"Weavers Words" Vol. 3 Iss. 57 Date Sent: October 14, 1999 Web Page: http://www.iei.net/~davidc/ Subscribers: 1205 David Collins 408 North Devon Avenue Indianapolis, IN 46219 317-899-5747 davidc@iei.net %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Do You Like Weavers Words? Click Below To "Recommend-It" To A Friend! http://recommend-it.com/l.z.e?s=210339 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% The Basket Bookstore Stop by "Weavers Words Basketry Bookstore" for a great selection of basketry literature & save up to 40%. Over 40 titles to choose from. The address is: http://www.iei.net/~davidc/book.html %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Attention New Subscribers You can search Weaver's Words web page and back issues by going to Weaver's Words web page (http://www.iei.net/~davidc/) and entering your search criteria into the PinPoint search box. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Attention AOL Subscribers For some reason some AOL subscribers haven't been receiving Weaver's Words through email. If you are one of these subscribers, or know one of someone who has not been receiving Weaver's Words, you can get all of the issues on the Weaver's Words web page. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 3 I. 56 Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 00:49:09 -0400 From: "Susan Tripp" To: "David Collins" References: 1 Dear Weavers: I received the following request off my web site. I told her I could not be of service but I would post her request here. Please respond directly to this person's link: "What would the turnaround time be for custom shapes, i.e., baby strollers, golf carts, wedding cakes, etc. Also, are there any bulk discounts and if so, what would the minimum order be? Also, if I should need a specific shape or theme, would you be able to custom fabricate it? Thank you." Deanna Watts, Specialty Baskets, LTD, 734-721-0768, merlin@ameritech.net Attention Wicker Weavers: A fellow weaver forwarded a request on to me for custom WICKER/RATTAN baskets for his client's custom-built kitchen cabinets. If you are interested, please e-mail me aleo1@sprynet.com Susan in NY %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Germany Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 06:46:48 -0000 From: "Steve & Johanna" To: "David Collins" HI All: This is for Pattie Bagley who is visiting Germany soon. The basketry museum in Michalau is located just west of Bamburg... That's the closest large city I can think of. It is on the Eastside of Germany just below the old East German border. Also, don't miss Lichtenfels. (Die Deutsche Korbstadt..the German Basket City.) They have the basketry school (3 years) thereand lots of baskets in town. It is only a few miles before you get to Michalau. The museum is not open on Mondays. It's all wonderful...although, they too have lots of imports...so buy carefully. I think you can find Lichtenfels on the Web although I don't know the address. Angelique, the cane you are referring to is large size cane. River cane, although very desirable, isn't available for sale that I know of...wish it were. The Chitimacha here in Louisianahave such a hard time finding it that they won't even tell their fellow weavers in the tribe where their 'stand' is... Speaking of weaving materials, our pine needle supplier just found the longest pine needles I have ever seen (about 20 inches long) She dries them inside so they retain a lovely pale green color for several years. I can't wait 'til this batch is dried. Well got to go to work...darn. Johanna Heller in wet (finally) Louisiana www.basketsupplies.com %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: birch bark classes Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 11:15:34 -0400 From: "Angie Wagner" To: "David" Hi all, There are still spaces available in this week's (15 & 16th) birch bark classes with Vladimir Yarish. If you can make it, let us know. We'd love to have you. Please see our Info page - http://www.countryseat.com/info.htm#Sec9 - for more information and pictures. Please e-mail us if you have any questions. Thanks, Angie The Country Seat ctryseat@fast.net http://www.countryseat.com %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 11:38:24 -0400 From: jimmie kent To: davidc@iei.net We found basket pasta in Dresden, Ohio. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Basket Pasta Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 12:12:31 -0500 From: Carol Zeller To: davidc@iei.net I have been asked for my secret on the basket shaped pasta. Well, I must confess that I visited Dresden, OH on our way back to Michigan from Florida earlier this spring. Of course, I was looking for items for my basket weaving friends, but didn't display the "L" marks. I picked up a few items and one happened to be the basket pasta. I purchased about 8bags and that's how that came about. Actually the baskets are in natural, green and orangish red colors. Mine is currently in an antique jar in my kitchen. With AMB convention coming up shortly the pasta will be used for some delightful meal that we have planned. Last year I made a seafood salad using leaf pasta and it was a hit. So this year it's basket pasta. Carol Zeller In sunny warm Battle Creek, MI (76 degrees yesterday) %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Please add to the next WW Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 15:13:12 -0500 From: Judy Spates To: David Collins Greetings from Massachusetts!! I would like everyone to know that I received a very beautiful basket in the mail from Susan Slaven. I have been away from home caring for my mother who hurt her back. She had to have a 3-hour operation to insert a metal plate in her back to hold the bones in place. I received a call from my father on a Thursday and we were on a plane the very next day to Indiana. She's doing fine but is very, very sore. Anyway, when I returned home there was a box waiting for me on the front porch. I was so excited!! The basket is gorgeous and the color Susan added is perfect. She also sent some Victoria Secret bath lotions!! I returned home a little ragged and weary, but the basket perked me right up. Thank you so much, Susan. My apologies to my swap partner. I e-mailed her and told her the basket was going to be mailed that day and then received the call from my father. All this time she has been waiting and watching for her box to arrive. I left without taking her information and didn't have access to e-mail, so I had no way of notifying her. Luckily my swap partner is very understanding. Judy Richmond Spates JSpates@hope.gordon.edu %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re:Basket swap Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 19:45:27 -0400 From: jbenner@juno.com To: davidc@iei.net HI All, I just want to publicly thank Linda Becken for my lovely swap basket. It arrived last week during a long and rotten day. I was so excited to see this lovely basket. It has a long tall handle and is something on the order of a wine basket. She used green shaker tape as a weaver, and also some sort of natural vine. I'm not up on my plants and I don't use naturals so I can't say what type. It's sooo cool though! She says she hasn't been weaving very long, but I'll tell you, she does a great job. Inside it was a bottle of raspberry hand lotion (for those weavers hands), a box of wild rice from Minnesota and a bottle of honey from a friends bees! Wonderful stuff and I thank her so very much! Now I'd best get back downstairs and rotate the reed that is dyeing. Take care, Judy Benner (in dark PA.) %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: this and that... Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 09:38:57 -0400 From: "Ingram" To: Hello everyone! To Bonita in Kentucky: I agree with you about improving through Weaver's Words. It's amazing how many tips and helpful advice you can pickup with this group. I thought I was just addicted to baskets, but now I'm addicted to WW, too. To Tony: an observation - this weekend was my only big show of the year. After comments lately, I purposely tried to have a greater variety of staining in my display. Although I usually had a few different stains, they were predominantly sweet gum and Weaver's stain walnut. This time, I threw in several in dark walnut, oak, a few unstained, and some combos. It was amazing how many comments I heard about the colors, effects, etc... from the shoppers. Couldn't help but grin to listen and learn. Once again, you guys have helped me. I remember my first show at the same festival about 8 years ago. I had ONE six foot table, no tent, a tablecloth, and about 15 baskets. None of them were even stained--I don't think I knew how yet! I think I sold six of them - mostly to friends!! I was so proud to be a part of the festival that year. It never occurred to me that I didn't exactly have a 'professional" looking display. We all start somewhere-and you guys help us less-experienced weavers so much. Can't thank you or David enough for sharing with us. To you antler folks - this weekend I got my first set of antlers. I'll leave out the part about the wildlife guy since I don't really want to embarrass myself THAT much on this web page--suffice it to say-I've learned a lesson about antlers in North Carolina-ANYWAY-I want to try my hand at this Bambi basket stuff. Is there a simple simple simple pattern or direction somewhere that can help me?? I bought the most beautiful basket at the show this weekend from Bonnie in Leland, NC. It is a HUGE round basket made on the biggest Williamsburg handle I've ever seen. Couldn't take my eyes off it during the festival, so I gave in and bought it for my own collection. I think you'd have to be a weaver to appreciate the perfection in this basket. Bonnie, bless her heart, has not made it to the technology age yet. I kept telling her what she is missing out on with WW. Turns out, though, that one of her good weaving buddies is Fran Steidel - the waxed linen basket lady that is a member of our group. I was demonstrating at the show on a waxed linen egg basket, and Bonnie starts talking about her buddy Fran who does these baskets! Small world - Fran had graciously talked me through my first waxed linen basket over the e-mail. Now I'm hooked on yet another type of weaving, thanks to Fran and her cool kits. Plus, I got to hear first hand just how nice she really is! Thanks for letting me babble so long. It is raining, again, and looks like a perfect day to go dig out my basket room and start on Christmas!!! Take care everyone- Leigh In Laurinburg, NC PS-when is the next swap??????????? %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: WW Swap Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 15:47:56 -0700 From: "Kathey Ervin" To: "David Collins" Hello everyone, I arrived home from the HGA conference at Arrowmont Sunday morning about three o'clock and was thrilled to find a huge package from Lesley Dykeman - obviously my swap basket. It is a beautifully made hearth basket stained in a natural color and she says 'made from a pattern from Lyne Sillas book'. Thank you so much Lesley for this wonderful basket - you can trust that it will be a loved basket in my home. Just a few word on my Arrowmont experience since I am still reintegrating and I think I am getting a cold coming back to cold, rainy weather here in the northwest. Artistically I haven't been this inspired since I was at art school. The phenomenal range of 'new baskets' in their artistic expression and use of material will be with me for a long time to come... Kathey Ervin %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Swap Basket Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 20:32:48 -0500 From: "Bonnie Fanning" To: "Weaver's Word" Hi All, I had to write to thank Sue Erb for the wonderful basket I received while I was out of town last week. It was a treat to go to the post office to pick up the mail they had held for us all last week and have something besides bills and junk mail! It is called Mary's Tote, from a pattern by Mary Kitka of St. Louis. It has blue web straps and a matching blue chain overlay in the center. Sue said in her note that she is a beginning weaver and this was her first swap, but the basket does not look like a beginner made it. It is beautifully shaped and very well done. Thanks, Sue. I will be sending a thank you note by mail as I don't have an e-mail address for you. You can make me a swap basket anytime. Bonnie Fanning The Fountain Creek Peddler ftcreek@net66.com %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 3 I. 53 Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 10:20:22 +0000 From: hds57 To: David Collins References: 1 Hi... Does anyone have the address of H.H. Perkings in CT? Would appreciate. The prospect of 11/64 smoked makes my heart beat faster. Thanks Helen in Princeton %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: history help Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 09:15:36 -0400 From: martha bremer To: davidc@iei.net Hi everyone. I have been weaving and teaching basketry classes for about 12 years. I have been asked to teach a class for the Appalachian Mountain Club. Does anyone know the history behind the Adriondack Pack Basket? I would appreciate any information. Thanks in advance and thank you David for a much needed forum. Martha Bremer %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: It's me, It's me, dgatz@sricboces.org Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 15:22:41 -0400 From: student2 Reply-To: dgatz@sricboces.org To: "'davidc@iei.net'" Hi Everyone, Some of my messages my show up as student, don't panic its just me. After all Halloween is coming up and I have to travel in costume, right? This will be a quick catch up. That doesn't mean this will be short. Just that you may not hear from me for a while again. I'm working full time, going to school 4 nights a week, and trying to catch up and do homework those other days. I'm now handling a new classroom and my desk is in the classroom and can only get to things only when there isn't a class. The moving of my desk from another section of the building to the classroom is complete, but I'm waiting for them to reconnect me to that network. I'm connected into two new networks (the new network and the new classroom network). I can do some things but not everything. I'm trying to figure out how to connect myself but my knowledge is limited. I know the guys are busy and it's good training for me. So, I'm trying to be patient. In the meantime, I've fallen behind on my reading of all newsletters and haven't had time to submit anything. So, I'm going to try to catch some things up today. Last week, I submitted some photos to David from some things I've done over the past several weekends. The first weekend of October I went to the Ohio Gourd Show again this year. Had another fabulous time there. Tried my hand at spirit painting, pyroengraving, chip craving and gourdsketing. Gourdsketing is the coiling of pine needle on to the rim of a gourd. I already had knowledge in this area but did it anyhow. It was interesting to get yet another person's input on doing the same technique. I think my painting knowledge has increased from the weekend. I picked up some more helpful hints with the pyroengraving and found out that I like the chip carving. But my wrist wasn't impressed with the session. My c.p. went into full alarm with the carving. I was prepared though. I wore my magnets. Most of the pain was not there; it was just a whisper in the background. It did let me know that if I hadn't worn the magnets, I would have been in agony. Friday night, they once again had the Musical Gourd Concert. I picked up some more CD's to add to my collection of gourd music. I still can't get over how impressive the music from a gourd can be. The musicians were bad either. Prior to the concert was a Hog Roast. The ticket to the Hog Roast was a pin of a pig "Hog Roast" and the date painted of a piece of gourd. Someone had a lot of time on their hands. The pigs were real cute. Saturday was the start of the show. Selling, buying, demo's, more photos and spending lots of money. The afternoon was spent repacking the car to get all my treasures loaded properly and safely. Saturday night was another dinner at the senior citizen center with a gourd mask contest and a silent auction. I managed to get 2 more purchases at the auction. A training gourd from on of the instructor's that's retiring from teaching and a set of gourd glasses (just what I needed, but I couldn't beat the price). Sunday morning was a breakfast along with a gourd hat contest. I made a few more purchases because I'm thinking about coming up with an entry in next year's contest. We left before the parade. But we had an absolutely wonderful time and met some wonderful people. Made lots of new friends and ran in to some old friends. Had the wonderful surprise of running into some people I met at Stowe and met Jo Campbell Amsler's Mom. I sent some of the various photos from the gourd show into David and he's posted them on his web page. There isn't as many as what I took. I have a new camera and was trying to zoom in too close. Most of my shots are off center or part of the gourd is cut off. It's a real bummer. I have 3 more rolls to be processed. Maybe, I'll come up with some more from those rolls. Anyone interested in more gourds or more information about the Ohio Gourd Show check out http:/www.gourdcentral.com I believe the date was September 19, I went to East Hampton, Long Island to the Long House Reserve for a Willow Festival. Three very knowledgeable willow people were there showing their styles of working with willow and talked about the many ways that willow can be useful. Throughout the gardens were willow arches, sculpture of live willow, displays of basketry and fencing, chairs, benches and birdhouses. All made from willow. Steve Pickup was there the week of Hurricane Floyd and made several arches and willow dome sculptures. Next season he assured us that they would are be growing structures. Steve is from Wales and started out growing willows as a hobby. He now does it full time raising and selling 140 different species of willow. He travels around England planting structures with the children in the schoolyards. Because of the lack a shade, he is hired to do these structures so the children have a place to sit it get out of the sunrays. With progress and the building over the last years. Many old trades have faded away. With the growing interest in gardening, rustic furniture has become part of the trend. Anne Roberts, originally from England, now residing on 60 acres in Canada. She makes benches, pergolas, gazebos, and summerhouses from the wild willows, hop hornbeam and eastern white cedar. She showed pictures of a dacha she had made with the inside roof elaborately patterned with twig work and pinecones. Bonnie Gale was there with many of her beautiful baskets. I'm sorry to say that I missed Bonnie's talk. But I was told that it was great. I understand Bonnie spoke of willows in basketry and of the American Willow Growers Network. She spoke of the different types of willow used and the different ways willow can be used in basketry. I hadn't realized that willow was boiled to take the bark off. God bless her for that job. I picture Bonnie outdoors with her big kettle over an open fire. The only thing is how does she tell her spoon from all the willow sticks poking out of the kettle. I know, I know she doesn't ready do it that way. All three speakers touched on the fact that willow is being used more and more for flood control, water purification project, fences, clean-burning fuel substitute for coal-burning power plants. I also learned this weekend that aspirin originally came from the white willow. From a local newspaper the following information. Kudzu has been discovered up North. Kudzu has been discovered grow at several locations here on Long Island and in the Hudson Valley and New York City. They don't know how it got here to Long Island. They're keeping an eye on it to see if it'll survive the climate up here. I'd like to see if I could get some to put in the freezer. Oh, that reminds me. Steve Pickup said you could freeze your cuttings from your willows this fall and set the out next March or April to grow. Doris M - watch for a package of glad leaves coming your way. Ruth Andre - as you can tell I went to Ohio. No I'm not doing any basket conventions until Stowe. Work, school and senior citizens keep me too busy to get away more then that. Maybe when I retire I'll get to all those places again. Kathey Ervin - your suggestion of 'wearable wovens' had me scratching my head. What could I do? All sudden several things had jumped into my head. Now I'm looking forward to it. I was late at getting my package out this time. Being your planning ahead, it'll allow me from now to January to get my act together and have the piece done by then. Good thinking. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% If for any you would ever like to cancel your subscription, simply send me a message with "unsubscribe" as your subject.