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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Here’s a link to the Indy Star newspaper covering the new Native American Art exhibition “Changing Hands: Art Without Reservation,” at the Eiteljorg Museum. www.eiteljorg.org There’s a wonderful picture of one of the exhibit pieces
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What a hoot! This Canadian from British Columbia, makes vessels, baskets, books and androgynous human forms from materials gathered from her property and rattan reed, primarily. Cynthia Minden
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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
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The 11th annual workshop in Bemidji, Minnesota, sponsored by the Headwaters Basketry Guild will be held on April 21, 22 & 23 at the Concordia Language College, Finnish Village. Teachers this year are; Marlene Meyer,
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Cynthia Porcher has completed a five-year study of the Gullah culture in South Carolina and Georgia at the request of the National Park Service. She concentrated on the five counties of Beaufort, Charleston and Georgetown
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Great last minute Christmas present for that basketmaker on your list! Search for the “Weaving New Worlds: Southeastern Cherokee Women and Their Basketry” by Sara H. Hill ($27.50, University of North Carolina Press) book through
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