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Bamboo Basketry
General background of Bamboo Basketry. How to grow bamboo as a basketry material. How
to prepare it for weavers. Making a bamboo basket. Weave patterns and master basketmakers.
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Basketmaker In Rural Japan
(Coverage once online, but now only available in the book of the same title)
On-line Exhibition featuring the content of an exhibit organized by Smithsonian
Institution. Features the work of Basketmaker Hiroshima Kazuo. Includes images of traps
for river crabs, creels, baskets for holding live eels, storage baskets, colanders,
seven-band backpack baskets, as well as scenic views of rural Japan.
Bamboo Arts Plaiting Techniques
Tai Gallery / Textile Arts presents a very informative display of bamboo
basketry plaiting patterns including the five basic designs of Nawame (twining),
Yotsume (square plaiting), Ajiro (twill plaiting),
Renga (mat plaiting), Mutsume (hexagonal plaiting). Variations of the basic
bamboo basket weaving patterns including Tobi Gozame (skipping mat plaiting),
Hana Ajiro (flower pattern), Amikae Ajiro (changing pattern),
Yotsume Kuzushi, Niju Mutsume (double hexagonal
plaiting), Renzoku Ajiro (continuous square pattern),
Mutsume Koire Asanoha (hemp leaf pattern), Matsuba Ami (pine needle pattern),
Chidorigake (mat plaiting w/ X pattern
lacing), Sukashi Ajiro (open twill plaiting), Nawamezashi (twining w/ vertical
insertion) and Nawamutsume (twisted hexagonal plaiting)are shown as well with close ups and examples.
Bamboo Masterworks San
Francisco
The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco hosted the Lloyd Cotsen collection of Japanese
bamboo baskets in 2000. The collection is now part of the permanent collection.
Bamboo Museum
The Bamboo Museum stands in the quiet Rakusai Bamboo Park in ancient Japanese capital of
Kyoto.
Construction Details Of Bamboo
Baskets
Along with the descriptions of the products offered this site pictures construction
details of several types of bamboo baskets.
Growing Habits of Bamboo
Article from Lewis Bamboo Groves describing the growth habits of the bamboo plant.
Oshima Bamboo School
School in Edneyville, NC offering beginning level courses that provide
instruction on beginning your own nursery/farm; raising bamboo shoots for food;
and creating bamboo crafts including basketry.
More Bamboo Basketry
Bamboo basketmakers, supplies for making bamboo baskets and examples of bamboo baskets.
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