All Things Considered VIII : Invited Artists
Members in the News, NBO News, Previous NBO Events
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All Things Considered VIII Exhibition, gallery of invited artists, including the conference faculty, previous Lifetime Achievement Winners, staff members and board members.
NBO Welcomes Three New Board Members
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Please take a moment to contact our new board members, and welcome them. Lindsay Ketterer Gates, a studio artist from Milford, PA, best known for her sculptural work. Her work is in many permanent collections including The Museum of Art and Design in NYC, and Yale University Art Gallery. Lindsay’s work has been featured on …
Video: A Playful, Sculptural Approach to Basketry
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Instructor Natalie Miebach leads students through a nontraditional process of creating beautiful woven sculptures based on stories each participant created at a recent National Basketry Organization Conference.
Video: Black Ash Weaving Class
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See and learn how JoAnn and Steve Catsos lead a class from black ash tree splitting to finished baskets in this workshop from the 2013 National Basketry Organization Conference.
Video: Willow Bark Class
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Follow the processing and weaving steps as Jennifer Heller Zurick teaches a willow bark weaving class at the 2013 NBO Biennial Conference: Tradition & Innovation in Basketry VII
Easy Flower Vase
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A future Mother-In-Law, and friend of basketmaker and NBO Board Member, Beth Hester wanted something special for the family’s upcoming rehearsal dinner party. So, Beth suggested they weave a basket around their antique Blue Mason Jars. Step-by-step instructions.
A Measure of the Earth
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Produced in conjunction with the exhibition “A Measure of the Earth: The Cole-Ware Collection of American Baskets” at the Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum. “A Measure of the Earth” celebrates the generous gift of seventy-nine baskets to the Smithsonian American Art Museum by the noted collectors Steven R. Cole and Martha G. Ware, and …
Cherokee River Cane Basketry Class
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Watch as a class learns the secrets to weaving with this beautiful, durable basket material used by the Cherokee nation as long ago as 600 A.D. The shape and patterns appear deceptively simple, but the techniques require special care and attention.
Make “Color Play”
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For all level of weavers this colorful reed basket can be made thanks to instructions provided by NBO Lifetime Achievement Award winning basket maker Flo Hoppe. Three-rod wale is the basic weave for this basket, but the fun comes in when you play around with different colors and number of spokes to create spirals, zigzags, …
Selecting a White Oak Tree for Basketry
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This instructional is excerpted from Jan Henry’s book Handling White Oak. Finding the right tree is not easy, but time spent locating a good one pays off when the splitting begins. The best tree for splints is found in hollows, in rich bottomland soil or the lower part of a north or east slope. They are …
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