How to Make Baskets (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Bigelow, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1451003374 ISBN 13 : 9781451003376

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Explore the art and meaning of traditional baskets from Native American communities. This concise guide reveals the craftsmanship, symbols, and daily uses behind these woven treasures, offering insight into how baskets tell stories as they hold food, goods, and ritual objects.

This edition presents clear, practical instructions alongside rich cultural context. You’ll see how materials, weaving techniques, and design choices reflect both everyday life and ceremonial beliefs. The book also discusses how basketry shapes and colors convey meaning across tribes, and why preservation matters.

• Learn the basic tools, materials, and steps used to create coiled, woven, and stand-alone baskets.


• Discover how patterns and symbols express tribal lore, tides, rain, and harvests.


• See how baskets function in homes, ceremonies, and daily tasks—from food prep to storage.


• Understand historical changes and the responsible efforts to preserve this art form.

Ideal for readers of craft history, ethnography, and anyone curious about traditional arts and their living meanings.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

HOW TO MAKE 'BASKETS CHAPTER I MATERIALS, TOOLS. PREPARATION, VEAVING Matetials.-We shall use a great deal of rattan in making these baskets. It is a kind of palo) which grows in the forests of India, twining about the trees and hanging in graceful festoons from the branches, sometinles to the length of five hundred feet, it is said, though seldom over an inch in diameter. It comes to us stripped of leaves and bark) and split into round or fiat strips of various sizes, which are numbered by the nlanufacturer from I up to about 15) No. I being the finest as well as the most costly. Rattan .can be bought (usually in five.pound lots) at basket factories in our large CJtles. Numbers 2, 3 and 4 are the best sizes for small baskets and 3, 5, and 6 for scrap baskets. Raffia, which is woven into snlall baskets, dolls' hats, etc .• comes from Madagascar. It is a pale yellow material, soft and pliable, the outer cuticle of a palm, and can be bought at .seed stores in 3

Table of Contents

CONTENTS; PREPACE • • • • • • • v; CHAPTER I; ~IATBRIALS, TOOLS, PREPARATION, WEAVING; CHAPTER II; RAl'FIA AND SOME OF ITS USES • • II; CHAPTER III; MATS AND THEIR BORDERS • • • • 21; ~ CHAPTER IV; THE SWPLEST BASKETS • • • 27; CHAPTER V; COVERS • • • • • • 33; CHAPTER VI; HANDLES • • • • • • 51; CHAPTER VII; WORK BASKETS • • • 6S; VU

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.

Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the difficult to read text.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1451003374
• ISBN 13: 9781451003376
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 254
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