BASKET & POEM
With steady beat, the windstorms blow,
Currents deep through baskets flow
Between the branches, contrasts meet
Recapturing youth, its joy and heat.
Stable, simple, calm and clean
As fires rage and change the scene,
A new reality to form
With passion, poise and hearts so warm.
Also in News
Fourth World Wicker and Basketry Festival Nowy Tomsyl, Poland
The World Wicker and Basketry Festival takes place every four years in Nowy Tomsyl, a small village about an hour’s traveling time from Poznań, Poland.
QUEEN – A WOVEN CHESS PIECE
I spent much time thinking about the type of artwork I would enter in the competition at the Fourth World Wicker and Basketry Festival that I would be attending this summer in Nowy Tomsyl, Poland.
NATURAL MATERIALS FOR BASKET WEAVING
Date palm fronds are the most readily available natural weaving material in Israel. The Amri strain is especially suitable for weaving because its fronds are the longest.
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