Sturdy and inexpensive, oak-splint baskets were used in almost every kitchen and barn on the old homesteads. Prized now by collectors, these plain, undecorated, utilitarian forms tended to fall by the ...

Humans have been weaving limbs, vines and leaves together for thousands of years. Archaeologists have shown that baskets pre-date pottery in certain areas of the world. They come in all shapes and ...

DULUTH - It was like a Norman Rockwell painting. Four people hoisted a large log onto their shoulders. Through the snow, they trudged about 100 feet from a ground-level workshop to a Congdon Park ...

FRANKLIN ― It would be hard to overstate the importance of the black ash tree to the Abenaki people of Vermont. Not only does it provide the perfect material for their traditional basket-making, but ...

Basket making has been a traditional craft of the Akwesasne Mohawk Nation for generations. Their baskets are typically made using thin strips of... Nov 14, 2019 — Basket making has been a traditional ...

After making the proper loops with black-ash wood splint, hand-made-decorating instructor Susi Nuss shows students how to shape it like a wreath, which can hang from a Christmas tree or be used on ...

"On the other hand," she said, picking up another basket, "in a double-weave basket, the splints are at angles. You start from the inside and weave them up, then you go back down the outside and the ...

When he looks at a Johnson basket, Gene Cornell sees more than just a series of interwoven splints and a handle. To him, the antique baskets represent the pride that a Warren County craftsman from ...

Cherokee rivercane baskets have been getting smaller. These days, an intricately woven basket might be only the diameter of an apple. Artisans have been making some baskets smaller to make the most of ...