"Weavers Words" Vol. 4 Iss. 15 Date Sent: June 26, 2000 Web Page: http://members.xoom.com/dgcollins/ Subscribers: 1428 David Collins 408 North Devon Avenue Indianapolis, IN 46219 Phone: (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. 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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. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Picture('s) Added To Web Page Since The Last Issue Chris Green's-----Flower Vase %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Stuff Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 21:29:18 -0500 From: Tony Stubblefield To: David Collins/Weavers Words Mary Hooper - about water spots - Yes, the instant tea/coffee stain will water spot. I have really only noticed it on the handle before, not on the body of the basket. I don't find the minor spotting to be offensive as it just adds to the overall patina of the basket. The tool basket I used for years was stained with instant tea and has gotten splashed many a time and it looks great still. I have used ultra-strong brewed tea from bags before to dye reed to be woven in a basket and I suspect that is as permanent as you can get. The brewed tea gave a different color, more grays and browns in shade than the instant tea. I haven't ever used any kind of finish on a tea stained basket. About my web site photos - I have an Olympus D-400 Zoom digital camera that I use for all of the new pictures on my web site. I use Adobe Photoshop to do all of the cropping, color adjusting, resizing and retouching (i.e. erasing the any backgrounds). Photoshop 5.5 has a "Save for Web" feature that allows you to preview how the photo will look at different compression ratios and under different formats. It will also give you an estimation of the download times too. This is a great feature, which has allowed me to save the photos at greater compression settings than I ever would have before. Helen - about musty smelling reed - I suspect by the time the reed is soaked and rewetted as you weave all the smell will be washed away. If you stain the projects after they are completed I am sure the smell will be gone then. All I can say is try one and see what happens. Oh, I now have my new class schedule up on my web site. As some of you know I only teach about 6-8 classes a year so here are 2 of the 3 or 4 I will teach the remainder of this year. I am trying a new basket this time and hope it goes well. It is going to be a Nantucket Pencil Holder. We will be weaving over a acrylic tumbler instead of a mold with the tumbler remaining in the basket as a liner. This is similar to the Wine Cooler I make. I hope the class is successful as I am having two dozen specially made bases and handles made! If they aren't I am going to be making a lot of pencil holders this winter. Happy Weaving, Tony Stubblefield http://www.JASkets.com %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Baskets and Basket Buddies Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 23:49:10 -0400 From: "Lewis & Carolyn Megginson" To: "David Collins" Hi David, First of all I want to thank you for all the time and energy you have given us all. I want to thank another Son for giving my card to his Mother. I was lucky enough this past week to meet her. It was a wonderful highlight to my life. Both our Granddaughters graduated from the same school. She was also able to help me locate an old field type pattern I have been looking for. A lot of coincidences but such a wonderful happening. We had a wonderful visit and feel I have been knowing all my life. Thank you Basket Buddy for the time and wonderful basket goodies. I have started working new patterns and have chosen the Mountain Swing Handles and some economy swing handles. I am wondering what would be the best way to secure the economy handles. They only have a small hole drilled toward both ends. Can drill a larger hole with no trouble. Have three shows in a time frame of two weeks. Know you will not see the walls in my house in a week. Baskets are wonderful. Billie Dorris was right about checking local schools and knowing neighborhoods. There are three High Schools in one city, one schools has an excellent show, one is OK and one is unacceptable. Sometimes even small sounding shows can be surprising. The market is there and people still appreciate baskets. I want to mention that Riddick's Folly Museum in Suffolk, Va. has a nice display of old baskets. They have everything from old field baskets to a split cane basket with lid that was probably used as purse. This would be worth a side trip to anyone in area that is interested in baskets. Before I close I want to say how much I have enjoyed Tony Stubblefield's web site. The baskets are beautiful, wonderful clear pictures with quick download. Guess I had better close and get some rest so I can start on baskets early in the morning. Carolyn of Suffolk %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Kenosha Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 22:54:32 -0500 From: Chris Carstens To: davidc@iei.net Hi Everyone, It's been fun reading all of the interesting posts on Weaver's Words this past week! Mona - I can't believe what you did to your husband, but you've given me some good ideas about what I can do the next time my husband complains about the mess I am making with my reed, etc.!!! Would you like some tea, honey??? Beth Bechtel - What size driftwood pieces are you looking for and how many do you need? I am going up to Door Co. in a couple of weeks and will have a chance to comb the beach. I'll see what I might be able to find for you. Whereabouts in WI do you live? Jayna - I have never been to Nate's Nantuckets, but I have one of their catalogs. It says they are open Monday through Friday 9:00am-5:00pm. Saturday call ahead. Stephanie Funck - I have a Fishing Creel pattern by Pat Levitte called "Pigeon River Purse" that uses reed and a wooden base and lid. I guess it can be used as a fishing creel or a purse. You can order the lid and base with the pattern by calling her brother who makes the lids, etc. at (810) 784-5952. His name is Bob Teller. The wood is Black Walnut, which she said was from her father's own trees. There is also a small version of this creel. I can't remember the price on the kits. I think it was $16 or $18 for the large kit. I also have a pattern for another reed fishing creel that I ordered from Baskets of Joy. It is a revised pattern, originally by Arlie Moltrup and revised by Yvonne Guenthner and Lyn Siler called "Deer Creek Fishing Creel or Purse." I'm not sure if BOJ has the lids and straps available or not, but on the pattern it says you can order them from Yvonne Guenthner at The Basket Shoppe, (410) 676-7152. I don't think this creel has a wooden base. I have never made either of these creels before (or any creel for that matter), but want to attempt a Nantucket Creel this fall. I am taking some Nantucket classes this summer- one with Jim Rutherford and one with John McGuire. I am going to wait until after these classes to tackle the creel. I feel really fortunate that I am able to take classes from these two experts! I made one 6" round Nantucket this spring at our convention with Jim Rutherford. I really enjoyed the class. Jim is a great teacher and Nantucket's are so cool! Anyone who has been afraid to try one should go for it! (I would never have tried one without taking a class first) I need some help from anyone living in or near Kenosha, WI. My husband has taken a new job with Snap-On Tools in Kenosha and I was wondering if there are any of you out there living around that area that could tell me more about nice places to live with good schools? Please email me privately if you have any information for me! Thanks so much! Lisa Carstens in Hartland, soon to be Kenosha, WI %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Indian Museum in Warner, NH Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 22:02:46 -0700 From: Jane Milner To: davidc@iei.net Hi All, Jayna: regarding the Indian Museum in Warner, NH, I was the one who requested the information as I would be spending an extra week in New England after the Stowe Basketry Festival in Vermont. The Indian Museum is FABULOUS! Many, many baskets...birch bark, black ash/sweetgrass, Cherokee, many Eastern baskets plus some Hopi and Navajo. The basket collection is a permanent display. They also have birch bark canoes, saddles, some clothing, beadwork. It is a wonderful place to visit. The Stowe Basketry Festival was totally awesome. A great time was had by all, and many beautiful baskets were woven. Met lots of great teachers, and made lots of new friends. Sincerely, Jane Milner, where it is cooling down in Grass Valley, California %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 07:02:54 -0500 From: Jim Beltz To: davidc@iei.net Connie, The tool that my husband uses to cut slots with is a slot cutter that attaches to his table router. We bought it at the local woodworking shop. I took a base that was already cut and a piece of reed in to show the owner exactly what I was doing so he could understand the size I wanted and the use of the tool. I have been able to cut bases by myself-except for small ones (my fingers are tooooo close for comfort for me). These are power tools capable of causing great damage so please be careful. The most surprising thing for me is how quick things can just "jump" out of routers, saws, etc. and go flying across a room, or at you! Good luck. I also saw the article in Country Living Magazine with the backpack. Now I want to weave one like it. Anyone know of any sources out there? We are going to San Antonio this weekend to watch our daughter show her dog in the dog show there and baby-sit for her. It is probably the only place hotter than this part of Texas. Beth Beltz %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Hickory Stain? Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 08:33:28 -0500 From: "Barbara Byrne" To: Hi all, In past posts I have read information about making walnut stain and I think someone mentioned pecan. But I don't remember any mention of hickory. Does anyone out there have any experience making stain from hickory nuts? If so, do you have to collect the nuts at a specific time of year? Can you use nuts that are already on the ground and have been there for awhile? What process for making the stain do you use? While on a walk yesterday on a newly mowed path through the woods near our house, I found a hickory tree that I didn't know was there. It's awfully close to the house and there are LOTS of nuts around it on the ground. I hate to see them all just laying there- especially if I can put them to good use! Any information is appreciated! Thanks! Barb Byrne in Vienna, MO %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 4 I. 14 Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 09:05:26 -0500 From: Rowena Philbeck To: David Collins David and All, I am new to the group and have enjoyed reading all your postings. I am a Gourd Artist and have been for about 9 years. I love weaving with natural materials and round reed. I am trying to learn more about weaving to use on the gourds. I hope to learn a lot from all you weavers. Happy to be here, Rowena %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Magazine Photos Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 10:13:36 -0400 From: "Mary Hooper" To: "David Collins" Chrys: It looks from the posting as if the new editor of Basket Bits is keeping pretty busy with her new tasks. My experience with editors - and I've been one on a newspaper--is that letters sometimes get misplaced, forgotten, or filed for future action, though I can't speak for your case in particular. My brother, who is a photographer, and I, who also send out photos with articles once in awhile, have a simple procedure. We have a rubber stamp with name and contact info and a copyright notice. (Copyright {here insert a 'c' inside a circle} 2000 by Mary Hooper) Look at magazines and books for samples of copyright notices. We stamp this on the back of our photos to inform others that we know the rules and are standing by our rights under the law. A typed notice on a label would do instead. When you send the photos, ask that your copyright notice be printed with each photo or the notice for photos and text be placed on the first page of the printed article. And keep copies of all written communications. I'm not a lawyer and can't give legal advice, so I suggest that you contact the Copyright Office in DC--get the address from the web-- and ask for the forms for registering photographs and a pamphlet outlining the rules. The general rule, as I understand it, is that the photo, as your work, is automatically copyrighted but if you don't register it you are entitled to only the actual loss to you caused by someone using your photo without your consent. Registration entitles you to additional payment for damages. There is an excellent book, the Photographer's Market, which has a new edition every year, that is available in most libraries, that will give you excellent advice. Also, keep in mind, that photographers, as a group, are more cohesive than writers and will fight for their rights, so they have established a businesslike climate for their offerings. I would like to put in a word for editors, who have much to do, little time to do it in, and lots of people to work with. I hope all basket weavers will be patient with them. If you come across one who is a bear to work with, just forgive and forget. There are others who will be all you could ask for and those are the ones you treasure and remember with a Christmas card each year. Good luck with publishing your material. Put it together, send it out with a nice letter, and offer to work with the editor is she wants any changes. Mary Hooper mjhooper@mitchell.main.nc.us %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Booth display Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 10:17:16 -0400 From: "Mary Hooper" To: "David Collins" Billie: Thanks for the advice on making a booth look good. I think your experience parallels mine when it comes to choosing shows. My husband will help set up and break down, but booth sitting isn't something he's comfortable with. Now there's a good reason for the old-girl buddy-system to exist! Mary Hooper, in western NC where everything is growing faster, taller, and greener than I can recall in some years. mjhooper@mitchell.main.nc.us %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Question re: chair taught at IN Convention Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 09:18:56 -0500 (CDT) From: terrydegrave@webtv.net (Terry Degrave) To: davidc@iei.net Hi I was just wondering if anyone knew where to get the chairs that were used in the 1-hour class by Carol Mattson. (IN Convention) It is about 6 inches high and just the seat is woven. It is just the right size for a beanie to sit in. I need to make a couple more but only bought one extra frame at the convention. I have been through most of the online catalogs and can't find it. Anyone know who carries them??? Thanks Terry %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 4 I. 14 Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 09:48:28 -0500 From: Rowena Philbeck To: David Collins David, Do you know if there is a magazine that is devoted to natural weaving materials and baskets? I don't do the ordinary baskets and I mainly use natural materials and gourds. I'm interested in learning more about how to weave other materials on gourds and I didn't know if there was a website or guild or magazines. Thanks for your help, Rowena Philbeck rowena@archone.tamu.edu http://www2.txcyber.com/~rowena/ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Visit, bark cutters,shipping,Shaving Pony Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 11:23:40 -0400 From: "Angie Wagner-Country Seat" To: "David" Hi all! Mary in NC - I don't work Saturdays anymore, but I did happen to be working Sat the 17th (Donna was away). Doris generally takes care of the store and the rest of us are in the office. I would've come out and said hello if I had known! Isn't Doylestown great? I live 20 minutes from there. We go there for many reasons, the small shops are fun and they have a great movie theater that shows old as well as new movies (you can get specialty chocolates and hot tea along with popcorn, yum). Glad to hear PA treated you right. Kristin In MI - Thanks for your input. Did you purchase your Gerry Stripper throught Tandy? I admit, I wasn't even using a T-square. I made little pencil marks and then cut free hand with a scissors, yuck. I've done it before with decent results, but not this time. Thanks Cathryn! Chrys - Thanks, I don't have any problem with taking bark off the tree (I do wish that we had more birch trees here in PA. North of us there are more, but not a lot locally). I need a cutter for nice even strips for weaving. I know that they are out there, just wanted to get others input before I spend the money on one. Cathy - are you military? Either way, we ship internationally all of the time. We ship via US Post Office as it is cheaper then UPS for international shipping. Just drop us an e-mail if you have any questions. Darla - we carry a pattern for a "Shaving Pony". It's a little smaller than the norm, good for traveling and people will small weaving spaces. You can see it pictured in our on-line catalog. Just type - shaving pony - in the search box. Off to the shore this weekend - my first 4th of July holiday in 18 years (always did a 9-10 day festival over the 4th). Angie in PA The Country Seat http://www.countryseat.com %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 14:15:32 -0400 From: "Kathleen Howard" To: "David Collins" As a short time subscriber and long time weaver, I would like to say thanks for all the info I have gathered from Weaver's Words. Never have written before but there's always a first time for everything. Just read about a backpack that was made on a mold and would like to find out more about it. Does anybody know who wrote the pattern and where I could buy one? Thanks from the rainy U.P. of Michigan %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: WW Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 15:55:58 -0400 From: Angelique Raptakis To: "Weavers Words (E-mail)" Several issues ago I posted several questions on birch bark, and black ash. All the responses were very informative, thank you all. I have a large glovers needle, used for sewing leather, and I am now trying to find the perfect handle for my awl. I received a bag full of pine needles from Kathy Fullerton in LA, and they are beautiful. I have heard of 10-12 inch needles, but they look so much longer in real life when you are used to seeing 4" needles. THANK YOU!! And since we are on the topic of tea stains, I made a tea stain several months ago and stored it in plastic jug. When I went to use it two weeks later it had molded and smelled bad. Do you need to refrigerate tea stain? Should I add something to it to keep it from molding? I have a walnut stain that has been sitting in a bucket for almost a year and have never had a problem with mold. Any suggestions? Angelique Raptakis in Silver Spring, MD, where we had a wonderfully scary light show last night and plenty of rain to go with it. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: Re: "Weavers Words" V. 4 I. 14 Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 16:00:24 EDT From: DeeGrin@aol.com To: davidc@iei.net Hello to David and fellow weavers. Guess a lot of us are on vacation and trips, David, so haven't been writing as much. Great tips in this one though, thanks to everyone on what to do with stains and Nantucket rims. I bought the new issue of Country Homes, what beautiful baskets featured and what talent Carolyn Watt. Especially the Nantucket umbrella basket and backpack. Wonder if these are her own designs? It is worth the cost of magazine to see her use of baskets. Lois from Hawaii. On your trip to N.C. next spring you should try to make it to the pottery galleries in Seagrove N.C. there are at a lot of potters within a short mile radius with beautiful pottery as very reasonable prices. It is on highway 220 exit 45. The other place that is great to visit is Suzanne Moores North Carolina Basket Shop in Vass N.C. just about 40 miles off 220, but she may be closed due to being at the convention. They have a great supply and are very nice people. Will look forward to meeting you as I have attended for the past 4 years now. I have just returned from attending my middle daughter's graduation in Evanston Il. She has worked hard the past 6 years to achieve her Ph.D from Garrett Theological and Northwestern. We got home and two days later she called to tell me she broke her foot and had a mid-calf cast on. So flew up to help her with my adorable 18-month and 5 year old granddaughters. Have been weaving since I got back on Wed. and have my husband out in the barn making bases for me as we are really getting the much needed rain in Florida now and not much else you can do. Hope everyone has safe trips while on vacation. We had a near miss when a deer "bumped into our car "on way from Chicago to VA. Luckily my blazer has a plastic grill and we were going slow in the middle of a very small town. The deer got up and ran into the woods with not a trace of blood, thank heavens and we felt very lucky not to have had a bad accident. Does anyone have Judy Richmond's e-mail address? I lost it when I updated my computer. Dee in sunny, hot, rainy Fl. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: McGuire tools Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 16:52:53 EDT From: Deesbasket@cs.com To: davidc@iei.net Hi Where could I find info on John McGuire tools? I keep reading about them in WW. I'm new at weaving. 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