#basket making

[lazystitches]

made a basket and then made a fawn and lo and behold they are perfect for each other

[finngualart]

a tiny little basket that @snegel and me made together from dandelion stems, it's rather wonky but i love it so much. here is the tutorial. brb going to try and make another one immediately

[weftist]

I made a little basket :)

[lizzielovessummer]

Hearts basket weaving at our guild meeting.

Containers my beloved. I love making them because I can use them!

[kuemmernis]

Altar Guardian (Making of)

Some time ago, I posted about the North German practice of the Bannkorb ((Spell)Binding Hive), a beehive adorned with a human face, which is supposed to keep evil spirits and honey thieves from a group of beehives.

While researching, I came across a publication by Aladin Borioli, who took some stunning photos of extant examples in German museum collections. I cut some of these out from a brochure of his publishing house (spector books), which I plan to frame and hang in my flat.

I’ve been thinking a lot about binding practices and how in different spiritual practices figurines and statues guard holy and sacred places. Since I felt such a resonance with these hive-figures, I wanted to create a miniature Spellbinding Hive for my Altar Space.

I collected a whole bunch of dandelion stems, that had already gone to seed and hung them up to dry. Once they were nice and crispy, I began braiding them into one long braid and startet sewing it to itself.

I’m currently in the process of forming the basket-structure. The next step will be to form the face/mask and attach it to the finished miniature hive.

[nemfrog]

Indian basketry. 1904. Book cover.

Internet Archive

[rombology]

My first coiled basket! Made a few months ago. It's a little wonky but I think it's cute. Made from acrylic yarn and cotton rope.

[loser-mutt-boyfriend]

haii!!! I wanted to put my progress somewhere! I'm native alaskan and I have a hard time connecting with my culture. the meetings I can go to are in a city and hour away and it's really hard to find the time. so instead I've been trying to connect with the natural world! after I have a cigarette outside my apartment I make at least 1 attempt at weaving grass.

after about 2 weeks this is where I was at.^^

a couple days later I was here :))!!^^

now I'm here!!! ^^I've been able to figure out how to work with the natural fold of the grass when I weave and have the spacing be consistent. now I'm trying to figure out how to close or create a circle.

I don't look anything up!!! maybe when I start figuring things out more if I do but it feels good for my brain and I have to pay attention to my medium more than what I'm doing wrong in terms of the techniques.