basketmaker
Crafts woven containers
A basketmaker is a person who weaves baskets from materials like willow, reed, or grass.
The craft is ancient and still practiced both traditionally and artistically: Local basketmakers sold their wares at the farmers market.
Capitalized Basketmaker refers to an early Native American culture of the southwestern United States, predating the Pueblo period.
Looping around repeatedly
- plaitingInterweaving flexible strands
- twiningWrapping around spirally
- weavingInterlacing strands into fabric
- braidingInterlacing three strands
splicing · stitching · knotting · interlace · warp · weft · ribbing · staking
Narrow-leaved waterside tree
- rattanTropical palm for weaving
- reedVibrating sliver for woodwinds
- caneStick for support
- osierWillow for basketry
bamboo · seagrass · rush · splint · fibers · palm · sweetgrass · birchbark
Study of physical remnants
- prehistoricBefore documented civilization
- AnasaziAncient Southwestern cliff-dwelling people
- sandalsOpen strappy footwear
- cave dwellingsHabitations within natural rock formations
rock shelters · Four Corners · pithouses · petroglyphs · Mesa Verde · Southwest · rabbit fur · yucca
Skilled manual worker
- handmadeCreated manually, not mechanically
- artisanalMade by skilled craftspeople
- workshopPlace for making or learning
- skillAcquired ability through practice
craftsmanship · master · apprentice · guild · expertise · studio · journeyman · vocation
coiling
Looping around repeatedly
- plaitingInterweaving flexible strands
- twiningWrapping around spirally
- weavingInterlacing strands into fabric
braiding · splicing · stitching · knotting · interlace · warp · weft · ribbing · staking · upsetting
willow
Narrow-leaved waterside tree
osier · bamboo · seagrass · rush · splint · fibers · palm · sweetgrass · birchbark · honeysuckle
archaeology
Study of physical remnants
- prehistoricBefore documented civilization
- AnasaziAncient Southwestern cliff-dwelling people
- sandalsOpen strappy footwear
cave dwellings · rock shelters · Four Corners · pithouses · petroglyphs · Mesa Verde · Southwest · rabbit fur · yucca · neolithic
craftsperson
Skilled manual worker
- handmadeCreated manually, not mechanically
- artisanalMade by skilled craftspeople
- workshopPlace for making or learning
skill · craftsmanship · master · apprentice · guild · expertise · studio · journeyman · vocation · mentor
hamper
Obstruct or clothes basket
- craftspeoplepotter, weaver, blacksmith, artisan, potters
- artisanspotter, weaver, blacksmith, cobbler, jeweler
- colonial tradesblacksmith, carpenter, cooper, cobbler, silversmith
- craftsmenblacksmith, carpenter, cobbler, mason, weaver
- makersmakers, filmmaker, crafter, watchmaker, crafters
- ancient craftersflintknapper, toolmaker, potter, cave painter
basketmakerpotter
Maker of clay vessels
metalsmith · blacksmith · glassblower · stonemason · woodcarver