I’m not a very hot and heavy pine needle basketmaker, and don’t do coiling much at all. But I do use the coiling basket technique with the sweetgrass I gather from my property, and also use coiling when creating my bee skeps (bee hives) for my classes. So when I read in the March 16th [...]
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The SeatWeavers’ Guild, which is the only chair caning guild in the US at this time and organized in the summer of 2007, just recently decided on a name for their newsletter. The name was decided via a membership poll held on the official and only, site for the guild. To view the poll results, [...]
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“A Celebration of Basketry Teachers and Their Classes” is the next in the series of invitational basketry exhibitions, which began in 2005 and held at the Philip Dickel Basket Museum and Gallery in the Amana Colonies in Iowa. Opening reception is Sunday, May 24, 2009 and runs from May 25,2009 to October 5, 2009 in [...]
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The Textile Center Joan Mondale Gallery in Minneapolis, Minnesota presents “Web & Flow” a basketry exhibition co-sponsored by the National Basketry Organization. The “Web & Flow” basket exhibit runs from March 6 – April 18, 2009 and features basketry vessels, sculptures and wall pieces from 53 NBO members. Textile Center 3000 University Ave. SE, Suite [...]
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Members of the National Basketry Organization (NBO) are featured in an exhibition called, “Web & Flow” at the Textile Center, Joan Mondale Gallery in Minneapolis, Minnesota from March 6 — April 18, 2009. I can’t wait to get down there to see this fantastic show and to see what baskets the 53 members submitted to [...]
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Not too long ago I stumbled across a really neat, very interesting blog by a woman out in New Mexico. The basketmakers name is Nancy Jacobs and her blog is called Basketmaster’s Weavings She’s relatively new to the blogging scene, but is doing a terrific job at spreading the word about basketmaking; she’s offering Tuesday [...]
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Searching for someone to do chair caning or wicker repair in your area? Need your family heirlooms or flea market finds restored to their former glory? Then you must check out the Furniture Repair Directory on WickerWoman.com! Just added several new Chair Caning Experts in Arkansas, Iowa, Michigan and Tennessee, and Wicker Repair Experts in [...]
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Look at the great wicker chair transformation that Boon did on the wicker chair she purchased on Craigslist. Visit Boongoggle’s blog today to see the details and photos! She took an old beat-up 1930s wicker chair, painted it and reupholstered the seat cushion to cover the hand-tied springs underneath on this late 1920s-1930s piece. Great [...]
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