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  1. Louisa Keyser: The "Unfinished Basket"

    Louisa Keyser: The "Unfinished Basket"

    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...
    • Jean-Louis Meynier
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    • Comments: 9
    • Album: Basket Illusion
  2. Louisa Keyser: The "Unfinished Basket"

    Louisa Keyser: The "Unfinished Basket"

    It was the last basket she worked on. It was around 90/95 % complete when she passed away in December 1925 and it accompanied her burial. Dr. Marvin Cohodas of the University of British Columbia, who is well known for his research on Native American Basket Weavers, sent me this unique B&W...
    • Jean-Louis Meynier
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    • basket illusions dat so la lee degikup louisa keyser native american unfinished basket washoe weaver
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    • Album: Basket Illusion
  3. 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
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    • basket illusion basket illusions beacon lights dat so la lee degikup louisa keyser native american washoe
    • Comments: 9
    • Album: Basket Illusion
  4. LK 41-42 'Beacon Lights"

    LK 41-42 'Beacon Lights"

    Bottom and Detail of design
    • Jean-Louis Meynier
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    • basket illusions louisa keyser
    • Comments: 1
    • Album: Basket Illusion
  5. Apache Rosette

    Apache Rosette

    Basket Illusion No. 4 - 7" Diameter
    • Jean-Louis Meynier
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    • Album: Basket Illusion
  6. Pima 6 Petals Squash Blossom

    Pima 6 Petals Squash Blossom

    Basket Illusion No. 3 - 9" Diameter
    • Jean-Louis Meynier
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    • basket illusions squash blossom
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    • Album: Basket Illusion
  7. Pima PinWheel

    Pima PinWheel

    Basket Mosaic No. 2 - 8" Diameter
    • Jean-Louis Meynier
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    • Comments: 3
    • Album: Basket Illusion
  8. Pima Miniature Tray

    Pima Miniature Tray

    My first basket mosaic using David Nittmann technique and also my first project on a lathe in February 2017 - 5" Diameter.
    • Jean-Louis Meynier
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    • basket illusions
    • Comments: 0
    • Album: Basket Illusion
  9. Panamint

    Panamint

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