Practical Basketry Techniques

Stella Harding, Shane Waltener (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

160 Seiten

2018
Herbert Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-912217-93-9 (ISBN)

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A practical guide to learning the basics, getting started, and designing and creating your very own original baskets. While based on traditional techniques, this book opens the door to an exciting hybrid approach, mixing both materials and methods to achieve fabulous pieces.

Techniques, advice and inspiration for would-be and experienced basket makers.

Basketry is experiencing a resurgence of popularity, and enjoying an exciting comeback at the hands of a new and dynamic generation of makers who are not afraid to experiment with mixing materials and techniques.

While based on traditional techniques, this book gives you all the information you need to learn basic methods as well as discover exciting hybrid approaches, mixing both materials and methods to achieve fabulous pieces. Through illustrated step-by-step examples, get the confidence and inspiration to expand your making as far as your imagination can take you. The projects are suitable for beginners and provide a handy reference and inspiration guide for more experienced basket makers.

Stella Harding has been making baskets since 2001. Growing, gathering and making in an urban context, without a garden of one's own, is a passion she is keen to share with others. Stella has exhibited her basketry widely across Europe, and most recently at the Barbican Library and Metre Square Gallery in London. Shane Waltener regularly exhibits internationally. Recent projects include Love Lace, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney Design Festival, 2011; Sweet Celebrations, The Royal Shakespeare Company Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon, 2011, and Taking Time: Craft and the Slow Revolution, Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery and touring, 2009-11.

Introduction
Sourcing materials
Coiling and cobbling
Twining
Frame Basketry
Stake and Strand
Plaiting
Assemblage
Interlacing
Conclusion
Glossary
Bibliography
Suppliers
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	12.02.2019
Zusatzinfo	500 colour images
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	216 x 278 mm
Gewicht	660 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Handarbeit / Textiles
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Kreatives Gestalten
ISBN-10	1-912217-93-7 / 1912217937
ISBN-13	978-1-912217-93-9 / 9781912217939
Zustand	Neuware