#basket weaving

[tigwalen]

Rivercane Planter Basket - Edmund Youngbird

Walnut hulls were used to dye the rivercane and to achieve the dark brown color.

Traditionally Cherokee basket makers are women; Youngbird being one of the few male weavers. Born in 1922, Youngbird learned to weave rivercane baskets from his grandmother.

Both the design and form of this basket are adaptations of Cherokee traditions. The dominant motif is the Snake or Serpent design, with the "serpents" running diagonally across the base of the basket. This design might be an adaptation of Louisiana Chitamacha basketry.

The upper third of the basket is marked with a Chain design. The design is a 20th century adaptation, but is a popular motif among Eastern Band Cherokee today. The interior of this basket has a cross brace to give strength to the bottom. Baskets were made as planters as part of the tourist trade, rather than for in-home use. What remains from tradition is the material, the single weave technique, and the coloration of the basket.

[callese]

PAM's Apology

[sunshineandrosesnoraincamemyway]

thinking today about how much I love literally all fiber arts. I am hopeless at almost every other kind of art, but as soon as there is thread, yarn, or string I can figure it out fairly quickly.

I learned how to knit when i was eight, started sewing at nine, my dad taught me rock climbing knots around that age, I figured out from a book how to make friendship bracelets, I've made my own drop spindle to make yarn with, and more recently I've picked up visible mending. I've learned embroidery through fixing my overalls, and this year I've learned how to darn and how to do sashiko (which I did for the first time today). After years of being unable to crochet I finally figured it out last night and made seven granny squares in just a few hours.

I want to learn every fiber art that I can. I want to quilt, I want to use a spinning wheel, I want to weave, I want to learn tatting, I want to learn how to weave a basket, I want to learn them all. If I could travel through time and meet anyone in the Bible, high on my list are the craftsmen who made the Tabernacle.

I want to travel the world and learn the fiber arts of every culture, from the gorgeous Mayan weaving in Guatemala, to the stunning batik of Java, to Kente in Ghana. I want to sit at the feet of experienced men and women and watch them do their craft expertly and learn from them.

Of every art form I've seen, it's fiber arts that tug most at my heartstrings.

[blue-nebraska]

wove my first basket at the river 🧺

ID: a photo of my hand holding a small basket of tan reed, with a river and trees in the background.

[vintage-sweden]

Men weaving birch bark baskets and braiding fishing line, 1922, Sweden.

[thrdnarrative]

Alebillah Azumah, a basket weaver, at work in Bolgatanga, Ghana

Courtesy of Baba Tree Basket Company [@babatreebaskets]

[arthistoryanimalia]

Dog Effigy Basket, 1993

Made by Alice Juan, Tohono Oo' dham (Papago), Tucson, AZ, USA

Spotted on display at Carnegie Museum of Natural History (36067-1 a & b)

[demonindistress]

Trying my hand at basket weaving this weekend.

[jasperthehatchet]

My basket is done!!!!! She looks a little wonky but that's okay :)

I might make a lid for it

[Image ID: a picture of tightly rolled plastic wrapped with light brown yarn, forming a coil basket. Every inch or so the yarn is wrapped underneath the previous coil, anchoring it to itself to give it it's shape and hold it together. The basket is about the size of a ceramic bowl. End ID]

[clothocrafts]

First attempt at a kalathos basket, the type of basket often used by weavers/spinners in ancient greek art. Definitely will try making another one, but first I want try using it with my replica loom and drop spindle

[dozydawn]

fenton’s basketweave... oh baby

[tigwalen]

ᎥᏍᎩᏱ ᏔᎵᏍᎪᎯᏁ - December 20th

Cherokee Double-wall basket (Purse)

Gauge 3 commercial round reed, commercial flat reed, hand drilled antler button, leather strap, foraged Buck brush.

Buck brush is a traditional material we use, named for the red berries that grow on it that deer favor. Iit is much stiffer and woodier than commercial reed. It is the dark purple material located near the neck of the basket.

[toyastales]

A gorgeous woven and fringe yellow dress

[cadathecat]

whoever invented baskets will never know just how much i love them and that's a crime..

[mystic-crafting]

Basket number two, double walled this time!

[diddlysquash]

Basket weaving from start to finish. Had this done in 4 hours!