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Offline Olanigw (Pekane)

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Re: Traditional abenaki fancy baskets
« Reply #15 on: April 12, 2014, 02:50:14 pm »
Bringing this back to the top.  We've made a lot of progress last month, but had setbacks too.

Took a gamble and spent $400 on splint.  All of it fit in a USPS large flat rate box.  Very disheartening.  What was in there looks to be machine processed, aka sanded not split and shaved.  End result is a product with grain runoffs as well as too much stiffness.  We're still looking for a reasonable supplier.
On the other hand, if we can make good baskets with marginal material (and we are), using the good stuff will be easier later on.
More pics to come!
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Offline Olanigw (Pekane)

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Re: Traditional abenaki fancy baskets
« Reply #16 on: April 22, 2014, 10:41:52 am »
Worked up a couple round baskets to make lids for this month.

Every round basket has a star in the bottom.


Tried some new patterns.  I'm determined to balance historical reproductions with less traditional designs.


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Re: Traditional abenaki fancy baskets
« Reply #17 on: April 22, 2014, 11:44:59 am »
Man that is some very nice work. Beautiful stuff. :)
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Traditional abenaki fancy baskets
« Reply #18 on: April 22, 2014, 09:48:50 pm »
Why is it that the simplest things all have a natural elegance and beauty to them?  Looking forward to seeing more of your work!
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Offline Danzn Bar

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Re: Traditional abenaki fancy baskets
« Reply #19 on: April 22, 2014, 09:54:54 pm »
Quote from: JW_Halverson on April 22, 2014, 09:48:50 pm
Why is it that the simplest things all have a natural elegance and beauty to them?  Looking forward to seeing more of your work!


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You do have a way with words,  wish I had your talent,

Olanigw,  what JW said! and very nice work  :)
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Offline Bone pile

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Re: Traditional abenaki fancy baskets
« Reply #20 on: April 23, 2014, 08:16:04 am »
Some nice baskets your crafting.Like the look your coming up with.
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Offline Olanigw (Pekane)

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Re: Traditional abenaki fancy baskets
« Reply #21 on: April 24, 2014, 01:43:50 pm »
Quote from: Pappy on April 22, 2014, 11:44:59 am
Man that is some very nice work. Beautiful stuff. :)
 Pappy
Thanks Pappy!

Quote from: JW_Halverson on April 22, 2014, 09:48:50 pm
Why is it that the simplest things all have a natural elegance and beauty to them?  Looking forward to seeing more of your work!
I strive for understated excellence.  Simple elegence.  I need to learn the embellishments as part of the apprenticeship but I’m just as happy making a plain, no frills container with perfect proportion and execution (I’m a long ways from that)

Thanks DBar!

Quote from: Bone pile on April 23, 2014, 08:16:04 am
Some nice baskets your crafting.Like the look your coming up with.
Thank you!  Seeing your pine needle basket gave me the kick in the pants I needed to update this thread.
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Offline Olanigw (Pekane)

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Re: Traditional abenaki fancy baskets
« Reply #22 on: January 20, 2015, 10:46:31 am »
PROGRESS!!

We found a supplier that sells unprocessed splint for $1/foot.  Compared to the $3/foot crap that we were working with before, this is a miracle.  We have to split it and shave it, but that gets us twice the material and brings the total cost to about 50cents per foot!

We also have some black ash logs waiting for the spring thaw when we can pound them out.



Only need to make a few more "gauges" to split splints to the correct width for a complete set.
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Offline Chippintuff

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Re: Traditional abenaki fancy baskets
« Reply #23 on: January 20, 2015, 02:30:23 pm »
Your baskets are very fine. Anybody would be proud to have them and to display them.

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Re: Traditional abenaki fancy baskets
« Reply #24 on: January 21, 2015, 09:15:59 am »
good score looking forward to more baskets! Still hope to meet up with you the next time we go to Vermont.
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Re: Traditional abenaki fancy baskets
« Reply #25 on: January 21, 2015, 09:40:54 am »
Very nice work.  We have a lot of Black Ash on out property here, I cut a lot of it for firewood, but the shipping cost would by prohibitive.  Much of my bloodline is Abenaki
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Re: Traditional abenaki fancy baskets
« Reply #26 on: January 31, 2015, 04:58:57 pm »
Your work is beautiful!
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« Reply #27 on: January 31, 2015, 07:56:53 pm »
None of our school's football players made such beautiful baskets.   ::)

That's some outstanding work!!
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