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basket illusion

  1. LK 41-42 "Beacon Lights"

    LK 41-42 "Beacon Lights"

    Honoring Washoe Native American Basket Weaver LOUISA KEYSER LK 41-42 “Beacon Lights”. End grain Hard Maple, 10 ½” diameter and 8” high, over 100,000 burn lines on the beads or the equivalence of over 50,000 stitches.
    • Jean-Louis Meynier
    • Media item
    • basket illusion basket illusions beacon lights dat so la lee degikup louisa keyser native american washoe
    • Comments: 9
    • Album: Basket Illusion
  2. Walking Sun

    Walking Sun

    Navajo legend says that a deity carries the sun across the sky on his back and then hangs it on a peg to cool off. After it is no longer glowing he carries it back east during the night. I apologize for the bad iPad picture. Hopefully, I will have a chance to get a better picture before it is...
    • Bill Boehme
    • Media item
    • basket illusion beaded cherry navajo pyrography walking sun
    • Comments: 13
    • Album: Bill Boehme's Album
  3. Navajo Wedding Basket

    Navajo Wedding Basket

    Navajo Wedding Basket illusion is 12⅝ inch diameter maple. The wedding basket is probably the most well known of all the various Native American basket designs. This piece will be part of the SWAT 2-for-1 drawing coming up next month.
    • Bill Boehme
    • Media item
    • basket illusion beaded maple navajo pyrography wedding
    • Comments: 4
    • Album: Bill Boehme's Album
  4. SMawson

    Padre Hat-Not San Diego

    This is the latest project taking a good amount of time as the turning was a lot more complicated. I could have done a better job of beading on the inside but at this point it will have to do. Hopefully if there is another one I will remember where I need to do a better job. Made from hard maple...
  5. Panamint

    Panamint

    10" Diameter, 3.75" High
    • Jean-Louis Meynier
    • Media item
    • basket illusion basket illusions panamint
    • Comments: 7
    • Album: Basket Illusion
  6. Jean-Louis Meynier

    Panamint Basket Illusion

    Panamint Basket Illusion
  7. Tübatulabal Cooking Basket

    Tübatulabal Cooking Basket

    The Tübatulabal are an indigenous people of the Kern River Valley area of Southern California and are related to the Aztec. The literal meaning of the name is "pine nut eaters". Stones were heated in a fire and then placed in the baskets to cook the food. This basket illusion measures 13⅝"...
    • Bill Boehme
    • Media item
    • basket illusion
    • Comments: 10
    • Album: Bill Boehme's Album
  8. Jean-Louis Meynier

    Basket Illusions

    My first basket illusions following David Nittmann techniques and the YouTube videos of Harvey Meyer. Thank you Harvey for your YouTube videos. My 3rd and 4th Basket Illusions following Jim Adkins tutorial from 2011. Thank you Jim for a well done tutorial.
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    Basket illusion tool(s)

    I am interested in trying a basket weave or illusion of a basket weave. Please share sources and types of lathe tools, color pens, and burning tips. Your lessons learned in your first attempts to create this illusion are also welcome.
  10. Basket Illusion #2

    Basket Illusion #2

    Twelve inch diameter maple Native American basket illusion.
    • Bill Boehme
    • Media item
    • basket illusion maple pyrography.
    • Comments: 3
    • Album: Bill Boehme's Album
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