketmaker, adept photographer and
in her "other life" FoxPro developer offer a touching remembrance of
Ceil who has lost her battle with cancer.
Museum
of Arts and Design
The Museum of Arts and Design in New York City collects, displays and interprets objects that document contemporary and historic innovation in craft, art and design. In its exhibitions and educational programs, the Museum celebrates the creative process through which materials are crafted into works that enhance contemporary life.
Search their collection of
contemporary baskets to see works by
Dorothy Gill Barnes,
Nancy Moore Bess, Linda Bills, Ken Carlson, Michael Davis, Lillian Elliott,
John Garratt, Mary Giles, Pat Hickman, Honda Syoryu, Diane Itter, Kiyomi
Iwata, Mary Jackson, Ferne Jacobs, Gyöngy Laky,
Dona Look, Tom McColley,
John McQueen,
Mary Merkel-Hess, Leon Niehues, Francina Prince, Fran
Reed, Ed Rossbach, Jane Sauer, Kay Sekimachi, Sylvia Seventy, Karyl
Sisson and others. More Museums With
Significant Basketry Collections
Shannon
Weber
This Cottage Grove, Oregon basketmaker's work uses a heavy mixture of found and
gathered objects such as Beaver chewed sticks, domestic cast offs, reclaimed
metal, sea kelp, rattan, canvas, wax linen, sea grass and sea grass roots
encaustic, acrylics, and over dyes. She creates pieces that she describes as
primitive forms of weaving tweaked into “new” aboriginal forms for the current
millennium.
Jamin Uticone
Traditional basketmaker from Alpine, NY creates black ash back packs,
vegetable-tanned bridle leather strapped baskets and a range of storage baskets
including replications of Taghkanic swing handled apple baskets. More Black Ash Basketry
and More Basketmakers
Billy Ray Sims
Alabama basketmaker with a focus on traditional baskets, primarily of white oak,
which he harvests and splits himself. His work also includes baskets of New
England black ash and South Carolina sea grass. Member of Alabama Designer
Craftsmen, Southern Highlands Craft Guild, and Mammoth Cave Basket Makers Guild,
Kentucky.
Friends of
Fiber Art International (USA-IL)
This organization believes fiber art is the
collectible of the 21st century and they work to help collectors find it.
They facilitate opportunities and programs for the education of potential
collectors and award grants to support professionally-mounted exhibitions with
catalogs of soft sculpture and wall works. Works called "fiber art" include (but
are not limited to) sculptural baskets, quilts made for the wall and the first
fiber art, tapestry. More Basketry Organizations
Rockport Publishers and Quarry Books
This company publishes instructional books in a range of categories: Design
Crafts and General Reference. Their site discusses the type of information that
should be included in a book proposal. More
Call to Entry
Stephen Zeh
Maker of award winning baskets handcrafted of Maine brown ash in the tradition
of the Maine woodsmen, Shakers and Native American basketmakers. Miniature,
swing handle baskets, pack baskets, creels, purses, carriers and lidded baskets.
New personal site. More Basketmakers
and More Black Ash
Basketry
Mary Jackson - 2008 Winner of the MacArthur Fellowship
Charleston Sweetgrass basketmaker wins the $500,000.00 genius award for her
lifetime of pushing the centuries-old craft of sweetgrass basketry in new and remarkable directions.
On November 10, 2008 it was announced
that Mary has also been awarded the
USA Donnelley Fellowship in Crafts and Traditional Arts by United States
Artists. USA Fellowships, unrestricted grants of $50,000 are awarded to artists
who demonstrate artistic excellence, unique artistic vision, and significant
contributions to their fields. The program honors artists at all stages of their
careers, from emerging to mid-career to established figures in their fields. More
Basketmaking in the Press
Deborah
Gabriel Brooks
This Passamaquoddy basketmaker born on the Passamaquoddy reservation at Indian
Township in Maine, but now transplanted to Arizona learned to weave brown ash
splint and sweetgrass baskets from her basketmaker mother, grandmother, aunts
and other relatives.
Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art - Touring Exhibit
This exhibit organized by the Museum for African Art in collaboration with the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture at the College of Charleston and the McKissick Museum at the University of South Carolina features approximately 225 objects including baskets from the Lowcountry
of South Carolina and Georgia and from diverse regions of
Africa, as well as African sculpture from the rice-growing
societies which, through the agency of the trans-Atlantic slave
trade, exported their cultures to America. Will open in New York in 2010 as one of the inaugural exhibitions at the
Museum for African Art's new building in Harlem. Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art is available for travel. More
Touring Basketry
Exhibits Available for Booking and More
Basketry Books
It Will Live Forever: Traditional Yosemite Indian Acorn Preparation
by Beverly R. Ortiz (Author), Julia F. Parker (Author)
This book focuses on the gathering and preparation of acorns and the many baskets that are intimately involved in the process as told by Julia F. Domingues Pete Parker, granddaughter of noted basketmaker Lucy Telles. (Paperback)
Feature Article About Polly Adams Sutton in HGA
Kevin V. Wallace is the author of an artist profile about Polly and her cedar
bark basketry in the Handweaver's Guild of America publication, SHUTTLE SPINDLE &
DYEPOT, Volume XXXIX No. 2 Issue 154 Spring 2008. Polly's work is also featured
on the cover of
500 Baskets. More
Basketmaking in the Press
Lisa Head
This central Pennsylvania basket artist who grew up in Kentucky uses natural
materials such as black willow bark, broomsedge, white oak, hickory bark and rye
straw to create coiled and plaited baskets. Her work includes plaited rye straw
dough rising baskets, storage hampers and bee skeps in the Pennsylvania German
tradition and plaited bark baskets from the Appalachian tradition. More Basketmakers
and More Bee Skeps
Jeanne Drevas
This working basketmaker and installation artist from Rappahannock County, VA
uses bark sheets and other native natural materials she gathers near her home in
the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia to create basket forms and full scale
sculptural installations. Her work is also represented at
Jane Sauer Gallery. More Basketmakers
Bill & Mary Ann Smith(profile at very end of article)
White oak basketmakers from Alabama working in traditional split oak. They also
do some work with hickory and poplar bark. They are the resident basketmakers at
Tannehill Historical State Park in Alabama and also teach at
John Campbell Folk School in the N.C. mountains. Reach them directly by
email oakweaver(at)bellsouth.net
Wendy G. Jensen
Traditional basketmaker from Great Barrington, MA. Produces high quality
traditional and utilitarian baskets from rattan. Offers workshops in the Berkshire Mountains of Massachusetts. More Basketmakers
Dona Anderson
Using round reed, wrapped with raffia or pattern paper this Washington state
basket artist creates contemporary sculptural pieces by stitching each reed to
the preceding one until the desired shape is completed. More Basketmakers
Arlene Skinner
Using the naturally cured wild beach rye grass from the region near her home on
Kodiak Island, Alaska Arlene twines contemporary woven baskets and art pieces
that have roots in the renowned Aleut basketry of the Aleutian Islands. More Basketmakers
Nakia Wigfall
Multigenerational Sweetgrass Basket-maker of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. She
is the Executive Director of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina's
Sweetgrass
Cultural Arts Festival. Her work is profiled in this
online video. More Basketmakers
and More Gullah
Sweetgrass Basketry
Dona
Look
Birch bark basketmaker from Wisconsin uses white birch bark to create sculptural
plaited, paneled and stitched baskets that have a classical, yet contemporary
feel. Dona recently participated in
Craft in America (book)
and is a featured artist in
500 Baskets. More Basketmakers
Jennifer
Heller Zurich
Contemporary basketmaker from Berea, KY uses black willow bark collected near
her Kentucky home to weave, plait and twine baskets that evoke tradition while
appearing timeless. She exhibits in juried shows nationally and
she offers workshops in the materials and techniques she employs. More Basketmakers
Rockler Ellipse/Circle Router Jig
Now you can easily create perfect circles, ellipses and sweeping arcs! With your router and this handy, easy-to-use jig, you’ll be able to make solid wood lids and bases for your round and elliptical baskets.
Visit
Rockler.com to view the demonstration video. More
Basketry Supplies and
Tools
Basketmakers Face Stiff Competition from Knockoffs
Charleston's sweetgrass basketmakers are finding it difficult to compete with
baskets made in China. Lowcountry sweetgrass basket "sewers" are concerned about
cheap knockoffs from abroad. This article includes tips about some of the
telltale characteristics of an import so that collectors can recognize the
difference between the two. More
Gullah Sweetgrass
Basketry
Elizabeth Whyte Schulze
This Worthington, MA artist creates contemporary basketry sculpture by coiling natural materials
such as pine needles, reed and raffia, into varied shapes. Once
each basket is completed she covers the surface with acrylic paint using dots, washes, stylized human figures and marks often inspired by petroglyphs (ancient markings pecked on stone).
She exhibits in juried shows nationally and her work is represented in prominent galleries such as
Mobilia Gallery,
James Gallery and
Del Mano Gallery.
She teaches workshops and delivers lectures on basketry at locations
including Snow Farm,
Fuller Craft
Museum and
Fiber Arts Center.
More Basketmakers,
Coiled Basketry
and Art Basketry
Charles Weber
Coiled pine needle basketmaker from Ellis Grove, Illinois. His baskets are made with Long Leaf Pine Needles, Black Walnut Slices, Bass Boards and Nylon Threads.
Porcupine
Mountains Folk School - Call for Instructors
The School is run by the Friends of the Porkies in cooperation with the
Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park in Ontonagon, MI. Porcupine Mountains
Wilderness State Park is located on the southern shore of Lake Superior in the
Upper Peninsula of Michigan. They sponsor workshops in tune with their natural
materials, wilderness and primitive skills approach. An
Artist-in-residence
program is also available.
Lucreaty Clark - White Oak Basketmaker Lucreaty Clark talks about making white oak baskets. Audio recordings,
transcripts, photos and lesson plans are included in this presentation by the
Florida Folklife digitization and education project. More
White Oak Basketry
Mills College Art Museum
This Oakland, CA museum's collection of approximately 150 Native American
baskets is particularly rich in works by California's native peoples. In
particular, the collection of Pomo baskets exhibits a variety of size, function,
weave and decoration. Many of the baskets are from the Yurok, Korok and Hupa
tribes of northernmost California. More Museums With
Significant Basketry Collections
Micro-Mesh Cushioned Abrasives Washable and reusable abrasives are great for sanding
basket handles and rims. Unique cushioning design results in extended abrasive life, the best surface finish possible and fewer steps. Conforms to the shape while providing even pressure against the surface.
These 2'' x 2'' Soft-Touch Micro-mesh pads are one of my favorite basketmaking tools.
More Basketmaking
Tools
How to Weave Hawaiian Coconut Palm Fronds
This step by step guide to weaving with palm fronds was authored by Jim Widess.
Projects include a round basket, a square basket, a traditional palm frond hat, a trio of hanging baskets, a bird, two fish, a
grasshopper and a rose. Spiral binding allows the book to lay flat. 72 pages. Published in 2006.
More Basketry Books
Artisan Center at
Maple Creek
Moscow, OH. This location near Cincinnati, Ohio offers traditional artists with
a permanent location to display, promote and demonstrate their crafts. Students
can learn the techniques needed to create traditional handcrafted work such as
basketry, brooms, pottery, blacksmithing and woodworking. More Where to Learn Basketry
Institute for
American Indian Studies
This museum, education and research center in Washington, CT is dedicated to
the study of the indigenous peoples throughout the western hemisphere,
particularly those of the Eastern Woodlands. Their ethnographic collections and
events include basketry. The Institute also houses both an education and
research library, containing over 2,000 books and journals which is open to
researchers by appointment. More Places to See Basketry
Katherine Lewis
Willow basketmaker located in the Skagit Valley of Washington State, USA. She has a small farm named Dunbar Gardens where she grows much of the willow
used in her baskets. She offers finished baskets, willow basketry supplies including live cuttings for planting, willow basketry workshops and willow
basket making demonstrations. Her site includes photos of the cultivation of numerous varieties of willow for basketweaving. More Basketmakers
and More Willow Basketry
Mille Lacs Indian Museum
This museum and trading post focusing on northern Minnesota's Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Indians. They offer history and cultural events at their location in
Onamia, MN. Birch Bark, Black ash and Sweetgrass basketry workshops are frequently offered in their educational programs calendar. More Basket Making
Workshops and Museums Featuring Basketry
Southwestern Community College
The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) unveiled November 13, 2006 that an
Associate in Fine Arts program focusing on Native American art is to be offered in collaboration with Southwestern Community College. The program is to
be offered at the Oconaluftee Institute for Cultural Arts (OICA) in Cherokee. The studio arts curriculum offerings will include both contemporary and
traditional Cherokee arts such as basketry/weaving, pottery, beadwork, mask making, sculpture, woodcarving, and stone carving. More Where to Learn Basketry
Lilly Baker, Maidu Basketmaker dies at age 95
This basketmaker from a prominent Californian basketmaking family will be remembered for preserving the art of Maidu basket weaving. Contributions may be
made to a memorial scholarship fund for young weavers through the California Indian Basketweavers Association, P.O. Box 1348, Woodland, CA 95776-1348.
Shaw and Tenney Maine Pack Baskets
Handmade in Maine, using hand pounded brown ash, ornamental weaves and hand cut leather harnesses, each pack basket is unique. They offer conventional pack
baskets, covered baskets, and trout and boat creels. They can have custom made, very special baskets in a 1/8" weave. More Adirondack Pack Baskets
Michael Kane
This on-island Nantucket Lightship basketmaker learned his craft from his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. William Reis, Sr. His work is
known for its tight weave, lavish use of ivory carvings, scrimshaw, unique forms and impeccable craftsmanship. More Basketmakers, More
Nantucket Lightship Basketry
Peggy Wiedemann
This basket artist from Huntington Beach, CA uses natural fibers and gourds to create coiled sculptural
baskets. She personally gathers many of her materials, such as pine needles and palm fibers. To these natural materials, she adds metal, beads and “found”
objects to form unique pieces. Using these traditional materials and the classic basketry technique of coiling in unorthodox ways, she creates pieces uniquely
hers. More Basketmakers, More
Gourd Basketry, More Coiled Basketry
David Hembrow (URL update)
This traditional English willow basketmaker from Cambridge, UK is part of a multi-generation family of basketmakers. A variety of traditional willow baskets
are offered including bicycle, shopping, pet, flower, laundry baskets and a wheeled willow shopping basket made by David's
late father, Gordon Hembrow. More Basketmakers
and Basketry in the UK
and Willow Basketry
Siletz basketmaker keeps the art alive
Siletz basketmaker Bud Lane discusses how he works to keep the basketry traditions of his ancestors alive in this article from Indian Country Today. He makes cradle baskets, ceremonial hats, cooking baskets and working baskets for carrying such things firewood, roots and clams
using traditional hand gathered natural materials such as hazel sticks, spruce roots, maidenhair fern, bear grass and woodwardia fern. More Basketry in the News
Eastbridge Willows
This company, based in Surrey, England provides courses and supplies for willow basketry. Willow varieties available are suitable for basketry, craft and willow sculpture. Set in
beautiful Hampshire countryside, on the banks of the River Hart, Eastbridge Willows is now an established centre for crafts and willow horticulture in the
UK. More Basketry Suppliers
Bases To Weave
Candace Katz and Debbie Hurd have joined together to bring hand crafted wooden basket bases and quality hardwood components for baskets to basketmakers
everywhere. Basketry bases are available in single slotted and double slotted styles in a variety of shapes including round, oval, rectangular, square, with
and without attached handles. Also available, drilled plywood basket bases, handles, patterns (including a
monthly free pattern) and other basket weaving supplies. Custom sizes are available. More Free Basketry Patterns and
Basketry Suppliers and
Basket Bases
Ohio Valley Basketweavers Guild (USA-OH)
Membership organization open to all of those interested in basket weaving. All
levels of weavers are invited to attend. Meetings are normally held on the third
Thursday of each month. More Basketry Organizations
California Indian Baskets Shop from a constantly changing selection of Californian antique baskets such as Hupa, Karok, Yurok and Pomo hats, mush bowls and storage baskets. More Basket Collecting
Weaver's Words Is Back
A site of general basketry interest featuring weekly digests of messages from members previously maintained by the late David Collins. Bonnie
Easterbrooks-Krist has taken up the task and will work to keep David's legacy alive. More Virtual Basketry
Community
His and Her Crafts - Drilled Wooden Bases for Pine Needle Baskets
Pine Needle Basket Bottoms that are pre-drilled, sanded and ready for coiling for your Pine Needle Basket projects. Available in
woods such as Arariba (Canary wood), Bubinga, Jatoba (Courbaril), Mahogany, Maple, Myrtlewood, Oak, Padauk, Purple Heart, Teak, Walnut, Wenge and Zebra wood. More Pine Needle Basketry Supplies
Michelle Cain
Willow sculptor and basketmaker from Wales, UK.
Watch
as she creates environmental sculptures such as her
26 foot high wicker otter which stands at the Welsh Wildlife Centre at
Cilgerran, near Cardigan. She also make baskets and teaches both adults and
children. More Basketmakers, More Willow Basketry and More Basketry in the UK
Pomona College Museum of Art
This museum is in Claremont, CA. Pomona College's superb collection of almost 5000 Native American artifacts is particularly rich in Californian and
Southwestern basketry with over six hundred examples in their searchable photographic
database. More Museums with
Significant Basket Collections
Leandra Spangler
This basket artist from Columbia, MO creates contemporary vessels that are reed forms covered with highly textured handmade paper. She weaves the form as an
armature for the application of highly textured handmade paper. A hand polished graphite emulsion creates a luminous protective surface. Her vessels are shown
across the country at invitational and juried exhibitions. She teaches workshops at a variety of venues including her own studio in Missouri. More Basketmakers
Joli Greene
This Maine fiber artist is the founder and owner of Greeneleaf Studios. The studio in Freeport, ME offers a unique mix of workshops for adults in the arts
and nature. Basketry, hand-made books, decorative papers, masks and spinning for all levels are among the pursuits followed here. More Basketmakers
Free Online Graph Paper Generator
Square, hex, calendar, tumbling blocks, dots, diamonds, music notation staff, lined paper, penmanship practice paper and more can all be generated into
customized .pdf documents in your choice of grid size and colors with this online free graph and grid paper generator. Great for design exercises and plotting out
twill weave patterns. More Basketry Business
Resources
TaleWeavers
Chair caning repair and wicker furniture restoration company in Erie, PA offers
services including repairs to chair seat cane webbing, strand caning, paper
fiber rush, twisted seagrass, wicker restoration and wicker refurbishing. More Chair
Caning Supplies, Services and More Wicker
Pine Needle Basket Bottoms
Drilled oval and round basket bottoms for pine needle and other coiled basket weaving that are hand cut from fine birch plywood in designs including cats, dogs, sea life, birds, etc. More Basketry Supplies and More
Basket Bases
Suzanne
Shafer-Wilson
Basket artist from Lostant, Illinois creates wire needle lace vessels in copper and precious metals. More Basketmakers
BasketBases.com
Jeff's Wood Shop located in Cedarburg, Wisconsin supplies stock and custom solid wood bases for baskets. You will find oval basketry bases, rectangular basket
bases, semi-oval basket bases, round basket bases, square basket bases, baby cradle basket bases, winter sleigh bases, wood lids for baskets, basket base
dividers, basket feet, double slotted basket bases, drilled basket bases and keyhole bases for baskets in a variety of wood types like oak, aspen, cherry and
pine in unfinished and pre-finished. More Basketry Supplies and More
Basket Bases
Jo Stealey
View the personal site of this exhibiting basket artist who is also an Associate Professor in the Department of Art at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
Included you will find a portfolio, artist statement and curriculum vitae. More Art Basketry and
Basketmakers
Mary Merkel Hess
The Iowa Women Artists Oral History Project presents a profile of this fiber
artist/basketmaker. The profile includes a biographical sketch, audio interview
clips, an artist's statement and images of some of her work. More Art Basketry and
Basketmakers
Alison
Fitzgerald
Irish willow basketmaker, teacher and proprietor of Greenwood Baskets in Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
Her work has been featured in exhibitions throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland. More Basketmakers
and More Basketry in the UK
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
Holdings at this museum include some 100 archaeological specimens and 44 ethnographic pieces making the collection of rare Chumash basketry and fiberwork
among the best in the world. Research is being conducted on ethnology and ethnobotany topics. An extensive library is available to researchers. More Places to See Basketry
Tina Charlie Basket Sells at Auction for $336,250.00
A new world record price was set for a Native America basket sold at auction. An unidentified successful bidder paid $336,250, three times the Bonhams pre-sale
estimate, for a 1929 Paiute polychrome basket of degikup form by Tina Charlie, offered from the collection of Mrs. Ella Cain. A second Tina Charlie basket sold
for $248,250 in the successful
Native American auction that totaled
$2.8-million. More Basket Collecting
Catalog of Baskets Available for Sale at Gatekeeper Museum
The Gatekeeper's and Marion Steinbach Indian Basket Museum Store of Tahoe City, CA offers a selection of vintage and contemporary baskets for sale from such
renowned weavers as Dat-so-la-lee, Maggie Mayo James and Sarah Mayo. More Basket Collecting
Natural Black Dye
A tutorial from Primitive Ways authored by Dino Labiste provides instructions to help you learn how to dye your basketry materials or other fiber a deep rich
black color using water, tannins and iron. More Tips and Tutorials and Dyeing
Dried Straight Sweetgrass Hanks and Live Sweetgrass Root-Plugs
Do you need dry unbraided straight sweetgrass for basketry? Have you been looking for sweetgrass sod-plugs for sale? Would you like to start
your own sweetgrass plot? Brenda Gordon and her husband run Avalon Farm, a family-owned organic farm business located in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. They grow all-natural fragrant sweetgrass (heirochloe odorata),
sometimes called vanilla grass, It is perfect for basketweaving and other craft projects. They also offer braided sweetgrass, colored broomcorn, gourds and lavender. More Basketry Supplies
Leelanau Historical Society Museum
Traditional Anishnabek Arts display in this Leland, Michigan museum features their signature collection of black ash baskets and
quillwork on birch bark which are primarily the work of the Leelanau Peninsula's Odawa artists. In addition to the exhibited collection, there is a study
collection that is available for close examination by researchers. More Places to See Basketry
Carriers of Culture
Michigan State University Museum and the Smithsonian Institution’s Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, in partnership with Native American basketmakers
organizations, are in the planning stages of developing Carriers of Culture: Living Native Basket Traditions, a multi-faceted project that will include
a major traveling exhibit and a special program at the 2006 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, held on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. More Basketry Events
Craft Coiling Core
Looking for the soft white paper firm yet flexible cord that you use as a core for coiled baskets? This fiber wrapped craft cord
designed for coiled basket projects is available in 1/4", 1/2" and 3/4" sizes. More Basketry Supplies
Gone Country Graphics
Original country graphics on CD and affordable professional craft website design. Free graphics, free pagesets, country graphics, sig tags, custom
graphics, banners, logos, linkware, country clip art and more are waiting inside! Free page sets include a coiled country bee skeps with a fall pumpkin or
sunflower theme.
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