Books and Publications, Etc.

If you have an ongoing publication for basketmakers or a book that has been published within the past year, contact us to post it here.

 

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You'll not want to miss Mary Hettmansperger's new book Fabulous Woven Jewelry : Plaiting, Coiling, Knotting, Looping & Twining with Fiber & Metal about fiber and metal woven techniques in jewelry, her projects and inspiration. This book is being published by Lark Books and can be found online at Amazon.com or by contacting Mary.

 


Basketmaking in Ireland by Joe Hogan  Three hundred pages and 100 illustrations covering materials and techniques used in creels, potato baskets, currachs,  cradles and cribs, calf muzzles, wooden sieves and much more.   Published November 2001, the books is available through Wordwell Books or contact Nick Maxwell    Paperback, aprox. $35 US

 

Calendar 2002
Compiled by the Northeast Basketmakers Guild, BASKETS 2002 features historic and antique baskets. The baskets are from the collections of guild members and have been selected both for their educational and artistic value.
Calendars will be available in early August. To receive your copy of the 2002 calendar, pick it up at any NBG guild event, or order today by sending a check payable to NBG in the amount of $15.95 + $4 shipping to:
Elizabeth Carnes
6 Farmview Circle
Granby, CT 06035
For quantity discounts, contact Elizabeth at (860) 653-5117.
 

The complete book on Swedish basketry by Jonas Hasselrot
Written in Swedish but many copies sold for all its pictures. Includes history, materials, techniques, uses, production, and marketing as well as how-to instructions for seven kinds of baskets, colour photographs of old baskets, and old time photographs showing baskets in use. 192 pages, 300 pictures, mainly in colour. For more information visit
Jonas' website 
 
 

 
 

• Visit Just Patterns Magazine for more than 20 free patterns posted on the website and many more in the regular publications.
• Native Baskets by Peggy Sanders Brennan is a 22-page spiral bound booklet covering many topics including Native Cherokee basketry, how to identify and gather plants for weaving and dyes, native plant gathering calendar, and weaving instructions. Peggy is a member of Western Band of Cherokees who has many years of weaving experience and specializes in weaving Western (Oklahoma) Cherokee double wall baskets and Southeast Indian twill utility baskets. For more information about her publication you can e-mail Peggy or write her at PO Box 5404, Edmond, OK 73083-5404 or visit Summer Meadow Basketry .
   
   

  Creating With Pineneedles by Mary A. Behrman and E. Marion Peterson. The 34-page book contains instructions for purses, napkin holders, jewelry, etc. and gives directions for beautiful Tenerife designs made on wire frames by L. W. (Woody) Sitzer. For more information about the book and the frames, visit this website .
   
   
   
   
   

   
   
   
   

• Basket Bits Magazine
  P.O. Box 827, Sturtevant, WI 53117
  Phone (262) 835-4041, e-mail owner/editor Sandy Bulgrin
   
   

  Introduction to Coiling is a great, new CD ROM that teaches coiling step-by-step with easy-to-follow
photos and text. These lesson will be invaluable for the beginner and a great reference for the experienced coiler. Topics include:
· Materials and tools.
· Basics like starting, ending, shaping, adding foundation, wrapping.
· Stitches.
· Design elements like beading, knotting, twining, switchback.
· Examples from fiber artist/teacher Marilyn Moore.
To learn more about the CD and for ordering information,
visit this special website .

 
 
 
 
 

"B is for Basket" by Pat Fitzpatrick contains patterns and general directions for creating plaited baskets. This book is designed to give the beginner an opportunity for practice while creating 10 distinctive baskets by varying the size and handle treatment. The 10 baskets are: Baby, Basil (herb), Beach, Berry, Biscuit, Bitty (match), Blossom, Bountiful (market), Bride's and Buddy (friendship).
Books may be purchased directly from author Pat Fitzpatrick . (1/28/00)
 
 

 
 
 

• Those of you who have been with Baskets, Etc. since the beginning, will remember a page we did a couple of years ago about Fred B. Eiseman writing a book about Balinese basketry. Well Ulat-ulatan, Traditional Basketry in Bali has arrived and is just now available through amazon.com. For more information and to order, move to the search box below and enter the words "Basketry in Bali".

   
   

   

• From your editor: Recent book talk on the web sent me on a search for certain basketry books. Through interlibrary loan, I have been able to see some nice basketry books of focused subject matter that I want to pass along to you.
• Basketry Technology: A Guide to Identification and Analysis , by J. M. Adovasion
  c. 1977, Library of Congress No. 77-70388, 182 pages, b&w.
  This book tells, in detail, how basket artifact fragments are extracted from a site and categorized. It contains amazingly clear diagrams of the various styles of weaving. I found especially interesting, the detailed diagrams on coiled Native American baskets. My library got it for me from State University of New York, College of Arts and Sciences at Geneseo.

   

• Chinese Baskets by Berthold Laufer, Curator of Anthropology
  c. 1925, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.
  This is an oversized portfolio of b&w pictures of early Chinese baskets, some of which are sure to make you say, “How DID they do that and how long did it take them?” My copy came from the library of the Illinois Teachers College Chicago - North.

   Antique Baskets and Basketry by Frances Thompson
  c. 1977, A.S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 190 pages, b&w, ISBN 0-498-01873-3
  This book deals with more recent history of basketry. In addition to talking about uses and methods of baskets, it shows pictures of antique baskets that would help give you some sort of concept of just what an antique basket might look like. My copy came from the Lima, Ohio Public Library but there are probably copies of this one in many other libraries as well. (8/16/98)

  If you are looking for basket books to purchase, you can access amazon.com from the link posted at the top of the page. They list more than 100 books on baskets and basketry. We do get a small credit from them for sending visitors. Since Baskets, Etc. is an informational site and we realize no income from it, your accessing amazon.com through our site would be appreciated. Read about it -- Weave about it! Thanks, Linda
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• Math in a Basket and Baskets: A Book for Makers and Collectors by Billie Ruth Sudduth. See her website for more information.

   

• Addicted To Baskets
  by Elizabeth Wheeler Clark contains 20 patterns in its 10 chapters. Among them are her Shaker Peg Basket, Cindy's Keepsake Basket, and a Sunflower Tote Bag. Also included are tips and instructions on tools, terminology, various weaves, organization of materials, dyeing, and a section on special techniques which includes advice on braided rims, curls, and fabric liners. She includes in the Economy Section some tips on getting by with what you have...all written in a very friendly format. For more info on her book, contact Betsy (7/24/98)
   
   
   
• The Basket Tree
  Now in its second year, The Basket Tree is published five times each year and contains at least six basket patterns, a quick craft, recipes, helpful hints, and other interesting items. For more information, contact Maria Dickerson, 6 Timberland, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656, or e-mail Maria .
• The Weaver's Friendly Handbook for Pricing and Selling Handmade Baskets
  By Grace and Forrest Davis
  Spiral bound, 76 pages,
  Contains five chapters covering Our Basket Landscape, Building Your Foundation, Pricing Your Baskets, Selling Your Baskets, and Conclusion. Here are choices for pricing your baskets and a number of alternatives for marketing as well. For information contact Simple Things, 363 Raleigh Place Oviedo, Florida 32765; Phone (407) 977-8087; or e-mail your inquiry. Please come visit our Simple Things website.

  

• Exciting news: Flo Hopppe's new book has hit suppliers' shelves. Contemporary Wicker Basketry, 192 pages, softcover. This is truly a first-rate book!! Don't miss it.

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

• From Ann Ridgeway: The Smithsonian Institution has a new book out, "Treasures of the National Museum of the American Indian," by W. Richard West, Jr., et al., ISBN is 0-7892-01-05-4. The book includes photos of some exceptional baskets in the collection.

   

• Book I Flowers by Gerda "Jodi" Shebester - Contains 5 distinctive and realistic flowers in the 9 original designs. Available from The Basket House, 10833 Townsend Rd., Milan, MI 48160. Phone (313)439-3524. Fax (313)439-1143. Also available through major suppliers.