Newly available in paperback, "Basketry" explores in depth the techniques and materials used to construct baskets around the world, demystifying basketry and giving a basis for understanding, appreciating and identifying the baskets of the world. Copious colour photographs, diagrams and archive photography of international basketry provide a rich source of comparison and reference. This book will provide a wealth of information and visual reference not only to basket makers, ethnologists and collectors, but also to artists, designers and students.

Table of Contents

Materials; Techniques; Decoration; From the Cradle to the Grave The World at Your Fingertips.

About the Author

Bryan Sentance has illustrated a number of books on crafts and textiles, notably Traditional Buildings of India, Arts and Crafts of India, Traditional Textiles of Central Asia, The Traditional Architecture of Indonesia and Traditional Indian Textiles. He is also the author, with John Gillow, of World Textiles.

Reviews

"Reveals the manifold correspondences between baskets made in widely differing and geographically distant cultures."