TUESDAY BASKET WEAVING TIPS– In an effort to post more about basketmaking here on my blog, I searched YouTube for what was interesting and new to me about how to make a birch bark basket. […]
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THURSDAY THOUGHTS–Oh, my goodness, you just have to watch this video I came across about building a birch bark canoe using only small, non-motorized hand tools, the traditional way of the elders. This was a
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THURSDAY THOUGHTS –Do you remember or better yet, still have the first basket you ever made? Since I’m teaching a beginner basket weaving class tomorrow at the Northwoods Friends of the Arts Gallery in
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What a delight it was when I opened my emails this morning to discover a post about the Russian Birch Bark Basketmaker,Vladimir Yarish , that Eric Taylor talked about in The Basketmaker’s Wife blog
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TUESDAY TIPS –In honor of Valentine’s Day, this Tuesday Tips is about making a heart shaped basket. You can weave them out of birch bark as I did for a basketry class a few
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You know, ever since I designed and created my very first antler basket way back in 1990, this style basket has remained my favorite to weave. Although I also weave traditional baskets made
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The Ely Art Walk that started on Thursday, February 2 and runs through the 12th promises to be a great winter festival art show! There are over 500 pieces of art on display, presented
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WEDNESDAY WICKER WISDOM–What do wicker baby bassinets have to do with computers? Over the holidays I splurged and bought myself a MacBook Pro laptop, can you believe it? And after using a PC for over
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