Purple and turquoise basket

Hallo,

  Yet another basket to show you. I did started this one over Thanksgiving weekend while watching football games and finished it off in the car on the drive home.

  I have been painting too but am doing a very detailed horse painting for my Sister in law - taking me a long time. Between having family in town for my Birthday weekend the end of October and this weekend - my painting time has been limited lately.

  I used paper coil, hemp twine and some of the same beads from the last basket. 

  This basket is almost 8 inches round and about 3 inches deep.

   These last 2 baskets will be going to the gallery this week - and maybe eventually up on my Etsy shop.

   Have a great day!!!

      Tera

 

Labrinth Basket

Hallo,

   Thanksgiving weekend the Hubby and I drove to spend the weekend with my Daughter, SIL and Grandbaby - about a 5 to 6 hour drive without stops depending on traffic. 

   Just like sitting on the couch in the evenings, I have to keep my hands busy. 

The first picture is about an hour or hour and a half into this basket. 

  The base on this one is made of polymer clay that I molded into a steel desktop labyrinth that is patterned after the one inside the Chruch in Chartreuse France. I used a drill to make the holes to attach the coil. I used a paper coil and some hemp twine (1mm size).

  The beads were made by molding plaster cloth over a paper straw and when it was dry I used strips of sari silk dipped in encaustic. The beads are a darker turquoise than what is in the cording with a touch of gold accents.

   I worked on this on the drive to and finished it off our second evening at the Airbnb. It is about 2.5 inches deep and about 7 inches round.

    All for today - Take Care.

         Tera

         

 

Big red basket

Hallo,

   Showing another big basket that I made for my  Daughter to use as a toy basket for the Grandbaby.

   I am slowly using up my stash of yarn - this one took my stash of reds and oranges down quite a bit.

I used 3/4 inch rope and coiled with various yarns from maroon to shades of red and orange.

  I tried something new with this one by adding a coil wrapping around the outside of the basket  at the end - I had more rope and if I would have stopped it would have been to short to do anything with so I decided to use it up.

   All for today

       Take Care

              Tera