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Appalachian White Oak Basketmaking: Handing Down the Basket

Appalachian White Oak Basketmaking: Handing Down the Basket

Marc Notes: Announced in cloth at $ 37.95 Reprint of 1959 ed. with new 30 page. Review Quotes: "The definitive book on white oak . . . the best basket...

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Marc Notes:
Announced in cloth at $ 37.95 Reprint of 1959 ed. with new 30 page.

Review Quotes:
"The definitive book on white oak . . . the best basket makers, tools, material and techniques. . . . A valuable book for collectors, students of folklife, and those who appreciate beautiful crafts." --Loyal Jones

Biographical Note:
The Authors: Collaborators in research and writing since 1982, Law and Taylor were recipients of an Appalachian Studies Fellowship, Berea College, Berea, Kentucky, in support of their documen­tation of Appalachian basketmaking. Both are educators and trained craftspeople with special in­terests in traditional arts.

Rachel Nash Law has studied basketmaking in the United States and Europe. She has taught numerous white oak basketmaking workshops and exhibited widely in juried and invitational shows.

Cynthia W. Taylor has documented traditional basketmaking in this country and in China and has curated related exhibits. Specializing in basketmaking, weaving, and dyeing, she is an artist­in-education in traditional arts for the Ohio Arts Council.

Review Quotes:
"Rachel Nash Law and Cynthia W. Taylor have successfully documented white oak basketmaking of the central Appalachian Mountain region and neighboring areas, amassing in eight years of travel and research a feast of images and information that should appeal to makers, collectors, and those interested in traditional crafts."--Dan Overly "American Craft"

Publisher Marketing:
In an era when baskets served as basic containers for gathering, transporting, and storing goods, many settlers in the Central and Southern Appalachian mountain region found white oak the best material for basketmaking. This book surveys the varied forms and techniques that evolved as basketmakers selected, prepared, and wove this wood.

The authors display special appreciation of white oak basketry as an important dimension of regional material culture. Drawing on extensive fieldwork, including interviews with traditional basketmakers in the Central Appalachian region, Rachel Law and Cynthia Taylor establish a framework for classifying, comparing, and identifying Appalachian basketry forms. In demonstrating how details of basket construction, technique, and style can be linked to specific makers, regions, and ethnic traditions, the authors have created a resource essential for cultural historians, collectors, and craftspeople.

The three major types of white oak baskets--rib, rod, and split--are carefully delineated in this study. Oak rodwork, which previously has received little attention, is extensively treated here as a specifically American adaptation of European willow basketmaking. For all three major types, this volume details construction techniques for numerous variants, using copious illustrations and clear explanatory text.



Author: Law, Rachel Nash
Publisher: University of Tennessee Press
Binding: Paperback
Pub Date: 1991-04-01
BISAC: Crafts & Hobbies / Weaving & Spinning|Crafts & Hobbies / Baskets
Subjects: Basket making|Appalachian Region|Basketwork|White oak
Weight: 1.5 lbs
ISBN: 9780870496721
ASIN: -
SKU: SP-9780870496721

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