Product Description

Susie Vaughan offers a fascinating, step-by-step description of how to make a delightful selection of strong, natural-looking and colourful baskets, mostly using materials, which have been gathered from hedgerows, woods and gardens. Firstly, she covers the few tools required, then goes on to give a detailed, illustrated description of materials which can either be gathered from the annual prunings of a wide selection of bushes, or those which are farmed and can be bought from specialist suppliers. Her detailed step-by-step description of making a basket is accompanied by numerous diagrams and full-colour photographs to help explain the finer points of detail. She then explores variations in design, both of the shape of the basket and the alternative weaving patterns that can be employed to make the finished work that much more special. Finally, a superb gallery of photographs of finished baskets is included to provide you with ideas and motivation to go on to more adventurous projects.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10475 in Books
• Published on: 2006-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 80 pages

Review
This step-by-step guide describes how to make a selection of baskets using materials from hedgerows, woods and gardens. The author explains which materials are particularly suitable, and gives a comprehensive list of equipment. Excellent diagrams and photographs will help the novice produce a simple round basket, and a chapter on variation in design and weave will inspire further projects. Highly recommended.-START

About the Author
Susie Vaughan lives in Gwent, South Wales, with her husband and three children. After leaving school, she trained and worked as a journalist on the South Wales Argus. She made her first basket with willow from a tree that had fallen across a local brook, following insructions in a magazine. Her basketmaking began as a hobby but she soon decided to specialise in hedgerow baskets, intruiged by the natural range of colour and texture. She now gives talks and demonstrations and her work has been exhibited at the National Eisteddfod of Wales and many regional galleries.

Customer Reviews

Making use of nature's bounty.
Having just started basket making, I was lent this book, and it has encouraged me to prune my plants more often, especially with an eye to using the materials in making a basket. This adds a twofold interest to your gardening and walks along country lanes. If you have never made a basket do read this easy guide and have a "go"

Straightforward instructions to make beautiful baskets
I have seen books on basket making before, and they have been difficult to follow and uninspiring. Susie Vaughan's baskets are beautiful and interesting, as she carefully picks her materials to make decorative as well as practical containers. The instructions are all illustrated with clear photographs of real baskets, and I find this so much easier to follow than sketches. A great book, you'll be inspired!

makes the whole process simple and "doable"
inspires you to give it a go and very good explaination and digrams. With this book and a pair of secateurs, youll be able to make baskets. Its written with the total novice in mind and shows that you can collect all the materials for free from hedgerows and gardens. Discussion of the relative merits of various weaving woods and various techniques too.