Coil Basketry
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Coil Basketry. Materials used by California Indians for basket weaving. Starting the basket is the hardest part!. Once the basket is started, the weaver continues to wrap and stitch each “row” to the previous row. Coiled basket from California. Made with native grasses. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Coiled baskets were sometimes decorated with other materials, such as
feathers and beads, to appeal to tourists.
Lay your yarn facing opposite to the end of the coil.Start wrapping close to the angled end and wrap away
from that end.
The native peoples of the American Southwest are famed for making beautiful pottery decorated with geometric patterns
and designs of animals and people.
After she builds and smoothes her pottery, she carves traditional designs
into the clay before it is fired.
Use a golf ball size piece of clay and form it into a smooth hamburger patty shape. It should be about 3/8 inch thick. Try not to handle it so much that it
starts to get cracks on the surface.