Baskets are one of the few things we still can't mass produce to look as good as handmade. Try your hand at 30 styles using splint materials--wood and grass pounded or split into flat strips--including traditional egg, melon, feather, cradle, oriole, shaker, and other shapes that have all but disappeared. The guide to equipment and materials helps you select splints, and shows the old ways of gathering, drying, storing, and soaking them. A full-color photo gallery showcases each basket.
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Baskets are one of the few things we still can't mass produce to look as good as handmade. Try your hand at 30 styles using splint materials--wood and grass pounded or split into flat strips--including traditional egg, melon, feather, cradle, oriole, shaker, and other shapes that have all but disappeared. The guide to equipment and materials helps you select splints, and shows the old ways of gathering, drying, storing, and soaking them. A full-color photo gallery showcases each basket.
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Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
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Very Good. Tight, uncreased spine, pages clear and bright, shelf and edge wear, corners bumped, packaged in cardboard box for shipment, tracking on U.S. orders.
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Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Very good +, slight shelf wear and rubbing to the photographic wraps. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 160 p. Audience: General/trade.
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Pages and cover are intact. Used book in good and clean conditions. Limited notes marks and highlighting may be present. May show signs of normal shelf wear and bends on edges. Item may be missing CDs or access codes. May include library marks.
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Very Good. Size: 8x0x11; The title page is corner clipped. Baskets are one of the few things we still haven't learned to mass produce to look as good as handmade. Try your hand at 30 elegant basket styles using splint materials--wood and grass pounded or split into flat strips. Shapes include traditional egg, melon, feather, cradle, oriole, shaker, and others that have all but disappeared from sight. A complete guide to tools, equipment, and materials helps you select splints from rattan, cane, oak and ash, rope, sisal, and sea grass. Learn the old ways of gathering, drying, storing, and soaking splints from trees, bushes, vines, marsh plants, bulbs, grasses, and husks. Get special tips on handles, rims, bases, lids, paints, and dyes. Choose from ribbed styles like the Winged Egg Basket or the Oriole. Or a plaited basket like the Great Lakes, Cherokee, or Shaker. Or the spoked baskets like the Field, Provender, and Quiver. A full-color photo gallery showcases each basket, along with stories that tell how they evolved into their current styles.
