basket making

Offers instruction in the basic techniques of traditional basket making in cane and willow as well as twenty-five contemporary projects with step-by-step instructions and photographs.

Art, religion, and function are naturally commingled in the beautiful and useful objects created by the native peoples of North America, and these works reflect a tradition that is still alive -- as evidenced by today's Native American artists -- if not thriving. This volume, illustrated with 119 beautiful full-color reproductions provides a unique look at the rich variety of Native American art from centuries past to the present day.

Describes how and why native Americans made baskets.

Life has been hard for fourteen-year-old Mehrigul, a member of the Uyghur tribal group scorned by the Chinese communist regime, so when an American offers to buy all the baskets she can make in three weeks, Mehrigul strives for a better future for herself and her family despite her father's opposition.

Feeling frustrated when his first attempt to weave a basket fails, a Penobscot Indian boy receives help and encouragement from his grandfather.

Ten-year-old Lily, part of the Penobscot tribe, longs to be a master basket maker. When she makes the most beautiful basket she's ever seen, she proudly shows if off but no one gives her enough credit for it. Soon Lily realizes that everyone contributed to the materials that went into her basket.

Step-by-step photographs and instructions explain how to create eighteen different types of baskets.

Views basket weaving as an art form and details the use of coiling, twining, macrame, and crochet to create various containers.