An engaging makers'' guide to sourcing and harvesting foraged plants to make natural cordage and baskets. More and more of us are seeking to craft with our hands, develop our connection with the natural world and reduce our ecological impact. In this beautifully illustrated book, learn from artist/maker Ruby Taylor about basketmaking''s rich history and, with detailed step-by-step instructions and photographs, discover the simple joy and satisfaction of creating beautiful and useful objects. Expand your basketmaking skills and discover the practical potential of nature through this ancient craft.- Learn how to identify common plants and understand the ecosystems in which they grow.- Discover the principles of foraging, harvesting, processing and prepping plant fibres. - Make 4 seasonal baskets: a stake and strand bramble/blackberry basket, a coiled lidded grass basket, a reed mace basket and a willow bark container. - Make 4 types of cordage from Phormium, Daffodil, Bramble and Willow and a looped net bag.>

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Ruby Taylor is an artist-maker and educator, and connection to the natural world is at the root of her creative practice. She works with materials foraged from woods, hedgerows and the land, and facilitates immersive outdoor courses in basketmaking, pottery and bushcraft in Sussex, where she lives. Ruby holds a BA Hons in 3D Craft, post-graduate teacher training in Art & Design, a Diploma in the Therapeutic Application of the Arts, and trained in basketry with a number of UK basketmakers. From 2009-15 she worked with East Sussex Archaeology and Museums Partnership teaching ancient craft & technology, and co-constructing prehistoric-style dwellings.
rubytaylor.art / @nativehands.uk

Inhalt

Foreword by Hilary Leighton, PhD
Preface

Chapter 1
Why 'Wild', Why Basketry

Chapter 2
Origins: Animal-made Structures

Chapter 3
Origins: Human Archaeology of Baskets and Cordage

Chapter 4
Basketmaking Traditions

Chapter 5
Harvesting Materials

Chapter 6
Projects

1. Bramble Basket (stake & strand)
2. Bark Container (assembly)
3. Cordage (x 4)
4. Looped Cordage Bag (looping)
5. Lidded Grass Basket (coiled)
6. Reed Mace Basket (twining)