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I.  A BRIEF HISTORY...

BASKET WEAVING HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE BEFORE RECORDED TIME.  SOME OF THE OLDEST BASKETS, FOUND IN UPPER EGYPT, HAVE BEEN CARBON DATED  FROM BETWEEN 10,000 AND 12,000 YEARS AGO.  THE EARLIEST DATES FOR BASKETS ARE OLDER THAN ANY DATE FOR POTTERY, LEADING ARCHEOLOGISTS TO BELIEVE THAT THE FIRST POTTERY SHAPES WERE MADE AROUND BASKETS.  REGARDLESS OF THE AGE OF BASKETRY, THERE HAS BEEN NO MECHANICAL DEVICE CREATED TO WEAVE A BASKET.

 II.  THE RIBBED BASKET                         

THE RIBBED BASKET IS BELIEVED TO HAVE ORIGINATED IN EUROPE, AND TECHNQUES WERE BROUGHT WITH SETTLERS TO THE NEW WORLD.  THERE ARE MANY NAMES FOR THIS BASKET, SUCH AS APPALACHIAN, MELON, EGG AND (MY FAVORITE) CHEROKEE BUTT BASKETS.

III.  MY BASKET HISTORY  

   I BEGAN MY BASKET WEAVING WHILE ATTENDING THE JOHN C. CAMPBELL FOLK SCHOOL, LOCATED IN BRASSTOWN , NC, UNDER THE TUTELAGE OF REGINA HINES, WHO USED HER LOCAL VINES TO INSPIRE KUDZU BASKETRY...

IV.  SOME OF MY WORK

Last modified:  12/01/2007