Choosing the right materials is essential for making authentic African geometric pattern baskets. Natural fibers like sisal, raffia, or palm leaves are commonly used because of their durability and ...

Traditional tools like wooden stamps or metal embossing plates are essential for creating intricate designs on raffia baskets ...

Did animals teach us one of the oldest forms of human technology? Did this technology teach us to count? These are just two of the themes being explored during a conference on basketry. Did animals ...

In 1994, Ethel M. Gill learned basket making from a co-worker, and hasn’t looked back. It was like a match made in heaven that combined her eagerness to learn something new with a natural talent for ...

PORT ANGELES — For millenniums, the tribes of the Olympic Peninsula have been sharing and trading basketry styles and weaving techniques — and that tradition continues to this day. So said Jamie ...

Saint Meinrad Archabbey Guest House and Retreat Center, St. Meinrad, IN, will host a series of basket weaving workshops ...

Birds do it. Bees do it. We do it. Construct containers to hold stuff, that is. It seems instinctual. Witness Hold Everything, Storables and The Container Store. They like our obsession, big time.

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