Earth Basketry: Weaving Containers With Nature s Materials - Couverture souple

Tod, Osma Gallinger

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0764353438 ISBN 13 : 9780764353437

Editeur : Schiffer Craft, 2017

Synopsis

For beginners, nature lovers, and expertweavers alike, these pages teach how to create baskets using natural materials found in the woods and fields. One of craft pioneer Osma Tod s most popular books, this guide was first published in 1933 and is still in print thanks to its timelessinformation and its clear instructions. Tod explains a widevariety of weaving techniques step by step, with precise diagrams to follow, and her charming way of inspiring respect for natural materials helps make this book one of a kind. The chapters explain gatheringand preparing both round and flat natural materials like leaves,roots, reeds, grasses, vines, shoots, willow, pine needles, bark, splints, and more. Instructions for making borders, lids, handles, and fasteners give many options. Projects include a cedar-bark basket for kindling, cat-tail mats, a vine birdhouse, a pedestal fruit basket of coralberry runners, sturdy bark work baskets, and dozens more.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Osma Gallinger Tod (1895-1983) was an important figure in repopularizing traditional crafts among Americans. She ran crafts communities in Michigan and Pennsylvania, authored many books, and was a pioneer in championing a respect for traditional craftsmanship as art.

Josephine Breen Del Deo lives in Provincetown, Massachusetts. A writer, her work includes all the major genres. Her intense interest in the environment and the natural world has been a constant preoccupation of both her prose and poetry.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Schiffer Craft
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0764353438
• ISBN 13: 9780764353437
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 200
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• Personne responsable: non disponible