#basketmakers

[eibhlinniccolla]

Currently going apeshit because I found a website with in-depth information about Scottish styles of basket/creel/curach-making

[tweedlestrove]

A really neat video by PacoWarabi on how to make blackberry vine baskets! Definitely clears up some things for me on how to get the beginning of the basket to stay.

[westernconnecticut]

Basket Weaving Classes offered by Award Winning Artist – Tina Puckett At Her Studio

Tina Puckett, owner of Tina’s Baskets and Woven Art in Winsted, Connecticut is a nationally and internationally award-winning woven artist specializing in everything from intricate baskets and bowls to woven sculptures and wall hangings. Puckett has just announced that she is offering a series of year-round classes for teens and adults on Saturday and Sunday and on Monday and Friday nights.…

[tigwalen]

Rivercane Storage Basket - Lottie Queen Stamper

This tall storage basket was made by Lottie Queen Stamper, one of Cherokee's best-known basket weavers.

It is dyed with walnut, giving the rivercane splits their brown color. Using rivercane in the single weave technique, weaving begins from a square base and tapers inward to a reinforced, circular lip.The design in the weave is known as the Chief's Daughters, sometimes called Star on the Mountain.

Born in the Soco community to Levi and Mary Queen, Lottie first learned how to make white oak and pine needle baskets from her mother. She married into a family that taught her how to make baskets from rivercane. In 1935, at the age of 28, she started making cane baskets and, in 1937, she began teaching basketmaking at the Cherokee School. Over her teaching career, Stamper taught hundreds of girls to weave baskets.

[fantodsdhrit]

for you thousand apologies

no who don't wail night or day, no, some visitor thwarts whom or what remains of who tugs at ebon vitriol kite stows away that full moon cobra on the crisply refurbished sidewalk the basketmaker, pursues craft not freedom no one tends to first jewish revolt monogram maybe i covet his hands, i unlatch mine nadir fingers weave selenite time absolute beatrice stoutness he resumes handless, there's ashwamedh ritual for 'we' in doleful cursive and the village girls named kamala feel in chaste sanskrit, i know lone pali no truths, i, your absence, you create my name with your palanquin mouth, it's the only morsel of liberation, of a vernacular life

[useless-catalanfacts]

Traditional basketry from Catalonia. Each basket is labeled with its specific use (for example: for picking up mushrooms, for dirty clothes, for doing laundry, for keeping the fish, for carrying a rabbit, for carrying eggs, for going to the marketplace...).

Poster by the Catalan Association of Basketmakers (Associació Catalana de Cistellaires), 1996.

[mybeingthere]

Yamaguchi Ryūun (b. 1940), Saga Prefecture, Japan.

1957 - Graduated from Oita Prefecture Beppu Advanced Occupational School, Department of Bamboo Craft

1963 - Apprenticed to Shono Shounsai (Living National Treasure)

Highly sculptured baskets like this one are formed using the three basic construction methods of twisting, braiding, and knotting bamboo – which Japanese basketmakers having been using for centuries – but in the last century and a half, artists have been creating dynamic, contemporary forms that go beyond mere function and highlight self-expression. Uzumaki is a stunning example of how a simple form made only of one material can be shaped into something that implies active motion and expresses an artist’s individual perspective. In Yamaguchi’s own words:

"I express beauty through bamboo: the beauty of water flowing, the beauty of flowers, the beauty of moving clouds. I try to bring the beauty of nature into my sculpture."

In 1963, Yamaguchi began as an apprentice to Shōno Shōunsai (1904-1974), who in 1967 was designated an Important Intangible Cultural Property holder by the government of Japan. This apprenticeship inspired him greatly to achieve the same artistic status as his mentor.

[whencyclopedia]

Canyon de Chelly

Canyon de Chelly or Canyon de Chelly National Monument is a protected site that contains the remains of 5,000 years of Native American inhabitation. Canyon de Chelly is located in the northeastern portion of the US state of Arizona within the Navajo Nation and not too far from the border with neighboring New Mexico. It is located 472 km (293 miles) northwest of Phoenix, Arizona. Canyon de Chelly is unique in the United States as it preserves the ruins and rock art of indigenous peoples that lived in the region for centuries - the Ancestral Puebloans and the Navajo. Canyon de Chelly has been recognized as a US National Monument since 1931 CE, and it is one of the most visited National Monuments in the United States today.

Geography & Prehistory

The etymology of Canyon de Chelly's name is unusual in the U.S. Southwest as it initially appears to resemble French rather than the more ubiquitous Spanish. "Chelly" is actually derived from the Navajo word tseg, which means "rock canyon" or "in a canyon." Spanish explorers and government officials began to utilize a "Chelly,” “Chegui,” and even "Chelle" in order to try to replicate the Navajo word in the early 1800s CE, which eventually was standardized to “de Chelly” by the middle of the 19th century CE.

Canyon de Chelly lies very close to Chinle, Arizona, and it is located between the Ancestral Puebloan ruins of Betakin and Kiet Siel in the west and the grand structures of Chaco Canyon in New Mexico in the east. Canyon de Chelly, as a National Monument, covers 83,840 acres (339.3 km2; 131.0 sq miles) of land that is currently owned by the Navajo tribe. Spectacularly situated on the Colorado Plateau near the Four Corner's Region, Canyon de Chelly sits at an elevation of over 1829 m (6,000 ft) and bisects the Defiance Plateau in eastern Arizona. The tributaries of the Chinle Creek, which runs through Canyon de Chelly and originates in the Chuska Mountains, have carved the rock and landscape for thousands of years, creating red cliffs that rise up an additional 305 m (1000 ft). The National Monument extends into the canyons of de Chelly, del Muerto, and Monument.

Canyon de Chelly is one of the longest continuously inhabited places anywhere in North America, and archaeologists believe that human settlement in the canyon dates back some 5,000 years. Ancient prehistoric tribes and peoples utilized the canyon while hunting and migrating seasonally, but they did not construct permanent settlements within the canyon. Nonetheless, these prehistoric peoples did leave etchings on stones and on canyon walls throughout what is now Canyon de Chelly. Around c. 200-100 BCE, peoples following a semi-agricultural and sedentary way of life began to inhabit the canyon. (Archaeologists refer to these peoples as "Basketmakers." They are considered the ancestors to the Ancestral Puebloan Peoples.) While they still hunted and gathered like their prehistoric forebears, they also farmed the land where fertile, growing corn, beans, squash, and other small crops. It is also known that they grew cotton for textile production. Yucca and grama grass have grown in the canyon for several millennia, and indigenous people utilized these plants when making baskets, sandals, and various types of mats. Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia cactaceae) and pinyon are also found throughout Canyon de Chelly, the latter of which provided an important source of food for indigenous peoples in autumn and winter. Fish are found in Canyon de Chelly's tributaries, and large and small game frequent the canyon.

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[rabbitcruiser]

Mesa Verde National Park (No. 10)

With the introduction of corn to the Mesa Verde region c. 1000 BC and the trend away from nomadism toward permanent pithouse settlements, the Archaic Pueblonians transitioned into what archaeologists call the Basketmaker culture. Basketmaker II people are characterized by their combination of foraging and farming skills, use of the atlatl, and creation of finely woven baskets in the absence of earthen pottery. By 300, corn had become the preeminent staple of the Basketmaker II people's diet, which relied less and less on wild food sources and more on domesticated crops.

In addition to the fine basketry for which they were named, Basketmaker II people fashioned a variety of household items from plant and animal materials, including sandals, robes, pouches, mats, and blankets. They also made clay pipes and gaming pieces. Basketmaker men were relatively short and muscular, averaging less than 5.5 feet (1.7 m) tall. Their skeletal remains reveal signs of hard labor and extensive travel, including degenerative joint disease, healed fractures, and moderate anemia associated with iron deficiency. They buried their dead near or amongst their settlements, and often included luxury items as gifts, which might indicate differences in relative social status. Basketmaker II people are also known for their distinctive rock art, which can be found throughout Mesa Verde. They depicted animals and people, in both abstract and realistic forms, in single works and more elaborate panels. A common subject was the hunchbacked flute player that the Hopi call Kokopelli.

Source: Wikipedia

[russadocachorrobranco]

Antônio Parreiras. Cesteiro. Basketmaker, 1927.

Антонио Паррейрас. Корзинщик, 1927.

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Between Angel Fire and Eagle Nest, Taos Co, NM. Photo: Heidi Harrand Watkins (Sep 28, 2024)

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"Any real change implies the breakup of the world as one has always known it, the loss of all that gave one an identity, the end of safety. And at such a moment, unable to see and not daring to imagine what the future will now bring forth, one clings to what one knew, or dreamed that one possessed. Yet, it is only when a man is able, without bitterness or self-pity, to surrender a dream he has long possessed that he is set free, he has set himself free for higher dreams, for greater privileges." ~James Baldwin [Ian Sanders]

+ “...No, happiness is the uncle you never knew about, who flies a single-engine plane onto the grassy landing strip, hitchhikes into town, and inquires at every door until he finds you asleep midafternoon as you so often are during the unmerciful hours of your despair.

It comes to the monk in his cell. It comes to the woman sweeping the street with a birch broom, to the child whose mother has passed out from drink. It comes to the lover, to the dog chewing a sock, to the pusher, to the basketmaker, and to the clerk stacking cans of carrots in the night.

                   It even comes to the boulder in the perpetual shade of pine barrens, to rain falling on the open sea, to the wineglass, weary of holding wine.”

Jane Kenyon, “Happiness” from Otherwise: New and Selected Poems. Copyright © 2005 by the Estate of Jane Kenyon. Reprinted with the permission of Graywolf Press, St. Paul, Minnesota, 

[both shared on "Alive on All Channels"]

[octotomo]

Splatoon: The Vestigial Species - Design Ideas (North America)

If you have not viewed the main post first, please do so. Otherwise, here is a list of archaeological cultures which you are free to choose from to use as an inspiration when designing your human society!

Arctic

Saqqaq Culture

Groswater Culture

Independence I Culture

Independence II Culture

Dorset Culture

Old Bering Sea Culture

Birnirk Culture

Punuk Culture

Thule Culture (Proto-Inuit)

Pacific Northwest

Old Cordilleran Culture

Tlingit

Haida

Tsimshian

Kwakiutl

Coast Salish

Nuxalk

Nuu-chah-nulth

Chinook

Area of the United States

Clovis Culture

Folsom Tradition

Old Copper Complex

Poverty Point Culture

Adena Culture

Fort Ancient Culture

Hopewell Culture

Mississippian Culture

Anasazi

Archaic-Early Basketmaker Culture

Early Basketmaker II Era

Late Basketmaker II Era

Basketmaker III Era

Pueblo I Period

Pueblo II Period

Pueblo III Period

Oasisamerica

Mogollon Culture

Hohokam Culture

Patayan Culture

[vyva-melinkolya]

I haunted a basketmaker's shop

Spending days ripping pictures from magazines

Taping them to the walls of my prison

I remember walking by the sand

Each knob represented a different frequency range

And I remember holding the hand of the skeleton prince

And he swept me into his arms

And he, he had tremolo deep

In the back of his black eye sockets

And he said, "Do you want to come away with me

Into the pitch black pool?"

And I said, "I don't know, I don't know, I don't know"

Photocopied, the wind ripped through the trees

And all the stained-glass windows rattled

I haunted a basketmaker's shop in 1927

And on the beach in the summer there were thunderstorms constantly

And they were unpredictable

Nobody knew when they would come and nobody knew how long they'd last

Sometimes they'd only last five minutes and sometimes weeks

I haunted a basketmaker's shop

Because I had nowhere to go one long weekend

Stained-glass windows turning off and on

And the tremolo in the back dark corners

Cobwebs stripped, mildewed

I remember acoustic guitars and bells

I remember the cathedral

I remember cassettes, cathedral

I remember cassette, cathedral

I remember cassette, cathedral

[westernconnecticut]

Finger Weaving Workshop offers Native American Instruction @ Institute for American Indian Studies Sept. 23, 2023

Most archeologists believe that the art of basket making is one of the oldest crafts in the world. In Native American culture, baskets have always been an integral part of their material culture. For centuries Native Americans have relied on baskets for gathering, storing, preparing, and cooking food. Finger weaving is one of several techniques used among Eastern Woodland Indigenous peoples to…

[tigwalen]

Rivercane Storage Basket - Rowana Bradley - Date Unknown

This large storage basket was made by Rowena Bradley, who was born in the Swimmer Branch Community of the Qualla Indian Boundary, near Cherokee, N.C.

Baskets such as these were used to store foodstuffs and household goods. The basket was woven from rivercane that was dyed using walnut for the brown color and bloodroot for the orange. Rivercane, walnut, and bloodroot are native plants of the region. A single weave basket, the rivercane was woven upward from a square base. The weave design is an example of the traditional Cherokee pattern known as Double Peace Pipe, with the pipes interlocking on the diagonal.

Rowena Bradley is the daughter of Henry and Nancy Bradley, also an accomplished basket maker. Basketmaking was a family tradition; her father gathered rivercane and dug roots for dye materials. Rowena learned to weave baskets as a child by watching her mother. Later, her mother taught her the complex double weave technique.

[ohmotherwhereartthou-if]

You said one of the jobs or whatever is Crafter. What do you mean by that? Like they make clothes or jewelry or art.

Sorry for asking just trying to understand 😅 I just feel like crafter is such a big one

You're all good, I kept it vague so you can interpret it as a few different things. It could be jewelry, carpetrenty, basketmaking, ect.

I hope to add a insert text option so you can choose what MC makes.