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Offline Olanigw (Pekane)

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Traditional abenaki fancy baskets
« on: February 25, 2014, 12:30:00 pm »
Got a grant to apprentice under master basketmaker Jeanne Brink.

First a bookmark.  Started with these to learn the basics.


Next candy baskets


Square baskets are easier to start



And the styles I've made so far:



I'm looking forward to a lot more practice when I can source some ash splint.  Anyone have some brown ash logs they want to part with?  Assuming we can adhere to quaranteen guidelines.

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Offline Ozzy

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Re: Traditional abenaki fancy baskets
« Reply #1 on: February 25, 2014, 01:02:50 pm »
Very cool that's what I need for gathering egg  ;)
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Offline Buffalogobbler

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Re: Traditional abenaki fancy baskets
« Reply #2 on: February 25, 2014, 02:52:51 pm »
Yeah, they are cool!
Post more pics as you go along and learn more.

Kevin
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Offline Mohawk13

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Re: Traditional abenaki fancy baskets
« Reply #3 on: February 25, 2014, 03:08:06 pm »
Nice work. Next time You see her, as Ms. Brink if she has ever met Shirley Sealth...She is a friend and a Master Basket Maker of the Squaxim People of Northwestern Washington. She is all the Great Great Grand daughter of Chief Seattle...
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Offline Olanigw (Pekane)

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Re: Traditional abenaki fancy baskets
« Reply #4 on: February 25, 2014, 04:16:14 pm »
Quote from: Mohawk13 on February 25, 2014, 03:08:06 pm
Nice work. Next time You see her, as Ms. Brink if she has ever met Shirley Sealth...She is a friend and a Master Basket Maker of the Squaxim People of Northwestern Washington. She is all the Great Great Grand daughter of Chief Seattle...
I'll have to ask her!
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Traditional abenaki fancy baskets
« Reply #5 on: February 25, 2014, 04:36:01 pm »
Nice baskets. What are the materials?
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Offline Olanigw (Pekane)

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Re: Traditional abenaki fancy baskets
« Reply #6 on: February 25, 2014, 05:00:06 pm »
Quote from: Pat B on February 25, 2014, 04:36:01 pm
Nice baskets. What are the materials?

The splints are pounded from brown ash (fraxinus nigra) and the sweetgrass (Hierochloe odorata is an aromatic grass that grows across the northeast.  The smallest splints used for weavers can be less than 1/16" wide.
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Re: Traditional abenaki fancy baskets
« Reply #7 on: February 25, 2014, 09:14:04 pm »
Those are very cool, wish I had the patience. The wife brought back some really nice Sweet grass baskets from South Carolina made by the Gullahs.
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Re: Traditional abenaki fancy baskets
« Reply #8 on: February 26, 2014, 01:24:39 am »
Awesome :)
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Offline chamookman

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« Reply #9 on: February 26, 2014, 04:39:38 am »
Cool ! Thanks for posting - Bob.
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Re: Traditional abenaki fancy baskets
« Reply #10 on: February 26, 2014, 09:05:28 am »
Very nice, do you have to steam the wood to bend it ? I wish I could get my hands on some sweet grass. I guess I'll have to stick with pine needles
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Offline Olanigw (Pekane)

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Re: Traditional abenaki fancy baskets
« Reply #11 on: February 26, 2014, 09:41:28 am »
Quote from: Bone pile on February 26, 2014, 09:05:28 am
Very nice, do you have to steam the wood to bend it ? I wish I could get my hands on some sweet grass. I guess I'll have to stick with pine needles
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Pile, the splints are half the thickness of one growth ring, and are very flexible, especially when they're this tiny.  We moisten them to keep it from breaking as we work with it.
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Offline YosemiteBen

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Re: Traditional abenaki fancy baskets
« Reply #12 on: February 26, 2014, 12:43:43 pm »
very nice work. My wife used to weave a lot - then several C-spine surgeries and a rotator cuff surgery - not so much any more....
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« Reply #13 on: February 26, 2014, 04:50:50 pm »
Quivers?
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Offline Olanigw (Pekane)

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