a Basket Life

A Story of My Path to becoming a Craftsman of Basketry
This is not a 'how-to' book

This book isn’t about how to make my baskets nor will it have any patterns. It is a timeline filled with information and stories of how I became a weaver, then a basketmaker, a teacher, and how I developed my own style of basketry.

Special section on the black ash tree and the emerald ash borer

For basketmakers, it is going to be a significant loss when the ash is gone due to the damage of the emerald ash borer. I’m processing as much as I can in between making baskets and teaching. Also in the book is a special section ‘Hunt for the last of the Black Ash.’

Apprenticeship to Shaker box making to going out on my own

Several chapters about where I started including when I went out on my own and made Shaker boxes. After a few years doing that I returned to making baskets and then went out on my own.

Not Shaker, not Nantucket. I had to give my baskets a name.

Not only my struggles, successes, and the work it takes. There’s the evolution of my Cottage baskets and the elements.  

Watch video of Eric flipping through one of his hardcover ‘proof’ copies—300 pages under 40 seconds! 

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CONTENTS:

Preface
Introduction:
     Get to Know Black Ash
     The Emerald Ash Borer
Path to Being a Second
Generation Basket Maker Apprenticeship
Shaker Box Making
I Want to Design Baskets!
I Gave Myself Six Months…
Processing Black Ash
          Hunt For the Last Black Ash
          Eric’s Black Ash Journal

What Makes a Basket Maker
Processing Materials in the Workshop
    Processing Black Ash
    Mold Making
    Rims, Handles & Bases
The Baskets
a BASKET LIFE and a Legacy

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  • 7" x 10" Hardcover & Softcover versions
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