For over 30 years Cathryn Peters has been a wicker furniture repair and seatweaving expert, basketmaker and consultant to the wicker furniture and basketry industry. She offers advice, writes articles, and teaches classes across the country to perpetuate these fine crafts. We hope you enjoy these how-to articles, tip sheets and reports–and please pass the word, refer your friends to this website, too!
Stay tuned for more; come back often to see the new additions! Additional articles and reports will be added here as they are written or developed for posting on the Internet. Thanks for your patience, come back often for updates.
1.) Materials Used in Creating Antique Wicker Furniture
What materials were used in making the Victorian, Art Deco, and Stick Wicker Furniture?
2.) What Are Cane & Reed?
History and descriptions of exactly what the differences are between these chair cane and
rattan reed and how they are used in the construction of wicker furniture and basketry.
3.) What Is Paper Fibre Rush or Paper Wicker?
Description of man-made paper fibre rush and comparison between it and rattan reed,
used in the production of wicker furniture and chair seat weaving.
4.) How-to Repair a Child’s Victorian Wicker Rocker
Step by step how-to article and tip sheet on restoring a child’s Victorian wicker rocker,
complete with step-by-step photos of the process.
5.) How-to Remove Stubborn Chair Reed Spline
How-to article and tip sheet on removing stubborn chair reed spline from the groove,
prior to replacing the new seat cane webbing.
6.) How-to Care for Cane Furniture
How-to article and tip sheet on caring for your cane furniture, how to keep them in
great shape!
7.) How-to Care for Antique Wicker Furniture
How-to article and tip sheet on caring for your antique wicker furniture the
best way possible.
8.) How-to Care for Baskets
How-to article and tip sheet on caring for your baskets in your basket collection.
9.) How-to Gather Cattail Leaves
How-to article and tip sheet on the description and gathering of cattail leaves for use in
primarily rush seatweaving projects and basketry.
10.) How-to Process & Weave with Cattail Leaves
How-to article and tip sheet on the processing of and weaving with cattail leaves for use in
seatweaving and basketweaving projects.
We certainly hope you’ve enjoyed all these free articles, tip sheets and reports on how-to care for your wicker furniture, basket collection and cane furniture and also how-to repair wicker, remove chair cane spline and gathering cattail leaves. Thanks for visiting WickerWoman.com and come back often to see the additions and updates!
