The Art of Contemporary Woven Paper Basketry usapoly With simple techniques and common

With simple techniques and common household materials

to The Landis Valley Village and Farm Museum in Pennsylvania

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Try the quilt-as-you-go methods that women of the 1800s invented so they could work on small blocks in stolen snatches of time

144 pp | 370 color photos & diagrams

The Art of Contemporary Woven Paper Basketry usapoly With simple techniques and commonUsing hundreds of strips of paper at a time, strips that are cut 3 millimeters wide with a pasta cutter from watercolor paper painted with acrylics, McGuinness weaves in original ways that build unique and intriguing forms. Her creations, whether baskets or sculptural art, exude energy and elegance. Here she shares for the first time, in fascinating photos and practical text, how to  weave several basket shapes in diagonal twill, including