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Basket-Weaving!
From 1884 & 1915!
(Actual Book Scans Archived on CD, PDF Files can be easily printed, if desired!)
Practical instructions, easy to use and understand, excellent reference & how-to of the basket-weaving! Turn a hobby into a home business and make some money, times are hard and home businesses are sprouting everywhere!!
BOOKS INCLUDED:
1. Basket Work of All Kinds (1914) WITH NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS AND DIAGRAMS by PAUL N. HASLUCK
2. More Baskets and How to Make Them by Mary White (1903) Illustrated from photographs and drawings. It is unusual to find a craft so simple as to require no tools or paraphernalia, so fascinating that it never palls.
3. Raffia Basketry as a Fine Art (1915) The directions for making a basket have been arranged in text-book form.
4. The Basketry Book Twelve Lessons in Reed Weaving (1914) BY MARY MILES LANCHARD
5. Basket-Work of the North American Aborigines (1884)
BY OTIS T. MASON The study of the minutest technique in the distribution of aboriginal arts.
6. Practical and Artistic Basketry (1904) BY LAURA ROLLINS TINSLE
7. The Ancient Basket Makers of Southeastern Utah (1902) BY George H. Pepper This book tells of the history of the basket makers, their ways and their life style.
8. The Pine-Needle Basket Book (1911) BY MRS. M. J. MCAFEE,
ORIGINATOR OF PINE-NEEDLE BASKETS
9. How to Make Baskets by Mary White (1915) Generations of these weavers have produced masterpieces, many of which are preserved in our museums, and the young basket maker need not go on long pilgrimages to study the old masters of his craft.
10. Practical Basket Making (1914) by James Geoege Wharton
11. The Basket Maker (1909) BY LUTHER WESTON TURNER
12. The Making of Indian and Other Baskets Very interesting and a enjoyable experience.
SAMPLE CONTENTS:
Chap. I. Introduction 5
II. The Spirit in which Basket-Making should be Approached. . . 10
III. Choice of Material 14
IV. The Preparation of Materials 18
V. Dyes ; How to Make and Use Them 28
VI. Tools and Terms 32
VII. How to Begin 34
VIII. The Mat Weave 37
IX. The Plait or Braid 48
X. The Net Weave 52
XL The Coil Weave 58
XII. The Web Weave 73
XIII. Insertion and Borders 77
XIV. More about Bases 84
XV. Web Weaving Continued 89
XVI. Splint and Sweet Grass Baskets 93
XVII. Fancy Borders 103
XVIII. A Few Baskets 107
XIX. Finishing the Basket 123
XX. How to Make Indian Baskets 125
XXL Bibliography 136
MASTER CRAFTSMAN OF REED BASKETRY
CONTENTS
PAGE
INTRODUCTION xi
CHAPTER I
MATERIALS, TOOLS, PREPARATION .... 3
CHAPTER II
FUNDAMENTAL WEAVES 6
CHAPTER III
BASE 16
CHAPTER IV
WORK-BASKETS. (MODELS i, 2, AND 3) . . 21
CHAPTER V
BASKETS WITH SIMPLE HANDLES. (MODELS
4, 5, 6, AND 7) 29
vi CONTENTS
CHAPTER VI
PAGE
LILY-SHAPE FLOWER BASKETS WITH HANDLES.
(MODEL 8) 36
(DEMONSTRATING VARIATIONS OF A MODEL BY
DIFFERENT WEAVES)
CHAPTER VII
FLOWER BASKETS. (MODELS 9, 10, n, AND
12) 48
(DEMONSTRATING VARIATIONS OF A MODEL BY
DIFFERENT MEASUREMENTS)
CHAPTER VIII
CANDY BASKETS WITH AND WITHOUT LIDS.
(MODELS 13, 14, 15, AND 15*) .... 55
CHAPTER IX
INDIAN CENTRES 62
VIOLET BOWL. (MODEL l6) 68
TABLE JARDINIERES. (MODEL 17) ... 69
CHAPTER X
SCRAP BASKETS. (MODEL 18) 72
CONTENTS vii
CHAPTER XI
PAGE
SCRAP BASKETS. (MODELS 19 AND 20) . . 79
CHAPTER XII
OVAL BASE 84
OVAL BASKETS. (MODELS 21 AND 22) ... 87
CHAPTER XIII
CULLING-PLOWER BASKETS. (MODEL 23) . . 90
LARGE GATHERING BASKET. (MODEL 24) . . 92
CHAPTER XIV
TABLE OF WEAVES 94
TABLE OF COILS 97
SCALE OF MEASUREMENTS FOR MODELS GIVEN
IN THE TWELVE LESSONS ...... 98
TABLE OF BORDERS 99
CHAPTER XV
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS 101
These books are in .pdf format, if you don't already have a pdf reader you can easily access the contents using Adobe Reader, a free program that can be downloaded from adobe.com/reader. This CD is very well layed out, easy to follow and can be printed if desired. Great care is taken to protect your CD during shipment; item will be shipped inside a sleeve, a mailer and will clearly be marked do not bend.
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