John Zasada, I stand corrected! I have many men weavers in class and did not mention them in this article. Sound weavers and very dedicated to the craft even though they don’t harvest their own materials to my knowledge. – JMC
to bad you don’t mention that men can and do enjoy basketry in your 5 points—-and maybe a much purer style as the male basket makers i know harvest all of their own materials from plants in their area. to me it is the whole process that really counts—-find materials, harvest, process/store, and weave—-and understand how all this is done sustainably. i know that you are familiar with all that it takes to make baskets with materials from the “wild”. but do you tell the women that take your classes how the materials they use is harvested etc?
i do enjoy your emails and one day might even venture west for a class……thanks
Jill Choate
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