In June of 2006, I traveled to England on a McKnight/Arrowhead Regional Arts Council Fellowship Grant and spent ten delightful days with my host and President of the Basketmakers’ Association (BA) at the time, Olivia Elton Barratt. She took me all over England to see how both bulrush and willow are grown, harvested, processed and …
New Show Venue– July 20, 21 & 22, 2007~~ MIDWEST FIBER AND FOLK ART FAIR Lakeside Legacy Arts Park, Crystal Lake, Illinois http://www.FiberandFolk.com Set on the beautiful, historic, and inspiring grounds of the Lakeside Legacy Arts Park, centrally located between Chicago and Milwaukee, this new art fair is an easy drive from Madison, WI and …
Please Welcome Cane & Basket Supply Company, Inc. located in Los Angeles, California who has just joined WickerWoman.com as an advertiser on the Weaving Supplies page! Since 1934 they have provided the finest quality chair cane, cane webbing, rattan, fibre/paper rush, natural rush, tools, books and many other related products to chair caners and basketweavers …
I am very happy to include a new Cane & Basket advertiser on WickerWoman.com, a supply company that I’ve used personally for over 30 years! The H.H. Perkins Company, Inc., established in 1917, is very proud to be celebrating our 90th year in business this year. For the finest in Seat Weaving, Basket Weaving and …
Mary Kurh from North Carolina sent me the following message regarding the sale of her terrific basketweaving supplies — Okay, folks, this is it. After almost twenty years of weaving, I’m hanging up my reed cutters and passing on my precious supplies. I have sorted, bundled by type and size, and packaged everything neatly (except …
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Brenda Gordon from Avalon Farm Sweetgrass, an advertiser on the Weaving Supplies page of WickerWoman.com, notified me that she has a Special for the Month of February and has added a few new items to her inventory: $40/lb. for Fresh – Heirochloe Odorata Green Sweetgrass and 10% off all sweetgrass live-plant plugs, gourds, lavender and …
Harry Goudie in England has a very nice website with several articles, patterns, list of tools, and techniques for working with willow in your basketweaving projects. Harry also heads the Yahoo! Groups Basketmaking e-mail discussion group or forum open to all with an interest in basketmaking. To join the group send an e-mail to: [email protected]
AVALON FARM SWEETGRASS — Is one of the newest suppliers added to the Cane & Basket Weaving Supplies page of WickerWoman.com, thank you Brenda! Avalon is a family-owned farm business located in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. We specialize in growing all-natural fragrant sweetgrass (heirochloe odorata), perfect for basketweaving and other craft projects. The …
