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A mesquite vase inspired by Native American pottery. Basket illusion embellishments under the rim and up from the base. The rim and base are both inked black. The Mesquite has nice color and a sapwood feature in the open wood. 6" x 6". Finished with original Waterlox.
A southwestern shape vase made from Texas Mesquite. Faux basket weave features using ink and acrylic paint. 11" tall and 10" diameter. Embellishments were sealed with acrylic spray and the open wood was finished with Tung oil finish. This was a donation to SWAT for their 2023 raffle. Celebrate...
A Mesquite vase with a southwestern shape. There is one band of faux basket weave which includes turquoise nuggets and three other dyed bands with nuggets. The rim and base are also dyed using archival black ink. I call the turquoise pieces nuggets for lack of another term. They are polished...
Approx 12" tall x 9" diameter. It is designed based on a traditional African Wedding Basket, using segmented hard maple wood and the 'Basket Illusion' pyrography/painting technique. Made as a gift, the pattern is created from a piece of clothing that the groom will be wearing.
Motivated by some of the excellent work posted here, I decided to venture into the world of Basket Weave Illusions. My first piece was a small plate, just to test the waters. This one is 12 in diameter and about 1 1/2 inches deep. The wood is white birch.
This may be old news to some but being brand new to 'Basket Illusion', I spent a fair amount of time on videos, groups, etc. learning the ropes. Once I sat down to design on the paper polar charts/graphs that most were using, I thought there had to be a better way. So, I thought I'd share. If...
I modified my 1/8” D-Way beading tool to come close to the shape of the coil of a basket, more oval than circular and not as deep. I modified my burning tip accordingly to simulate the stitches. Obviously I do not burn between the beads.
Louisa Keyser was certainly the best basket weaver of all time. On her large degikups she was doing from 30 to 34 stitches per inch. Her “Unfinished Basket” was maybe 12-13” in diameter. I didn’t have a large piece of maple so I did it in 4 pieces and it is 10 ½” in diameter and 9 ¾” high with...
Navajo ceremonial basket design. The symbol is also used to represent Spider Woman, the first Navajo deity. The basket is twelve inches in diameter and the wood is maple. Pyrography and ink were used to create the basket illusion. Donated to SWAT 2019 symposium and selected as an auction item.
It was an epic experience with a lot of first for me and that blow up... To burn a rectangle and color one design it took me an average of 25 minutes (you do have to correct the mistakes if you have some, and with burn lines spacing less than a millimeter, on the coloring, I had some). I do have...
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