basket weaving
Interlacing flexible fibers
Basket weaving is the craft of interlacing flexible materials—reeds, willow, grasses—to create baskets and other containers.
The term also appears dismissively for courses or activities perceived as academically undemanding: He's majoring in basket weaving.
This slang sense implies the subject requires no real intellectual effort.
Tropical palm for weaving
- wickerPliant twig for weaving
- willowNarrow-leaved waterside tree
- reedVibrating sliver for woodwinds
- caneStick for support
bamboo · sweetgrass · raffia · palm fronds · pine needles · cordage · jute · seagrass
Looping around repeatedly
- plaitingInterweaving flexible strands
- twiningWrapping around spirally
- weftCrosswise loom threads
- warpBend from true form
twill · splicing · knotting · braiding · interlacing · over-under · staking · upsetting
Inherited cultural legacy
- indigenousOriginating in a region
- tribalOf a clan
- ancestorsThose from whom one descends
- ceremonialRelating to formal rites
cultural · folk art · preservation · ancestral · Cherokee · Gullah · Navajo · Aboriginal
Made manually, not machined
- artisanalMade by skilled craftspeople
- handworkLabor done manually
- craftsmanshipSkill in making objects
- handiworkHandmade work product
labor-intensive · meticulous · maker · workshop · tools · awl · bodkin · shears
rattan
Tropical palm for weaving
cane · bamboo · sweetgrass · raffia · palm fronds · pine needles · cordage · jute · seagrass · honeysuckle
coiling
Looping around repeatedly
warp · twill · splicing · knotting · braiding · interlacing · over-under · staking · upsetting · slewing
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
- indigenousOriginating in a region
- tribalOf a clan
- ancestorsThose from whom one descends
ceremonial · cultural · folk art · preservation · ancestral · Cherokee · Gullah · Navajo · Aboriginal · Appalachian
handcrafted
Made manually, not machined
- artisanalMade by skilled craftspeople
- handworkLabor done manually
- craftsmanshipSkill in making objects
handiwork · labor-intensive · meticulous · maker · workshop · tools · awl · bodkin · shears · mold
hamper
Obstruct or clothes basket
- cultural heritagefolklore, traditions, customs, folk music revival, museum collections
- folk culturefolk customs, folk beliefs, folk costume, folk crafts, folk medicine
- braiding & weavingfriendship bracelets, macrame, rope making, lanyard, paracord
- arts and craftspottery, collage, woodcarving, origami, papier-mache
- craft tutorialsknitting pattern, jewelry making, candle making, soap making, paper craft
- craft classespottery class, drawing class, knitting class, ceramics class, pottery classes
basket weavingrocket science
Spacecraft propulsion engineering
brain surgery · nuclear physics · quantum mechanics · neurosurgery · organic chemistry
basket weavingpottery
Fired clay objects
metalworking · blacksmithing · carpentry · woodcarving · glassblowing