Basket Inspiration: For Makers & Collectors

by Billie Ruth Sudduth

Overview

Get thoughtful basket-making instruction from a master teacher, and be inspired to collect art baskets by 95 top artists, through hundreds of beautifully-made examples. Learn the fundamentals of basket tools, materials, techniques, and dyeing; then proceed through sample projects for plaited, ribbed, twined, and braided construction, twill weaving, and surface embellishments. By understanding these basics, you will appreciate the artists' work. Step-by-step instruction and color photographs guide your progress while completed baskets provide plenty of encouragement.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780764334689
Publisher:	Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
Publication date:	06/17/2010
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	8.80(w) x 11.10(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Teacher, weaver, and collector Billie Ruth Sudduth is also a widely acclaimed basketmaker whose works are in many public and private collections. She lives in the Penland area of Mitchell County, in the North Carolina mountains.