I returned to Oklahoma Basket Supply yesterday and came home with a LOT of new supplies. I should insert here that I didn’t actually make sure that I had what I needed for any specific pattern. Ahem. So today, I made my first Market Basket. The market basket is quite a different animal than a [...]
Archive for October, 2010
Basket Weaving 101: The Market Basket
Posted in Basket Making, Basketry, Photography, tagged Basket Making, Basket Weaving, Basketry, Baskets, Nikkor 85mm 1.4, Nikon D300, Reeds on October 17, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Music for the Creative Spirit
Posted in Art, Music, tagged Art, Bach, Classical Music, Create, Creativity, Guitar, John Williams, Music on October 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Do you listen to music when your creative vibs are working? I do. Whether it’s slinging paint, weaving a basket, printmaking, collage….the very best music I’ve found is: John Williams Plays Bach Trust me on this one. You can’t go wrong. You will thank me. Check it out on Amazon or your favorite site & [...]
Basket Weaving 101: Flat-Bottom Egg Basket Update
Posted in Basket Making, Basketry, Photography, tagged Basket Making, Basket Weaving, Basketry, Baskets, Nikkor 85mm 1.4D on October 12, 2010 | 1 Comment »
This basket weaver was more than a trifle unhappy with the previously posted flat-bottom basket. There were many mistakes in it that I simply could not stand. Therefore, last night, I took the scissors to the basket and whacked out all the reeds – leaving nothing but the two hoops. Boy did that ever feel [...]
Basket Weaving 101 : The Flat-Bottom Egg Basket
Posted in Basket Making, Basketry, Photography, tagged Basket Making, Basket Weaving, Basketry, Baskets, Crafts on October 10, 2010 | 5 Comments »
I have learned two things about basket weaving in the last five/six hours. You must do one or the other. Follow the basket weaving directions to the letter. OR abandon the basket weaving directions completely. Here’s where I apologize to Lyn Siler. Lyn is the author of the book I used today. Lyn’s Flat-Bottom Egg [...]
Basket Weaving 101
Posted in Art, Basket Making, Basketry, tagged Basket Making, Basketry, Baskets, Weaving on October 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Who doesn’t love baskets?! We all do. I bet you have at least ONE basket in your house. I have several. I’ve had them over the years that have served both utilitarian and decorative purposes. I recently saw a beautiful basket in a gallery that had an antler handle. As I looked at it…I was [...]
Blogging
Posted in Nonsense, tagged Blog, Blogging on October 8, 2010 | 3 Comments »
One thing I recently (okay 5 minutes ago) noticed about blogging. If you’re really going to write a blog, you should make daily entries. Wowzer. So see…seriously, I have no idea why it’s been eight months since I’ve written anything for this blog. I’ve written a lot of posts in my head…but none [...]
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