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Timeless information
The information in this book is timeless. Lots of great ideas and helpful information. Good illustrations

Pine needle basketry - From Forest Floor to Finished Project
I purchased these books after joning a basket weaving class.The book was recommended by the instructor.It was difficult trying to find the book through the authors website.They were sold out.I went to Amazon and found the books at a perfect price.I bought one for me and one for my girl friend.We are so happy to have them.They are small and easy to travel to and from class with all of our materials. The shipping was timely. I would recommend this book to any one that is interested in basket weaving.

Minerva
Oregon

craftgirl
I guess I liked this book a lot .Have purchased it twice.One was a gift.With all the pine needles around the country just think of it as recycling A great book that covers all phases of pine needles.It is like a class.

Too expensive!!
I was surprised how expensive it was!! It's used, originally $18.95 & I had to pay $44!!

The Best Ever !
This is by far the BEST instruction book ever written on Pine Needle creations.The pictures are EXCELLENT and abundant.Well worth whatever you have to pay for it.GREAT JOB !!! ... Read more

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Basket making
This book gives great hints and instructions on basket making to help your finished product look like a professional made it.Enjoy this process and happy basket making.

A Great Beginning Book - gather, recycle, or use reed.
Covers wicker, splint, coiled & twined basketry, using commercial and gathered materials, lots of natural material prep info, including natural dyes. Two projects in each method, clear photo demonstrations. Coilingprojects are one reed and one fiber, 7 different closed coil stitchesdescribed. This book makes me want to branch out! ... Read more

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"Fascinating and much-needed...the first to cover this wide, surprisingly colorful realm in its entirety."—San Diego Union Tribune

Navajo wedding baskets and Apache water baskets; sweetgrass and black ash splint baskets from New York State; rattan hanging baskets from Bangladesh; lacquered picnic baskets from China; Berber baskets from Morocco; Zulu coiled pots; rope rim baskets from France; birch bark strips from Finland; willow frame baskets from Wales; horsehair from Chile; plaited yucca from Mexico...

While basketmaking as a living art and craft has an extensive modern literature, this is the first book to provide a worldwide survey. The book covers over eighty richly illustrated topics:
• materials—from bamboo and bark to palms, grasses, and synthetic fibers;
• techniques—from twining and plaiting to coiling, linking, and looping;
• decoration—from natural dyes to embroidery and embellishment;
• everyday basketry—from cradles to fishing creels;
• wider applications—from art to hats, architecture to transport.

Complete with advice on collecting, a glossary, and information on where to see baskets, this survey will be essential for anyone concerned with craft, decorative objects, and interior design. 833 illustrations, 697 in color. ... Read more

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Good Overview of Global Basketry Traditions
I bought this book, thinking that it would provide a guide to various basket-making traditions and also that it would provide details of the relevant techniques.

It's a beautiful and inspiring book, however, because of the breadth of material covered, there is very little detail provided on any particular tradition and next to nothing about the techniques used.

The book inspired me to go and look for other books on specific techniques, but, in retrospect, I probably wouldn't buy it again. ... Read more

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California Indian baskets are considered by many to be among the world's most beautiful, sophisticated, and cherished art objects. This full-color book brings together 62 of the finest baskets ever created, each carefully chosen for their aesthetic value from museums and private collections all over the United States, including the Field Museum in Chicago, the Smithsonian, and Harvard's Peabody Museum.

Even baskets of everyday use, such as cooking baskets and seedbeaters, exhibit an astoundingly sophisticated level of design, while specially made gift baskets adorned with bird feathers and beads are objects of pure exuberance. Some of them are over 150 years old, while others were made within the last few years.

Color photographs of each basket are accompanied by insightful commentary not only from art historians and knowledgeable academic scholars, but also from prominent native weavers and California Indian artists in other media. Their eye for native aesthetics shows us how to look at the baskets in a new and exciting way.

This strong combination of visual beauty and knowledgeable insight makes _The Fine Art of California Indian Basketry_ one of the most important books ever published on the subject. ... Read more

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Great book on California Indian Basketry
I particularly enjoyed this book because I am interested in California Indian history.Indian basket weaving is truly an art and I'm glad to see it handed down from the master basket weavers to the generations that follow.This book features some of the very talented weavers.I specifically got this book because my cousin is featured in it.

Just fabulous
If you're an art historian + are going to give a lecture on the art of Native California, you definitely need this book.It's beautifully produced and very inclusive.

It covers all basketry traditions from the various geographical areas in California, looks at differences between and within tribal styles, includes utility as well as art or "tourist" baskets, discusses baskets by makers both unknown and extremely famous, and it doesn't ignore baskets made by*male* weavers.No tradition is marginalized in favor of another in this work, and that's unusual!

What makes this book really great, though, are the mini-interviews with contemporary Native California weavers and other artists (including the late Vivien Hailstone and Harry Fonseca) about the individual pieces reproduced in the book.These people give the reader insights into weaving that would otherwise be missed.It's nice to see a book on Native America where the Indian voice is so fundamentally present. ... Read more

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With just this book you can make classical looking baskets.
I have never had so much useful instruction packed in a book with less than 50 pages. Photography by Pat O'Hara and clear illustrations with arrows point out every movement. It may take a little time to make them smoothly and symmetric however even the first efforts look crafty and you just cannot bring yourself to give them away as presents. Even if you do not have time to have fun with pine this is a must for your library and a good guide if you intend to buy others work.

With just this book you can make classical looking baskets.
I have never had so much useful instruction packed in a book with less than 50pages. Photography by Pat O'Hara and clear illustrations with arrows point out every movement. It may take a little time to make them smoothly and symmetric however even the first efforts look crafty and you just can not bring yourself to give them away as presents. Even if you do not have time to have fun with pine this is a must for your library and a good guide if you intend to buy others work.

With just this book you can make classical looking baskets.,
I have never has so much useful instruction packed in a book with less than 50pages. Photography by Pat O'Hara and clear illustrations with arrows point out every movement. It may take a little time to make them smoothly and symmetric however even the first efforts look crafty and you just can not bring yourself to give them away as presents. Even if you do not have time to have fun with pine this is a must for your library and a good guide if you intend to buy others work.

A Teneriffe Primer
Teneriffe starts and basic coiled starts are covered in this book, but it emphasizes use of the teneriffe ring, and other "open work". Gives basic and advanced techniques, including attaching shapes together,extensions (away from the body of the basket), butterfly pattern, lids, andspecific projects using these techniques. This book is meant for beginners,but you will probably have more success with these techniques if you havesome sewing experience. Another book currently popular as a beginning pointfor pine needle coiling.

This is a Great book for beginner and advanced crafters
This book is excellant from front to back has a great collection ofbaskets from various artist. Would highly recommend it to anyone interestedin pine needle basketery. I buy the book for new friends of the craft, Ilike it so well. Great for using in the classroom as well. McFarland hasseveral other books which may out of print that are also very good. ... Read more

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Natural materials found in the woods and fields are used to create baskets within the pages of this book. The chapters explain gathering and preparing both round and flat natural materials including leaves, roots, reeds, grasses, vines, shoots, willow, bark and splints. A wide variety of weaving techniques are clearly drawn for comparisons and many examples and instructions for borders, lids, handles and miniatures are presented. Seventy-five pictures and drawings show details, progressive instructions, and finished examples. Novices, naturalists and expert weavers alike can use Earth Basketry because its information is timeless and its presentation is clear. ... Read more

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review of Wicker Basketry, by Flo Hoppe
I love this book.I recently enrolled into my third basket weaving class and my instructor recommended this book to me.If you are interested in basket weaving I know that you will enjoy owning this book.It has examples of many different weave patterns to incorporate into your basket.I have referred to this book many times when I want to do something new or I am trying to remember how to do a particular weave that I have done in the past.I highly recommend this book and this author.Thank you, KT

Good instruction for beginners
The book is full of detailed information covering tools, weaving materials, and designs.The various designs are well illustrated at each step in the process.I found the instructions in the book very easy to follow and appreciate that the author takes you through a series of baskets beginning with a small basic basket and continuing on through many baskets--each successive one offering new lessons in design techniques and ending in a large complicated baskets. An improvement would be more color photos.

A MUST! for learning how to make baskets using round reed!
Flo Hoppe has used excellent illustrations and easy-to-read directions so any novice can be making beautiful round reed baskets in no time!! She is the "queen" of making and teaching round reed techniques. This book has many beautiful baskets and she takes you from the most basic basket on to very advanced ones. As a teacher I would be lost without this book. Ihave had State Fair winning baskets that my 4-H students have picked from this book! Flo has a2nd book thatis even better for the advanced weaver!! Get it now, you will not be dissapointed.

Excellent instructional book on wicker basket making
Easily followed instructions and techniques.Exceptional for a variety of border patterns! Rare to find in other basket books ... Read more

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Reacquaintance
In 1985 whilst in Colorado on a Fulbright Teacher Exchange I took a class with Robin Daugherty.I knew nothing about basket making but was fascinated by all the wonderful baskets in her home.I absolutely adored my weekly session and at the end of my year I took every basket back home to England where they can stillbe found in every corner of my house!.They were my babies.Along with the baskets came her newly published book.I was very keen to continue my new passion and so I ordered a large bundle of supplies..... but work took over and it is only last month (over 20 years on) that I took out her book, collected the supplies from the garage and have finished the Cherokee Gathering Basket which I started all those years ago!!! Of course I can only do thisbecause of the book 'Splint Woven Basketry).Coming back to it after all these years I am amazed at how precise the instructions are and how interestingly each basket is described. Quite excellent photos too.I want to make each one all over again.The book holds so many memories for me and as other reviewers have said has become a real 'friend'.
I have a problem finding the materials in England (it tends to be willow over here) so if anyone knows of a UK based web-site please let me know so that I can continue with this reawakened passion.

fantastic
The book was slightly used, but in very good condition as the seller said.I was very satisfied with my purchase.

Splint Woven
I have to echo previous reviewers of this book, it is in my opinion by far the best all around basketry book, especially for those of us who use natural materials in our work. Robin's details about harvesting and using nature's gifts have been more than informative, they've been invaluable over the years.
I've always considered this book to be my "basketry bible"... most of what I learned about this art came from Robin's book. Like "wickerwoman" I was honored to have a work of mine included in the updated edition of Splint Woven Basketry... I am sure that this book will continue to inspire artists for a very long time.

Simply, my favorite
Concise, written fluently and organized; highly recommend.

Not written simply as a hazard of relation.

Splint Woven Basketry
I've got a zillion books on basket weaving; this one is going to the top of my list of favorites. ... Read more

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A tradition that dates back almost ten thousand years, basketry is an integral aspect of Cherokee culture. In the mountains of Western North Carolina, stunning baskets are still made from rivercane, white oak and honeysuckle and dyed with roots and bark. Cherokee Basketry describes the craft's forms, functions and methods and records the tradition's celebrated makers. This complex art- passed down from mothers to daughters- is a thread that bonds modern Native Americans to ancestors and traditional ways of life. Anna Fariello, associate professor at Western Carolina University, reveals that baskets hold much more than food and clothing. Woven with the stories of those who produce and use them, these masterpieces remain a powerful testament to creativity and imagination. ... Read more

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A lovely book that will teach you Lonning's art
This book is extremely well written, and if the reader carefully follows Ms. Lonning's instructions, which are accompanied by wonderful color photos, he or she can also produce lovely baskets like these. Some of Lonning's baskets sell for thousands of dollars and yet she generously explains how we can make them as well. In the book she also gives info on where to purchase the requisite materials. If you are unfamiliar with her exquisite baskets, her website, [...], has a gallery of her work along with their prices.

Following her basket-making instructions are "bio-sketches" of 23 artists along with photos of their work. Some of the artists also detail how their baskets are constructed in case the reader also wants to try making them.

I highly, highly recommend this wonderful book.

Basketry as Art
If this review were being written for a tabloid publication, I might title it "Kari Lonning Reveals All"; all, that is, of the unique techniques that she uses to create the signature wicker baskets by which she is recognized world-wide.

Most basketry books, written by well-knownartists, give very good basic techniques but stop short of givinginstructions in the way the work was made to be distinctive.Not so withThe Art of Basketry.

Beginning with the basics, she soon follows withclearly written instructions, illustrated with color photographstep-by-step sequences of her distinctive styles: her double wall coneshaped pieces, her "hairy" baskets, her grid bases and herbeautifulcolor patterning.For example, her spiralpatterns look verydifferent from the wicker spirals I have been taught. How does she do it? By using 4,5, even 6 rod waling- that's how.

All illustrations are donewith color photographs, not diagrams.Many full color photographs of herwork are included.

The remainder of the book explores the work of 23other recognized baskets artists such as Leon Niehues, Dona Look and theMcColleys. They each give their artist's statement, their motivation, andsome "hints" at how their items are created.Again full colorphotographs of their work make each page interesting and beautiful.

Thisbook is a "must have" for anyone wanting to expand their wickerbasketry skill to "beyond the ordinary". It is also for anyoneinterested in a collection of photographs of artistic baskets and foranyone who works with design through color combinations.

I would highlyrecommend it. ... Read more

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A lovely book that will teach you Lonning's art
This book is extremely well written, and if the reader carefully follows Ms. Lonning's instructions, which are accompanied by wonderful color photos, he or she can also produce lovely baskets like these. Some of Lonning's baskets sell for thousands of dollars and yet she generously explains how we can make them as well. In the book she also gives info on where to purchase the requisite materials. If you are unfamiliar with her exquisite baskets, her website, [...], has a gallery of her work along with their prices.

Following her basket-making instructions are "bio-sketches" of 23 artists along with photos of their work. Some of the artists also detail how their baskets are constructed in case the reader also wants to try making them.

I highly, highly recommend this wonderful book.

Basketry as Art
If this review were being written for a tabloid publication, I might title it "Kari Lonning Reveals All"; all, that is, of the unique techniques that she uses to create the signature wicker baskets by which she is recognized world-wide.

Most basketry books, written by well-knownartists, give very good basic techniques but stop short of givinginstructions in the way the work was made to be distinctive.Not so withThe Art of Basketry.

Beginning with the basics, she soon follows withclearly written instructions, illustrated with color photographstep-by-step sequences of her distinctive styles: her double wall coneshaped pieces, her "hairy" baskets, her grid bases and herbeautifulcolor patterning.For example, her spiralpatterns look verydifferent from the wicker spirals I have been taught. How does she do it? By using 4,5, even 6 rod waling- that's how.

All illustrations are donewith color photographs, not diagrams.Many full color photographs of herwork are included.

The remainder of the book explores the work of 23other recognized baskets artists such as Leon Niehues, Dona Look and theMcColleys. They each give their artist's statement, their motivation, andsome "hints" at how their items are created.Again full colorphotographs of their work make each page interesting and beautiful.

Thisbook is a "must have" for anyone wanting to expand their wickerbasketry skill to "beyond the ordinary". It is also for anyoneinterested in a collection of photographs of artistic baskets and foranyone who works with design through color combinations.

I would highlyrecommend it. ... Read more

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Appalachian Basketry
This is a wonderful book, with descriptions of many different baskets, and patterns on how to make a variety of baskets.Highly recommended! ... Read more

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back cover reads
If basketry puts you off, be careful; Virgiina Havey's insight, appreciation, and knowledge might convert you into becoming a connoisseur. If you've never before woven fiber structrures, the detailed instructions, clear diagrams, and many photographs can launch you into new and enjoyable paths. Over 400 photographed examples and explicit line drawings enable even the beginner to master the steps easily. ... Read more

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Inspired Me!
This book really inspired me to look in my garden for new things to make baskets with.I was already using pine needles, but now have expanded. Last fall I gathered iris leaves, iris stems, cattails, rushes andhoneysuckle.Made a few small baskets, and found it is fun (and cheaper)to gather and prepare your own materials.This year, I am adding dandelionstems, daisy and coreopsis stems, paperwhite and lily leaves, yucca leaves(green and already dried),pine roots...what fun!Some of the plantsdescribed in this book are not available in the US, but the myriad ofbeautiful baskets made from dried bulb leaves alone is enough start my headbuzzing with new ideas.Love this book! ... Read more

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Admirable and Useful Basketry Manual
This book has wonderful pictures and text to guide the relatively new basket maker in making complex and beautiful baskets of all shapes and sizes.It is a treasure.

A Great Book - But, Not For Beginner's...
This is a great intermediate to advanced weaver's book.Although in the back she does cover straight and basic plaiting techniques, this book is for basket weaver's who are serious about their art and want to add color and/or artistic designs into their baskets.Not only does it teach you how to incorporate geometric designs in your work, it also teaches you how to draft your own artwork designs.The book covers twill weave, how to wrap your weavers, materials used, adding color and weaver tension.Also included is design weaving: basic blocks and diamond patterns as well as variations on the two; creating folded baskets, undulating twills and double weaving.You'll learn how to incorporate many different lines (such as a swirl pattern) and other fun shapes. Learn color techniques and how to correctly match multiple colors in one piece.Plus, learn how to read draft plans, build complex twills, and how to draft your own designs.Very easy to read and understand.Loads of wonderful color pictures as well as black and white draft plans to help you get started.A metric conversion chart and basket supply sources are included.144 pages (hardback edition). ... Read more

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Baskets made by the people of the mid-Columbia River are among the finest examples of Indian textile art in North America, and they are included in the collections of most major museums. The traditional designs and techniques of construction reveal a great artistic heritage that links modern basketmakers to their ancestors, Yet baskets are also everyday objects of a utilitarian nature that reveal much about mid-Columbia culture---a flat twined bag has greatest value when it is plump with dried roots, a coiled basket when full of huckleberries.

In Columbia River Basketry, Mary Schlick writes about the weavers who at the time of European contact lived along the Columbia River from just above its confluence with the Yakima River westward to the vicinity of present-day Portland, Oregon, and Indian groups living along the river, she presents the baskets in the context of the lives of the people who created and used them. She also writes about the descendants of the early basket weavers, to whom either basketry skills have been passed and from whom she herself learned to make baskets. Schlick blends mythology,personal reminiscences, materials, and basketry techniques.

Written with deep understanding and appreciatoin of the artists and their work, Columbia River Basketry will be an inspirational sourcebook for basket weavers and other craftspeople. It will also serve as an invaluable reference for scholars, curators, and collectors in identifying, dating, and interpreting examples of Columbia River basketry. ... Read more

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get it before it's gone!
Ms. Schlick is the uncontested expert on native American basketry of the Columbia Plateau (eastern Washington and Oregon) and she knows and has the admiration of many--perhaps all--of the current weavers. Her book finally puts a face and name on the creators of the baskets and sees them as individual artists. I can't believe this book has been allowed to go out of print--get it while you can. ... Read more