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On the Web
- Peg's Basketry - Instructional publications for pine needle and teneriffe basketry.
- California Indian Basketry - Shapes and uses of California Indian basketry.
- Hopi Basketry - The Hopi Cultural Preservation Office presents photographs of Hopi baskets, information on the history of Hopi basketry, techniques used to weave their baskets, and how the baskets were used.
- Werner Turtschi - Information about baskets, basketmaking, willows and other things related to basketry.
- Carol Hart - Basket artist and author from Salisbury, Ct whose style of focus is traditional basket weaving.
- Fabric Basketry by Vera Johnson - A gallery of fabric wrapped basketry. Includes information about the process.
- East Troy Basketry - Offers a wide selection of supplies, patterns, and accessories. Monthly free patterns.
- The Basketmakers Association - Promotes the knowledge of basketry, chairseating and allied crafts; their making, study, collecting, teaching and use. Events, sales, membership and gallery.
- Tai Gallery Textile Arts - Master artists of Japanese bamboo basketry, biographies and photos of woven bamboo basketry. Additionally, an extensive, well-illustrated section on plaiting techniques employed.
- Dane Coppice Crafts Group - Cheshire group holding workshops for willow basketry, willow sculpture and other related crafts.
Wikipedia Articles
- Mike Dart - Mike Dart is a Native American artist of the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma who specializes in contemporary Cherokee double wall basketry.
- Florence Davidson - Florence Edenshaw Davidson (1896-1993) was a Canadian First Nations artist from the Haida nation who created traditional basketry and button-blankets and was also a respected elder in her First Nations community, the Haida village of Masset, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia.
- Loren Bommelyn - Loren Bommelyn is a tradition bearer for the Tolowa tribe. He has dedicated himself to preserving the traditional songs, language, and basketry.
- Palma, Mozambique - Palma is a town on the Indian Ocean coast of Mozambique, lying south of the border with Tanzania. It is known for basketry, for rugmaking and for its offshore islands.
- Basket weaving - Basket weaving (or basket making, basketry, or basketmaking) is the process of weaving unspun vegetable fibers into a basket. People with the profession of weaving baskets are basketmakers.