Basketmaking

Step-by-step instructions complete with detailed color photographs. Includes a chapter on dyeing reed at home. 4 basic basket projects for the beginning weaver.

Aimed at the beginner, but containing inspirational ideas that may be useful for experienced basketmakers, the projects in this book are practical as well as decorative. The book begins with an introductory section on the necessary tools and materials and moves on to a range of basket projects, starting with a beginner's basket and progressing through baskets with handles, a flat tension tray, a Moses basket, small platter, a shopping basket and more. The baskets can be made from a variety of materials, from the more usual natural cane and willow to the more unusual plaited rush and montbretia leaves.

Exploring basketmaking's variety of form, pattern and construction, this volume questions the traditional boundaries and status of the technique, from its anthropological influences and history to the effect it has had on contemporary craft and sculpture.

Step-by-step instructions for more than 40 projects.