"Weavers Words" Vol. 1 Iss. 63 Compiled By: David Collins Owned By: Weavers Everywhere Date Sent: November 09, 1997 Subscribers: 362 Back Issues: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/5998/ Basket Biddin' Auction: http://members.tripod.com/~Basket_Biddin/ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 1 I. 62 Date: Wed, 05 Nov 1997 13:44:00 EST From: froggestow@juno.com (Roberta R Comstock) To: davidc@iei.net References: 1 "Weavers Words" Vol. 1 Iss. 62 Nancy Hedberg - Vesterhiem was definitely a good experience. I probably wouldn't have discovered it on my own, but a friend of mine in Cedar Rapids invited me to go with her & another friend. The 3 of us shared a room, which made it affordable for each of us. My biggest disappointment was that the workshops were held as a prelude to a conference on Norse textiles which I didn't even know about until my second day of class. I'd have loved to stay for it, but there was no way at that point to adjust our plans. My own family background is Irish, English & Scottish, but I've been interested in Scandinavian arts & textiles for years. There were a number of interesting baskets in the museum, but little information about them. Lois Keener - Glad to hear your big fair went well. My observation on the point of the former student who produces copies of your work is that she probably has little imagination of her own and may not be capable of creating her own style. It's a pity, but I imagine any discerning person who sees your work and hers will be able to recognize who is an originator and who is a copycat. It is a compliment to you (in a strange sort of way) that she thinks your ideas are so much better than hers. When & where in Kansas City did you live? I came here in 1974 (from Lucas, KS, near Wilson Lake). I don't remember Klines, but there have been a lot of changes in the metro area through the past couple of decades. Is your friend also a basketweaver? Judith Olney - What an interesting person your Father-in-law must be! I will be sharing your story and the Shrew Move info with family and friends. Please pass along to him my best wishes for a happy birthday and good fortune with his web site! Today is looking and feeling like November, except that most of the trees still have their leaves & we've got a lot of strong autumn color still hanging on. I think it's a day for starting a pot of chili, baking some apples, and organizing papers. (I need to file Saturday's basket patterns and sketch out a couple of new designs before they escape me.) Weave well! Bert Comstock Independence, MO @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: Subscribe Date: Thu, 6 Nov 1997 00:16:06 -0500 From: "Joan Culler" To: I'm new to the internet and just found your site. I'm Joan Culler and I've been a basket weaver for about 10 years. I work in the basket shop at Sauder Village, an 1850s village in NW Ohio. It will be fun to keep up on all the basket chatter. Thanks. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: Arizona Date: Wed, 05 Nov 1997 22:55:04 -0900 From: Martina Steinmetz Organization: Bird Creek Basketry To: davidc@iei.net Hi, I am a parttime basketweaver from Alaska and I mainly just read the Weaver's Words and weave, but I have an urgent question tonight. Do you know any good basketweavers in Arizona. My husband is down there for one week and he'll return just in time for my birthday. I told him to get me a basket, but he is having a hard time finding one (at least one that is affordable for us at this time). Are there any weavers close to Phoenix? Martina @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" Date: Thu, 06 Nov 1997 01:05:55 EST From: maroosnel@juno.com (Mary R Snell) To: davidc@iei.net References: 1 David, thank you for adding me to WW. I've been avidly reading each issue. Hi All! I'm a newbie; been basket weaving for less than a year, just recently subscribed to WW, and am a member of the Emerald Coast Basket Guild. Since the new members of our Guild get the jobs, I am now the Historian. I would like to know from other Guilds what can be done to increase and encourage membership; and what, if any, are the mission statements or stated purposes of your Guilds. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Mary Snell weaving in Raintree Estates on the shores of Choctawhatchee Bay on the Beautiful Emerald Coast (Gulf of Mexico) of Northwest Florida's Panhandle; where the oak leaves have just started turning red.~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 1 I. 62 Date: Thu, 6 Nov 1997 12:59:45 EST From: Mary319 Organization: AOL (http://www.aol.com) To: davidc@iei.net We are thinking we may need to cut down a birch tree in our yard. I have never done any birch baskets but will now have an opportunity. I'm wondering what you need to do to prepare the bark as well as any good books that cover this type of basketry. Thanks Mary319@aol.com Mary Wausau, WI @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: Chicken Basket Date: Thu, 6 Nov 1997 11:10:16 -0500 From: "Angie" To: "David - Weavers Words" Hi all, Has anyone ever heard of a chicken basket? It was used to carry a real live chicken. It sounds sort of like a Feather basket with a lid that sides up and down a handle. >From Issue .61 - Hi Bert from MO, thanks for the info on the book! I'll have to check it out. I went to the Basketmaker's of Victoria site several weeks ago and e-mailed them, but haven't gotten a reply (I saw their address on Basket's Etc.). I'll have to send for the book so I know what weaving materials to look for the next time over. I haven't done any weaving while in Australia. Last trip I had some beautiful Birch bark from New Zealand, but I didn't have time to weave it before we left and couldn't get through customs with it. I was broken hearted! Ruth from WA, The tree is a Canadian Weeping Willow. The basket that I wove only has 2 rows of the willow, so the basket isn't dependent on it for strength. It did shrink a lot! I guess it's good I haven't tried Weeping Willow if it breaks so easily! Thanks for the warning. Issue .62 Lois from HI, Are you looking for a life size stroller pattern for a real baby or one for a doll? Bye for now, Angie, PA @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 1 I. 62 Date: Fri, 7 Nov 1997 09:51:18 -0500 (EST) From: Qka42@aol.com To: davidc@iei.net Hi David, and all weavers on this connection. My name is Quin Avery and my sister and I got hooked on basket weaving about six years ago. We started taking classes and loved it so much that we needed to start selling in order to supply our habit. We have done several craft shows our biggest being the Covered Bridge Festival in Mansfield, In. Thanks to Kay Janke for letting us know about this, I am just overwhelmed by everyone. All the information you all are willing to share and how much fun you seem to have. Sometimes the fun seems to leave when you do a show like the Covered Bridge and come back with more baskets than you had hoped. Too much stuff there, especially flea market, and mass produced baskets that they can sell for two bucks. We have decided not to do that one anymore. Quality can't compete with the overseas market. Oh well we had fun doing it before it got way too big! I am really interested in information on the Michigan Convention. You all seem really up on it and now that we aren't in Mansfied at that time maybe we can get up to see it. Maybe you all could send a contact name or address? Thanks for sharing! Quin Avery aka QKA@Aol.com Indianapolis,In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 1 I. 62 Date: Sun, 09 Nov 1997 05:24:50 -0800 From: "Deb Curtis, Tisket Tasket Basket" To: davidc@iei.net Thanks to all (especially David) who contribute and keep this list interesting and going. Now it's my time to contribute a little, to ask some questions and make some requests. I'm looking for some quick ornaments to make for the Christmas season. Bert you mentioned the stocking pattern that was in a earlier edition of Weaver's Words, could you either send it direct to me or put it back on here for us all to see? Thanks. Judy, I heard that you're planning on heading west next fall. I'd like to get some proposals to take to our guild if you have the time to come to Oregon and teach around that same time. Pictures are especially helpful for our membership. How about a rinko based basket or??? I'd like to trade natural materials from the NW for those from elsewhere. Anyone else interested? For those of you in Indiana there's a basketry exhibit at Artlink gallery in Fort Wayne that has some very interesting baskets I hear. A friend of mine has some baskets in it and I had 2 but one has sold already. It goes through Nov. 20th I think. For anyone interested in the Certificate of Excellence in Basketweaving here's some information (here you go Bert). I thought I'd write a "generic" letter send it to all of you. If you are interested in more information than this letter provides you should contact the administrators of the program (Handweavers Guild of America, Two Executive concourse, Suite 201, 3327n Duluth Highway, Dulth, GA 30096-3380 or (770)495-7702 or e-mail 73744.202@compuserve.com). First, let me say that I feel this program will only enhance the basketweaving community. It is very similar to getting a Master's level in college for Level I and a pHD for Level II. I personally expect to work toward this goal myself once my 2 & 3/4 year old is a little older. I received the packet of information when he was 6 months old and have found my time taken up since then. I believe that an instructor with the Certificate of Excellence(COE) will be a valuable resource for both their class and all basketweavers. I know 2 or 3 COE recipients in other programs and find them wonderful sources of information and inspiration. After having viewed the judging in April of 1997 I feel that the program offers more than we can ever imagine. Camaraderie, a sense of art and value, and an opportunity to create a legacy that has rarely been acknowledged. Now that I've waxed poetic let's get to the nitty gritty of it all. There are two levels to the COE. Level I is design, color theory, actual dyeing of reed with natural and synthetic dyes, basketry samples, and research papers. The basketry samples and papers are the parts which take some time to complete. There are 24 samples that need to be woven which that cover the broad range of basketweaving techniques and styles. Some examples are Diagonal plaiting, Twill, coiled and knotless netting. These are judged based on technical skill and execution. The research papers are on natural basketweaving materials. (Just a side note here: I had never done knotless netting until I was in Florida in the spring. Once I started on it I realized that it wasn't all that difficult and the sample would actually be a lot of fun to make! More than likely the COE will stretch your basketweaving but just think of how much fun it'll be to learn it.) Level II is a specialized study and in-depth research. You would need to submit an outline and statement of purpose that three reviewers look over and give suggestions on. These reviewers do the reviewing independently and remain anonymous to each other and to you. You then make corrections and resubmit your outline and statement of purpose for judging. Before you can get your Level II you must pass the Level I. Both can be submitted in the same year or Level II can be submitted for any judging after you have passed Level I. Judging occurs every 2 years. The next one will be in April, 1999. Registration forms and preliminary application forms are due Sept. 1, 1998. The final application and if you are applying for Level II the approved outline and statement of purpose are all due Nov. 1, 1998. To get a registration form contact the Handweavers Guild of America. I urge all of you to strongly consider this and to get the information. Judging is always done anonymously and if you don't pass you can make improvements based on the judges comments and resubmit in the future. The registrar does know who you are but she is sworn to secrecy under the threat of the Basket Deity who cracks spokes, breaks handles and frustrates us all. If you have any further questions feel free to contact me. Must go now and get breakfast on and the coffee started. I'm often up in the early morning to weave before the rest of the family is about. Happy weaving to all and THANK YOU DAVID!!(P.S. Do you like chocolate?) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 1 I. 62 Date: Sun, 9 Nov 1997 18:03:59 -0000 From: "R. Gillott" To: Dear David, I saw mention by Bert Comstock to Jacalyn Bedworth in the latest Weavers Words of 'Basketwork Through the Ages' by H.H. Bobart. How amazing that its name should come up now as it is certainly a most interesting history of basketry around the world and has just been republished by the Basketmakers Association here in the U.K.. Bobart looks at historical evidence of basketmaking from early Native Americans, Egyptians, Assyrian & Babylonian evidence through Biblical references to its history in medieval Europe and much more. There is also a useful bibliography. If you would like to buy a copy, $22.50 including post and packing, write to Iris Hawkes, 216, Walton Road, East Molesey, Surrey, KT8 0HR, England. Rae Gillott @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subject: Weavers Words Date: Sun, 9 Nov 1997 17:26:09 -0500 From: "Joy Moody" To: Hi everyone. I have started a new "collection" and now have 4 mini baskets, very tiny. Does anyone out there know of a book that addresses collecting minis? Or basketmakers who specialize in minis of various types? My "treasure" (which started me on this path) is a sweetgrass & ash thimble cover, found in Great Grandma's Victorian sewing basket. Lastly, does anyone know basketmaker Molly Emos of Farmington New Mexico & how I can reach her? Joy Moody Sign of the Crow Hampden, Maine www.signofthecrow.com @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ If for any you would ever like to cancel your subscription, simply send me a message with "unsubscribe" as your subject.