Basket-Weaving Crafts: 22 Home Decorating Projects Using Basket-Making Techniques (Fox Chapel Publishing) Beginner-Friendly Serving Trays, Mirrors, Planters, Lanterns, & More, All Made with Basketry - Softcover

Virve Boesch

Softcover

ISBN 10: 149710050X ISBN 13: 9781497100503

Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing, 2019

Synopsis

The must-have beginner's guide to basketry techniques!

• 22 projects for creating various contemporary items using basketry methods
• Step-by-step instructions and high-quality photography for each project
• Beginner-friendly techniques and materials are explained in an easy-to-follow manner
• Skill-building projects start off easily and slowly grow in complexity to help expand your skills

If you've ever wanted to create full baskets but felt it was too intimidating, Basket-Weaving Crafts is your go-to guide!

Featuring 22 contemporary projects, step-by-step instructions and illustrations, and high-quality photography, this book is the gateway to creating modern masterpieces.

An introduction explains all the materials and basic techniques in easy-to-understand descriptions before continuing to the projects, which are arranged from the simplest to the most elaborate, to help you expand your skills.

Learn basketry techniques and methods by making smaller, more manageable items rather than starting with a more cumbersome full basket project. From a serving tray, mirror, and purse to a lantern, picture frame, and hanging planter, these projects are as approachable as they are beautiful!

Written by Virve Boesch, a passionate creator and host of numerous workshops on basketry, this is a beginner-friendly, easy-to-follow, and beautifully chic introduction guide and project book. If you're looking to get started in basketry, you'll be happy you started here!

About this title

About the Author

Virve Boesch has training in craft techniques and their teaching, which she learned at the University of Applied Science Hame, Hameenlinna, Findland. In Paris, she continued her education at the National School of Applied Arts and Crafts.

From the Back Cover

Weave Your Way to Stylish Décor

If you've ever wanted to make full baskets but it felt too intimidating, Basket-Weaving Crafts is the gateway to creating modern masterpieces with techniques steeped in tradition! Perfect for both beginner and advanced crafters, anyone can enjoy working with natural materials to create more than 20 useful, decorative, and artistic objects. From trays and wreaths to magazine racks and bird feeders, each gorgeous project includes easy-to-follow instructions, coordinating high-quality photography, and helpful tips and tricks. Even if you've never tried this timeless craft before, this approachable how-to book is proof that now is the time!

• Understand the basic basket-weaving tools, materials, and techniques
• Follow step-by-step instructions to create 22 contemporary crafts that progress in difficulty
• Try your hand at different basket-weaving styles, like classic stake and strand basket making and openwork weaves
• Decorate your home with stunning wreaths, mirrors, lanterns, trivets, serving trays, wall décor, planters, and so much more

"Instructions for the unique projects are not intimidating and allow for individual creativity. The variety of woven objects from simple to more complex will inspire both novice and experienced basketmakers."
—JOANN KELLY CATSOS, award-winning basketmaker and teacher

Edition details

• Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 149710050X
• ISBN 13: 9781497100503
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128