"Weavers Words" Vol. 1 Iss. 22 Compiled By David Collins Owned By Weavers Everywhere Date Sent: June 22, 1997 Subscribers: 219 Back Issues: http://www.iei.net/~davidc/basketry.html @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: weavers Date: Fri, 20 Jun 1997 00:49:13 -0400 From: Donna Meinert To: davidc@iei.net Hi David, Thanks for the message. I'm excited to finally arrive after trying to get here for awhile. My name is Donna Meinert. I live in Wilmington, NC, a very with it basketmaking town. Our local guild is the Port City Basketmakers, a chapter of the North Carolina Basketmakers. We have about 70 members meeting monthly at Poplar Grove Plantation, which is where I work. I have been making baskets for 10 years and loving every minute. I won't bore you with my basketmaking experience but will sum it up by saying I am a student and a teacher on the wonderful road of weaving. I have some pretty cool patterns that I like to share with all of my basketmaking friends. I'm working on an updated version of a little basket book I did about five years ago called Donna's Hints, tips and bits on making baskets. As an avid basketmaker and lover of baskets I am glad to be here. Thanks for your help. If I can be of any use to you, please let me know. I have a little basket motto I close with - Think Baskets! My reasoning behind this is that thinking baskets are happy thoughts and that is my wish for all. Donna @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" Vol. 1 Iss. 21 Date: Fri, 20 Jun 1997 13:20:13 +0000 (GMT) From: KHOURY LORA L To: "davidc@iei.net" To Pat Steinmetz: I'm sure jurying the baskets for the '98 convention was a blast. This was the first year in the last three that I wasn't involved, and I missed it. I'd already decided I was leaving this to someone else, and forced myself not to go over and see them, but I'm very anxious to see the pictures. As far as basketmaker / weaver, I refer to myself as a basket weaver. I often hear the term "weaver" used to describe someone who weaves with yarn, thread, etc., and I don't know why, but basketmaker makes me think of following a pattern and putting together pieces, rather than creating. Of course, I do a lot of things that way, just following a pattern, but I like to think of myself as a "creator" as well. Good question! To Annetta: When I do curls out of ash or maple, I usually wet and cure the material first. However, I have used ash by Bob Kokor (sp?) that is so wonderful that it doesn't need to be cured. In fact, I found it worked better dry. Without the water, it wasn't as thick, and it slid under the spokes more easily. To Joy: I'd never though of weaving with iris leaves. I'll have plenty this fall, so I'll try it! To Billie: I have to agree with you about shows - weave what you want to weave. For one thing, I think it shows in your work. If I weave the same thing over and over again, I think it looks like just another basket, but if I take time with it (and therefore enjoy it), I get something of which I can be proud, something unique. Plans are to finally finish my Judy Wilson egg basket this weekend. I've got about 2" to go, and I'm getting together with a group of friends to work on it tomorrow. We're also going to get started on our donation for the '98 convention. I'm not sure if this is a secret, so I'll leave it up to Lynn Pawley to tell (or not tell) what it is. Lora Khoury Indianapolis @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: Painting Tool Date: Fri, 20 Jun 1997 11:06:25 -0400 From: "Kim Renich" To: "David Collins" Has Oldheimer's set in on me or did someone write in about a new tool designed to paint long lines with acrylic paints? I have looked through my back issues of Weaver's Words and can't find a thing! If someone did write in about it, could you please post the company/address again? Thanks! Kim HUMID 92 in NC !! @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: introduction Date: Fri, 20 Jun 1997 10:09:07 -0500 (CDT) From: "St. Peters Church" To: davidc@iei.net David, Thank you so much for taking on the Weavers Words! I have been having with-drawl since Shirley's list ended. I can't tell you how happy I was so see so many familiar names writing in. Thanks, Mindy for telling me about this!! My name is Debbie Wagenecht and I have been weaving about 7 years. I teach about 2 classes a month. I consider it a ministry to ladies, it's my way of enjoying fellowship with other women, and a way for them to learn a new craft. They always seem so proud of themselves when they finish their project the same day they started!!! I have a question about birch bark. My sister brought me a grocery sack full of small pieces (I asked her to gather it for me) and now I don't know what to do with it!! She told me it was a VERY COLD day in Northern Wisconsin when they gathered this, and I want to have something I can show her for her efforts of love!! Can someone tell me what to do with it? Is there a book out there that will show me how to use it? I would appreciate any help!! Thanks again, David for bringing us all together again! Oh, it's finally warm enough in Northern IL to weave outdoors, and I'm loving it! Debbie @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: Westchester Area Guild Date: Fri, 20 Jun 1997 17:29:04 -0400 From: dgatz@sricboces.org (Dolores J. Gatz) To: davidc@iei.net CC: judyfl@idt.net Hi Everyone- I've been enjoying some great classes with Westchester Area Guild. In April we did a Tapestry Weave Nantucket with Eliz. Geisler. I love the basket. I even have a couple of the palm sheaths for rims from a pass trip to Florida. So I plan of making a few more of them. Eliz brought a selection of weavers for color and textures in the baskets. It was great to see all the colors and designs everyone came up with. It May we did a Stilted Brich Bark Totemic with Cass Schorsch. Everyone, had a great time with Cass and working with the Brich. We hope to book Cass for a return trip. She had samples of her new baskets with her to excite us all. And of course her selection for everyone to check out. This pass weekend we just did a weekend of Willow baskets with Jo Campbell Amsler. For those of us that it was a first willow basket its was a success. We did complete baskets. Jo even took us out hiking during our lunch break to check out the local woods for wild willows and vines and anything else we could weave. She gave us a lesson in recognizing some of the basket plants we have growing locally. She also spent extra time with those of us that needed it to convince us that 'willow does not hate us after all'. Tuesday, June 24, Mary Hettsmansperger is coming to teach her necklaces. I have several of the kits. But am going to have to skip the class because this is not the time of year I can get off from work. Its a working guild that keeps us busy weaving monthly. We're lucky to have some great members and wonderful teachers. I think we've been blessed it the tri-state area with basket weavers and teachers. I for one am thankful for so much so close by. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: chat line Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 21:36:34 -0400 From: Donna Meinert To: davidc@iei.net Hi David, I heard there was a chat line at 9 pm on Saturday night. I hoped I could find it. Can you lead me in the right direction? Thanks! Donna Meinert @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: Issue 22 Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 22:27:04 -0400 From: "Joy Moody" To: Hello Everyone. Just a quick note tonight for Theresa. I have a 28 gallon heavy duty plastic tub with cover. I place my basket in the tub, usually on top of a can or something. I wear surgical gloves, mix my stain in another, smaller container & pour it over the baskets using a plastic measuring cup with a long handle. It's messy but pretty quick. I find I am really bothered by the spray stains & have coughed for weeks after using it. I know other basketmakers who apply stain with the sponge brush & with good results. Gotta go. There's a big thunder storm here & don't want my system to get zapped (fried a radio once like that). Joy Moody Hampden, Maine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: Weavers Words Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 23:14:02 -0400 From: robert haygens To: davidc@iei.net Hello all once again, This is Robert Haygens of The Basket Shop. My Internet Provider has been down for a month or two and I've finally gotten back on line a couple weeks ago. Thanks to Barb & Bobbie, I've found out that the Basket Digest has switched hands two or three times, but looks like it is in capable hands once again. I'd like to reply to a question that was posted on the last issue reference to what is the difference between weavers versus basketmakers. This is just my interpretation as I see it. I'm a white oak basketmaker and I've always been taught that you make your basket from the tree to the basket. We have to "make" all our parts (rims, handles, stakes, weavers, etc) and then weave all these parts together. All these parts are made without the aid of machines and only the minimum of hand tools. It takes considerable time and skill to make all these parts and then put them together. This not only applies to white oak basketmakers, but also to ash, honeysuckle, willow, and any of the other naturally procured materials. Other words, they are painstakingly made from nature's bounty. On the other hand, the weavers who order there materials, (rims, handles, weavers, stakes, etc) that are made by machines, they have to utilize their skill and talent to dye, weave, and create patterns and styles with their "parts". Bottom line is --- weavers weave their "parts" together to create a basket and basketmakers "make" all their parts and then weave them together. 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