Do you need a special “something” to finish your chair caning or basketweaving project? Looking for rattan reed, strand cane, cane webbing, instruction books, patterns, wooden bases, special tools or various kinds of bark like cedar bark or hickory bark? Well, look no farther–find it all on the newly designed WickerWoman.com website on the Cane [...]
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NEW AGE LOOPINGDonna KallnerSat & Sun May 17/18, 20089 – 4:30 p.m. Looping is a living legacy from the Stone Age that contemporary fiber artists give their own spin. Learn more about this ancient craft at the instructor’s web site, www.donnakallner.com and in this weekend workshop with the author of New Age Looping. [...]
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Well, the "Sugar on Snow" celebration in Beaver Bay, MN this weekend was a great success! Weather was perfect for the two-man saw contest, tug-o-war, eating the "sugar on snow" maple rock candy and watching the blacksmith work outside. Here I am demonstrating how to weave a bee skep using oat straw, with the help [...]
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My antler basket, “Sitting Pretty,” was chosen for the 2008 13th Annual Headwaters Basketweavers Workshop, sponsored by the Headwaters Basketmakers Guild in Bemidji, Minnesota! The picture will be on the brochures, t-shirts and sweatshirts. The workshop will be on April 18-20, 2008, held at the Salolampi Finnish Village on the grounds of the Concordia Language [...]
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I was very pleased to hear that the Headwaters Basketmakers Guild in Bemidji, Minnesota chose my “Antlers Sitting Pretty” antler basket as the logo for the 13th Annual Headwaters Basketweavers Spring Workshop. It will be printed on the brochures, and on the t-shirts and sweatshirts that are available for purchase. The workshop will be held [...]
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Join all the fun and merriment this weekend, Friday, February 22 and Saturday, February 23, 2008 in Beaver Bay, Minnesota at the 5th annual “Sugar on Snow” Colonial Williamsburg Winter Celebration! All the action takes place in and around the Community Center in Beaver Bay, Minnesota along the North Shore of Lake Superior, north of [...]
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Get on your winter gear and trudge up to the Community Center in Beaver Bay, Minnesota along the North Shore of Lake Superior for the 5th Annual "Sugar on Snow" Colonial Williamsburg Winter Festival from 12noon-8pm on Friday and 10am-4pm on Saturday. The event name is taken from the New England tradition method of making [...]
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After a somewhat rocky transition from the old platform to the new platform on ipower.com, we launched the completely new redesign and upgrade of WickerWoman.com last week! It’s the first time in about five years that the format of the site has changed and we’re hoping you enjoy the changes! It’s much more “user friendly” [...]
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The Lake Country Basket Guild and its members were featured in an online article by columnist Laurel Walker from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel newspaper on February 16, 2008. Read all about basket guild members Ann Snider, Pam Talsky, Denise Arzberger, Deb Longtin and others on this interesting piece, which certainly does help to promote basketweaving [...]
Yesterday we worked a bit more on the website, in the Articles, Tip Sheets and Reports area, making it a bit more ‘user friendly". Now you can read and article and go on to the next or go back to the main article listing page. Still working on posting some of the pictures, but check [...]
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