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Basketry Weaving Techniques: A. Hard Strips

This document provides an overview of various basketry weaving techniques and patterns. It discusses hard and soft strip techniques, as well as specific patterns like over four under four, basic hexagonal, sawali, chevron, and zigzag. It also defines important basketry terms like weavers, spokes, warp, and weft. Additional techniques covered include coiling/coiled basketry, plaiting, twining, stake and strand weaving. Specific details are given on how each technique is performed.

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Basketry Weaving Techniques: A. Hard Strips

This document provides an overview of various basketry weaving techniques and patterns. It discusses hard and soft strip techniques, as well as specific patterns like over four under four, basic hexagonal, sawali, chevron, and zigzag. It also defines important basketry terms like weavers, spokes, warp, and weft. Additional techniques covered include coiling/coiled basketry, plaiting, twining, stake and strand weaving. Specific details are given on how each technique is performed.

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A.

Hard Strips
5. Over Four
Under Four

6. Basic Hexagona
1. Randing Weaves
2. Closed Weaves
( Over One Under
(Over One Under One)
Basketry One)

Weaving 7. Chevron
3. Sawali Weaves
BasketryWeaving
Techniques Patterns
( Under Two Over
Two)

Hard & Soft


Strip
8. Zigzag

4. Over Three
Under Three

Angel C. Llagas Grade 9- Antimony

B. Soft Strips Terms to Remember:


Basket Bottoms
Basket Bottoms
Weavers- These are the basket strands that
weave through the spokes; they are lighter,
thinner and more flexible than the spokes to
Cylindrical Shape enable them to be woven in and out.

Spokes- These are the strands that strand


upright and form the side supports of the
basket; they are much stiffer than the weavers
Rectangular Shape

Warp- The set of parallel bamboo strips that


provide a basis for weaving patterns. In plane
bamboo weaving, the warp strips are
positioned vertically on the work bench.

Weft- Made up of the bamboo strips that are


Oval Shape inserted perpendicularly under and over the
warp to create a design. In plane bamboo,
weaving the weft strips are positioned
horizontally on the workbench.

Stake and Stand


Basketry Basketry
Weaving Weaving
Technique Patterns
Hard &Soft
s Stripes
Stake and Strand weaving involve
two elements : rigid stakes that form
the ribs or warp and a more or the weft.
This method allows the use of a wide
range of materials as long as they are
flexible enough for the weft and rigid
enough for the warp.
Coiling / Coiled Plaiting Twining
Basketry

Twine weaving refers to using


multiple materials, one that is more
flexible at the sides of the basket.
Twining is similar to weaving but two
Plaited weaving involves weaving
strands are used to go under and over
wide materials, similar in shape to
the ribs. Basket made by twining can
Believed to be the earliest basketry ribbons, such as palm, yucca, or
be quite spectacular because 3 or more
techniques used. This method is flax .Both the stakes as well as the
material can be used to twine a basket.
usually employed for softer materials weaving materials are identical, which
In twining basketry, you need to be
such as grasses. Strands of grass are are then woven together at the right
quite experienced as the strands have
stitched together to form a spiral that is angle. The plaiting can be either open
to be woven over and under the ribs in
forced into a basket shape. The base or closed. By using variations of the
opposite directions. There are also
material is usually a straw, willow, basic plaiting methods as well as the
many variations to twining such as
palmetto or yucca, while raffia and wide range of materials available
leaving the warp open or twining on
horse hair are stitched together using a means that each basket can be a unique
the diagonal.
straw. masterpiece.

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