Coiling Basics
Coiling is a basketry technique that involves wrapping and stitching lengths of material around a central core material to create variety of complex forms starting from a circle or oval base.
Refer to the coiling zine about the coiling process as you are exploring this process. This handout was created from selections from the book “Contemporary Basketry” by Sharon Robinson.
Images above, from top:
our first day of coiling
our coiling zine
The paper core typically used to make coiled baskets. This is just one of many different materials that you can use to make a coiled basket. What else could you use to coil a basket? How could a meaningful choice of material enhance the concept of your work?
a few basic diagrams of the coiling process, showing how to get started and the basic figure 8 stitch (Figure Q-Figure S).
Heres a youtube video that shows the coiling process with yarn. We will be using raffia in class, but yarn or many other contemporary materials could also work to wrap and sew around your core material.
Here is another link that demonstrates the coiling process with step by step pictures. If you find a particular video or webpage helpful to learning this process, why not collect the resource for yourself by posting to your own blog? That way if you want to revisit the process in the future, you can pick up where you left off quickly and easily, a great use of the blog structure for your future benefit.