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When weaving with green ivy, I always weave it super tight. Still, like any weaving material, as green ivy dries it shrinks a lot. The basket above is an example of just how much shrinkage occurs. I rapped all the ivy down in a random spot to show how much space is left open. When …
This was the first ivy basket I made a few years ago (2009). It was a simple woven basket using only one weaver. No twining. It was roughly constructed. I gave it away to the forest up in Twisp, WA when I was at Lynx’s program.
One of my more recent projects: The English Ivy basket-fanny pack. Tapestry weave. Chem tanned leather scrap for the front flap and belt loops. Deer toe bone for the button.
Quickie “survival” basket I made today in an hour or so at the Teen Wilderness Skills camp, a partnership between Rewild Portland and Portland Parks – Teen Environmental Adventures. Would have taken maybe 20 more minutes if I pulled the ivy myself. Simple weaving, no twining. I call these “survival” baskets because none of the …
My latest ivy basket experiment. Another “quickie” basket but this time as a time trial with only stone tools. Took approximately 2 hrs from start of harvest to completion of basket. Used a discoidal basalt stone flake for cutting and trimming the ivy and a broken twig (probably Douglas Fir) for an awl that I …
This is a visor I wove out of inner Himalayan Blackberry Bark. The rim is a simple plaited weave and the brim is twined.
This is a Yellow Cedar pouch I wove for my neice’s 10th birthday. The cord is made from reverse-wrapped chemical tanned deerskin.