"Weavers Words" Vol. 1 Iss. 16 Compiled By David Collins Owned By Weavers Everywhere Date Sent: June 06, 1997 Subscribers: 180 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hi Friends, Since I have had some subscribers inquire, here's a little bit of information about myself. I am a 26 year old guy from Indianapolis, IN. I have a degree in Mechanical Engineering from IUPUI (Indiana Univ.-Purdue Univ. at Indianapolis). Even though my degree reads Purdue University, I am an avid IU fan. My hobbies include watching anything sports related, computers, and pyrography (woodburning). I have a pyrography site at http://www.iei.net/~davidc/ if anyone would like to see some of my work. I also make webpages for a local company called ComputerTutor. My mom, Norma, has been weaving for about three years and the house hasn't looked the same since that infamous day. We are constantly having to rake the carpet. Oh well, she enjoys it and that is all that is important. Many of you have requested back issues. So I thought I would post all back issues at http://www.iei.net/~davidc/basketry.html . This will save you time. Simply click on the issue('s) that you need and then print. If you don't have internet access, no problem, I will still mail back issues as well as new issues. If you know of someone who has signed up for Weaver's Words and hasn't received an issue it's due to a miscommunication with their email address. I have had a few issues returned to sender. OOPS!!! Have them resend it and check their capitalization (ie davidc@iei.net isn't the same as DavidC@iei.net). Happy Weaving, David Collins davidc@iei.net @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: Magic Marker Date: Thu, 5 Jun 1997 07:16:15, -0500 From: BDKE97B@prodigy.com (MRS BILLIE A DORRIS) To: davidc@iei.net Forgive me if I posted this before but thought it worth sharing while I was thinking about it. Minwax now has it's own magic marker and it's filled with their stain. It is wonderful for touch ups and particularly for those dowels that don't always match that you use to fill the holes in Nantucket bases. I don't know how many colors it comes in but I have used the cherry and it works great. This is surely going to be known as the year of the weird weather. It is in the 60's in Virginia Beach in June and not much relief in sight. Normally this time of year it is in the 80's but we don't even have such a day forecast in the next week. At least the rain has stopped for one day but will start again for the weekend. It is killing the tourist season. Well back to weaving as I have a major show next week on the Boardwalk-if everything isn't blown away by then . Billie in Va. Beach @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: upstate NY lurker! Date: Thu, 5 Jun 1997 08:33:53 -0400 From: Julie To: davidc@iei.net #1. Thank you David for bringing me back this wonderful list!!! I am afraid I am one of those dreaded lurkers! Hello everyone, I am Julie Sadler. I was a participant in the Basket List Digest and finally got hooked up with Weaver's Words and I see some of "my" old basket buddies are out here, too!! Glad to see the familiar names of the different basket weavers, I missed you all! Also glad to see my good bark buddies, POPPY and LAURIE M. I am in the busiest time of my year and life ! My daughter graduates in 3 weeks (boo hoo, she's the little one!) and off to U of Buffalo in the Fall. I have booked 3 more shows this season and I have a couple in mind for fall, Yee Haa! It's a bark craze! It is bark harvesting time...when the firefly flies. Therefore, rain or shine, and I believe it will be rain according to the weather channel, I will be knee deep in mud and peeling beautiful pieces of pumpkin colored bark off the "white ladies of the forest" this weekend. I have not been able to harvest as much as I would like and this may be because I have let myself become weather dependent. I can only get to the birchies on my time off on weekends since it is a 1 1/2 hour drive one way. I look forward to finally relaxing, with the birds flying around me (last time it was turkeys flying towards me as my silly springer spaniel spooked them out of the brush!), the bugs buzzing in my hair and ears, and ahh yes, the sweet smell of wintergreen that exists in the oils of the birch bark. But I guess the sun won't be shining at my side. I guess we have to appreciate all the different phases of nature, even rain. I do primarily folded makuk baskets, like the Indians. I also have designed several birch bark trout creels, and do other rustic household items out of birch bark, such as memo holders, mirrors, shelves, etc. I am in the process of learning about Scandinavian birch boxes, with interlapping sides. I also am researching different cultures' usage's of birch bark and would appreciate any information available, especially from aboriginal sources. I have a special interest in basketry and I have tried to do many things with birch bark including plaiting, diagonal braiding, macramé and weaving. It's such adaptive stuff! I love to hear about any kind of natural materials and I especially like to hear about barks. Well enough for this first message! Julie Sadler Kirkwood, Ny (SE of Binghamton) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: birch designs Date: Thu, 05 Jun 1997 08:50:34 -0500 From: monast@iquest.net To: davidc@iei.net To Sue MacIntire: In issue 15 of Words you described how to do birch pieces. I have some Michigan birch I harvested (legally) from my parents land. I've used a lot of it for quilling medallions but would like to try your method. Explain for me "tacking" to round base ofpine" Do you mean actually gluing or using the pine as a permanent form being covered by birch or is this the "mold for a round box? Eagerly waiting your advice! I would also like the min-wax, lineseed, formula OR something else to use over water base walnut dyed baskets beside Liquid Gold Kristin Monastyrski Yorktown IN @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: Answers Answers Date: Thu, 5 Jun 1997 12:02:57 -0400 From: "Joy Moody" To: Hi Everyone. I knew I'd come up with some answers (vs. questions) one of these days! First, thanks to Bert for suggestions about weavable grasses, and Susan for info. on birch bark. Thanks also to whoever it was (perhaps back on BasketList?) who suggested finding a wooden bead car seat as a source of large beads. I now have 1 1/2 gallon bags full of large beads for projects. The ones I found would be better with round reed, but I know some of the car seats have beads with larger holes that would take 1/4" flat or flat oval. Now, who wanted a Turkey pattern? There is a black & white turkey made of ash splints in Osma Gallinger Tod's book Earth Basketry, ISBN# 0-88740-076-0 (1933, reprinted 1986). Annetta: There are directions for a rush seat in The Golden Book of Colonial Crafts, Library of Congress Card Catalog # 74-20158. The book also has cane & splint seat directions, as well as other interesting projects including (Mary, are you listening?) making dulcimers, beeswax candles & corn husk dolls, to name a few. Last but not least for Carey: Sign of the Crow is the name of my basketry business. My Web site is in the research & development stages, with a target date to be up by Fall. When I first started researching basketry on the Internet, somewhere I came across a Native American tale from the Puget Sound area. As it goes, Crow was a great weaver & became the guardian of knowledge for basketry. One calls upon Crow to learn excellence in basketry. Anyways, I was taken by that story & adopted the name for my business. Some may be amused to hear that right after I did so, the crows (who I'd never seen on our property before) arrived & perched in the various trees, loudly Cawing their hearts out. Till next time, happy weaving! Joy Moody Sign of the Crow Hampden, Maine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: Re: Cloth Strips for Tote Baskets Date: Thu, 05 Jun 1997 20:57:05 +0100 From: berg To: David Collins References: 1 Hi, I order the cloth strips (Shaker tape)for tote baskets from Premier Pet Products. It comes in all sorts of colors. If anyone would like the address e-mail me. I have a couple of questions. What do you use to dye reed peach? Mine always looks orange. What do you put on wire handles to keep them from rusting? What do you fill in around the plugs in Nantucket bottoms that will take the finish. I have been using plastic wood but you can see it when I put a finish on the basket. Thanks, Betty - MD @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: Subscribe Date: Fri, 06 Jun 1997 08:14:50 -0700 From: Linda & John Dixon To: david@iei.net Dear David, I understand you have taken over the lead in basket-related net news. Good for you and thanks. I didn't get my act together soon enough to take advantage of the prior net newsletter. I'm a basketmaker originally from Washington State (I'm still having to consciously remember to distinguish which Washington). I've been weaving for 12 years, and have gravitated to working with red cedar, western sedge sweetgrass and other materials primarily indigenous to the Pacific Northwest. My work (for now) is usually small and miniature baskets using twining techniques including wrapped twining to introduce color and pattern work. However, last summer I moved to Vermont to attend grad school, and not only do I miss my weaver friends in the Pacific Northwest like crazy, but I've had little time to make many basket acquaintances in the NE...so far. In addition, the weaving styles/ techniques and the available indigenous materials here, in many cases, are very different. Since my husband and I have decided to make Vermont our home, I'm very interested to getting to know which plants are what, and what basket applications they have...And if there are any weavers within driving distance of the Putney/Brattleboro, VT area that would be willing to trade knowledge and techniques. I also would like to get involved again in a guild in the New England area. I'm teaching a few classes this summer with Pac NW materials, but I would also be interested in taking some classes. I just don't know where to start looking. I miss the camaraderie of basketweavers, and the sharing of ideas, techniques and time. Now that my life is settling to a less hectic pace, I want to get back to my passion - basketweaving - and people who share this interest. Any help would be appreciated. My email address is ljdixon@together.net. Linda Dixon Westminster, Vermont @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ If for any you would ever like to cancel your subscription, simply send me a message with "unsubscribe" as your subject.