WEDNESDAY WICKER WISDOM–Wonderful Wicker by Bonnie Gale Wow! Try reading and saying that title quickly three times in a row, bet ‘cha can’t do it! Bonnie Gale is a willow basketmaker, instructor and grower […]
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TUESDAY BASKET WEAVING TIPS– In an effort to make more posts about basketmaking here on my blog, I went looking around on YouTube to see what I could find that was interesting and new to
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THURSDAY THOUGHTS–Oh, my goodness, you just have to watch this video I ran across about building a birch bark canoe using only small non-motorized hand tools, doing it the old way of the elders. This
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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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