My friend had some branches come down during the high winds we had yesterday and the day before. I brought some of those home, along with some green branches that were pruned from the same trees, and proceeded to make a basket with a handle. I watched a couple of videos online, describing how to make a willow basket. The original intent was to use this to hold paint brushes or other items when I'm plein air painting. We'll see how functional it is. The videos I saw, demonstrated basket weaving using long straight willow branches. These are curly, which definitely created some interesting challenges and effects.
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| Dry curly willow branches |
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| Green curly willow branches |
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| Making the dry branches more flexible by simmering them in hot water. |
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| Removing the leaves from green branches. |
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