On October 20, 2006, Olivia Elton Barratt will be installed as the Prime Warden (highest officer) of the Worshipful Company of Basketmakers, at the Lord Mayor’s Show in London’s Guildhall. Olivia is the first female […]
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October 6, 7, & 8th, 2006 “An Ode To Linen” the 26th Annual Meeting of the Minnesota Federation of Weavers and Fiberartists at Giants Ridge and Biwabik, MN, hosted by the Range Fiberart Guild of
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In the Woman’s Day Specials Budget Decorating Ideas, Volume XVI, Number 2 Summer 2006 magazine, written by Mary Jane H. Fromm, The Wicker Woman business was mentioned in an article about wicker furniture, but they
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As I mentioned in the July 2006 issue of Wicker Woman’s Weavings, President of the Basketmakers’ Association, Olivia Elton Barratt, and other members of the Basketmakers’ Association (BA) are building two 14 ft. buff willow
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I had the distinct pleasure of attending the Basket Day festival and the summer meeting of the Basketmaker’s Association on Saturday, June 24, 2006 in Oxford as part of my McKnight/ARAC fellowship grant travels
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If you are in Nevada or considering a vacation there, be sure to stop in and see the wonderful basketry exhibition going on now at the Nevada State Museum of the work from the Great
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It’s been ages since I last wrote, been busy, busy, busy! World traveler to England on a McKnight/Arrowhead Regional Arts Council Fellowship Grant studying willow basketmaking and rush seatweaving and basketmaking! Had a lovely ten
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Now, I don’t claim to be proficient in the Swedish language, but even so, was fascinated by the pictures on this site, showing what a wicker repair shop in Sweden looks like. Enjoy! Loosely translated,
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