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Weaving materials are soaked to make them pliable. |
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Reed Basketmaking in Tequisquiapan,
Querétaro, Mexico
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Weaving materials are soaked to make them pliable. |
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The reed is inserted into a wooden base, then the sides are woven. |
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| Some baskets are woven over a wooden mold. | |
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| Salvador Mejía Peña makes furniture (notice the elephant table-base in back) and other sculptural pieces. He incorporates a metal frame into very large pieces, like this suspended chair. | |
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For more information about Salvador or
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LINKS:
Cane baskets
Mexican
Baskets
Basketmaking
in Cameroon, Africa
Haida cedar bark hat maker, Gladys
Vandal
Tapestry crochet
basket pattern
Gobelin tapestry
weaving in Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato
Ikat foot-loom woven shawls
of Moroleon and Uriangato, Guanajuato
Papermaker, Margarita
Orozco Ramirez, of San Miguel, Guanajuato
Los Leñateros Papermaking, Printmaking, and Book Arts
Studio
Carol Ventura's
Home Page
Web page, photographs, and text by Carol Ventura.
