Isn’t this just one of the coolest wicker cars you’ve ever seen? It’s a French made 1897 Hugot with a body made entirely of wicker and has a 3½ horsepower motor under the seat. Source: History of the Motorcar, a book by Marco Matteucci Visit the Woodie Gallery: Wicker Woodies, where enthusiasts of old wood-bodied [...]
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Hi Everyone– As my first blog to feature on MONDAY MENTION, I want to introduce you to Frances from Weaving Willow blog. She’s located in London, Ontario, Canada and grows a tremendous variety of willow at her place. Go on over to visit, make a comment and even link to her in your blog!
Over the weekend while it was raining, I tweaked my blog’s look again. I chose a different theme which enables me to add a lot more features, changed the Profile picture, added my eHow articles link widget and more! Take a look at the right sidebar where I’ve added a slideshow of the pictures I’ve [...]
Found some more great Blogger blogs as I was surfing around last night. Most have to do with basketry of course! Got a lot of great ideas from this blog that I’m implementing in my own. See the Picasa Google collage? I did the same thing with my antler basket patterns photos. Here’s a new [...]
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Raining here in northern Minnesota, great time to listen to books on tape and do some chair caning for a customer. Guess I better get to it! If you have questions about chair caning, please take a look at my domain site, WickerWoman.com on the Seatweaving FAQ page and the How-to Articles section.
Here are some photos of the three willow fish I made for the gallery exhibition entitled, “Open Water” running through May 30th at the Lyric Center for the Arts in Virginia, Minnesota. Attendance tonight at the opening reception was great, lots of people and very, very talented assembly of artists. Find more details about the [...]
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I just set up a Google Profile for myself, take a look My Google Profile If you are a business owner and want to be found in the Google Search Engine listings, you might want to set up one for yourself, too! Here’s what they say on the Google Profiles page, “A Google Profile is [...]
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Wow! Can’t believe that a whole week has gone by already and I’ve only posted once! Here’s your Wednesday shot of WICKER WISDOM… Although the back of this Victorian era rocker is woven with “cane,” the skin or bark of the rattan palm, the rocker is still called a “Victorian Wicker Rocker.” The word “wicker,” [...]
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“Open Water” An exhibit to celebrate our local holiday: The Fishing Opener! Opening Reception: Thursday April 23, 6:00pm The First Stage Gallery514 Chestnut StreetDowntown Virginia, MN Exhibiting artists include:Brenda Suihkonen, Casey Newberg, Cathryn Peters, Charlene Luoma, Cheryl Gillis, Chris Koivisto, Daryn Lowman, Debra Gunderson, Ellen Pickering, Gayle Streier, Heidi Niska, Karen Lamppa, Kate Whittaker,Larry Rasen, [...]
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