The Art of Basketry by Kari Lonning & her team of 23 international basket artists will take your basketry beyond function & into the arena of art. From basic training in weaving to winning tips on creating distinctive works, this beautifully illustrated book gives you the techniques, experience & motivation to become a basket art star.

132 pages, Paperback, Full Color, 9" x 9", © 2000
Order Number: CB1893..........$17.95 $12.95

Get thoughtful, step-by-step, basket-making instruction from a master teacher, and be inspired to collect art baskets from beautifully-made examples by 95 top artists in Basket Inspiration for Makers & Collectors. Learn fundamentals and complete projects for plaited ribbed, twined, and braided construction, twill weaving, and surface embellishment.

144 pages, Hardcover, Full Color, © 2010
Order Number: CB2754...........$34.99

Basketry of the Luzon Cordillera, Phillipines, perhaps best captures the ubiquitous basket of the unique way of life of the agricultural people of the central mountain range in the northern Philippines. This volume is illustrated with color photographs of 50 baskets & related items such as trays, hats, & fish traps, as well as numerous historical and contemporary images of these baskets in daily use.

135 pages, Paperback, Full Color, © 1998
Order Number: CB-S035...........$30.00 $19.95

Baskets Now: USA provides a spectacular collection of contemporary baskets by emerging & established artists selected for exhibition at the Arkansas Arts Center and presented here in beautiful full-page photographs.

120 pages, Paperback, Full Color
Order Number: CB2314...........$24.95

With baskets of fiber, clay, paper, feathers and metal, Baskets: Tradition & Beyond features over 180 stunning full color photographs and insightful commentary. It will inspire all who have an appreciation for one of the world's most enduring art forms.

128 pages, Hardcover, © 2000
Order Number: CB1865..........$30.00 $19.95

Black Ash Baskets will give you the basic skills for making splint baskets from scratch and guidance on every step from an award-winning basket maker, Jonathan Kline. There are full-color photographs show the process on preparing the wood, making splints, weaving, shaping the baskets, and crafting rims and handles. Included are 6 complete basket projects.

111 pages, Paperback, Full Color, © 2011
Order Number: CB2778..........$24.95

Prized by collectors for more than a century, Spruce Root Basketry of The Haida & Tlingit examines the history and evolution of spruce root basketry of that northern Northwest Coast and describes traditional uses and forms as well as changes in style.

160 pages, Hardcover, Full Color, © 2003
Order Number: CB2468...........$55.00

 


 

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