basketmaking
Weaving wicker vessels
Basketmaking is the craft of weaving baskets from flexible materials like reeds, willow, grasses, or thin strips of wood.
One of humanity's oldest crafts, it produces containers, traps, and decorative objects through techniques including coiling, plaiting, and twining.
She learned traditional basketmaking from her grandmother.
Tropical palm for weaving
- wickerPliant twig for weaving
- willowNarrow-leaved waterside tree
- reedVibrating sliver for woodwinds
- bambooTall woody grass
cane · osier · raffia · sweetgrass · seagrass · tule · kudzu · yucca
Looping around repeatedly
- plaitingInterweaving flexible strands
- twiningWrapping around spirally
- weavingInterlacing strands into fabric
- splicingConnecting by interweaving ends
braiding · interlacing · wickerwork · warp · weft · matting · netting · ribbing
Artisan of woven containers
- craftspersonSkilled manual worker
- masterAuthority or controller
- apprenticeLearner bound to employer
- workshopPlace for making or learning
handmade · craftsmanship · tradition · skill · guild · studio · maker · artisanal
Obstruct or clothes basket
- pannierCarrier hung from sides
- creelAngler's wicker container
- toteLarge open bag
- winnowingSeparating grain from chaff
gathering · harvesting · fishing · trapping · foraging · storage · carrying · market
For beauty, not function
- intricateElaborately detailed, many parts
- motifRecurring thematic element
- patternRecurring arrangement or template
- dyedChemically changed in hue
colorful · embellishment · adornment · artistic · design · accent · centerpiece · sculptural
rattan
Tropical palm for weaving
bamboo · cane · osier · raffia · sweetgrass · seagrass · tule · kudzu · yucca · splint
coiling
Looping around repeatedly
- plaitingInterweaving flexible strands
- twiningWrapping around spirally
- weavingInterlacing strands into fabric
splicing · braiding · interlacing · wickerwork · warp · weft · matting · netting · ribbing · staking
basketweaver
Artisan of woven containers
- craftspersonSkilled manual worker
- masterAuthority or controller
- apprenticeLearner bound to employer
workshop · handmade · craftsmanship · tradition · skill · guild · studio · maker · artisanal · handiwork
hamper
Obstruct or clothes basket
winnowing · gathering · harvesting · fishing · trapping · foraging · storage · carrying · market · picking
ornamental
For beauty, not function
- intricateElaborately detailed, many parts
- motifRecurring thematic element
- patternRecurring arrangement or template
dyed · colorful · embellishment · adornment · artistic · design · accent · centerpiece · sculptural · ceremonial
Gullah
Sea Islands creole language
- NavajoSouthwestern indigenous people
- HopiPueblo people of Arizona
- CherokeeIndigenous Southeastern nation
Nantucket · Japanese · African · Indigenous · folk · ancestral · ceremonial · tribal · regional · traditional
basketmakingmetalworking
Shaping raw ore industrially
pottery · woodcarving · glassblowing · stonecutting · blacksmithing
basketmakingmetalsmithing
Craft of shaping alloys
pottery · stonemasonry · glasswork · leatherworking · woodworking
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