New to the site and really wanting to find out so much more. Looking forward to picking everyones mind on finding sites and books that will help. Leigh...
Hello This group is oh so quite, so I don't know if it is even active anymore. The only book I have on SCA baskets is the complete anarchist number 77 (can get...
I'm new too and was rather excited to join. I have nothing on basketry and was hopeing to find something here. If I find something I'll let you know. ...
Yes, the list has been somewhat quiet. Unlike books available on Medieval costume or Medieval arms & armor or even Medieval cookery, there is almost nothing...
Good examples of "Madeira work" can be seen in Caravaggio's paintings. I had a visit from a group of Madeiran basketmakers a few years ago, one of them made me...
Ditto. Not that I'm going to have the energy to make anything, having just had a baby; but I'm hoping to learn lots of things in preparation of the time when I...
Short note: Neil Smith was too modest to mention it but, unlike most of us on this list, he is a professional basketmaker, a Yeoman Member of the Worshipful...
I love the Gog and Magog that the Worshipful Company of Basketmakers did. Neil, were you involved with that project? The pictures were impressive. Maybe...
... How early? And can you share your sources? I've wondered if splint baskets were used early on. Initially I considered it highly likely, but as I've yet...
Angie, I was the 2005 recipient of a McKnight Foundation/Arrowhead Regional Arts Council Fellowship and in June of 2006, spent 10 days in England during the...
I am also new and new information on Viking baskets and was hoping that I could get information here. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Gog and Magog are modern versions of the medieval willow giants that led the Lord Mayor of London's parade up to the 1700s. I made the forehead and upper face...
Thanks for the information Neil. It's a fascinating story and project. I was amazed by the details. I loved the dragon on the helmet. Some day when we get to...
Greetings to all. I have recently rejoined SCA after many years of absence. I look forward to learning and sharing with you all our love of basketry....
... See the photos from archeological digs in the files of this Yahoo group. I thought I also had some pictures of stave baskets, but now I can't find them so...
Hello esteemed Group, I know that many of you are truly artisans and skilled craftsfolks but I was wondering if you would abide a fool so to speak and share a...
My Lady (Lord? You did not sign your missive.) Were I you, I would start weaving with them shortly after cutting, and see what happens. I have not woven...
Sorry I don't have specific knowledge of wisteria, but I can tell you that when you weave natural materials that are freshly harvested there is some amount of...
I've never heard "ose" before. Did you see it written or hear it? Could it be from the term osier? Osier is a term for willow or other flexible rods used for...
Hello everyone. I don't know much about the society but I love making white oak baskets. I live in S. Missouri and am always interested in new baskets or ways....
Hi Terrie. Not to close to Jeff City. I live down by West Plains. I used to live around Columbia and had a chance to move to the hills. I'll never leave here...
Hi! I'm back to the SCA after a two-year hiatus, and am interested in basket weaving. I have no experience with the art, either in the Society or mundanely,...
Unto the list does Honorable Lady Katya send greetings. In other words, Howdy! I'm a basket maker from Ansteorra. I've been working with reed for about 5...
Hello, I am looking for weavers (local are first choice) to make casket baskets for a Natural Burial Cemetery in the Middle Georgia Area. There is a market for...
I want to make a brewing basket from 500 ad. I need any info or help that i can get, I havent made a basket since i was a kid. I want to make this as...
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