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Standing Gourd

August 05, 2018

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Packing and shipping today. This one is off to Montana tomorrow!

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Drying Pine Needles

I ordered some VERY long pine needles from Pine Lane (Gayle George) in Florida. The ones from my tree are thick and about 9" long. These are thin and about twice that long! They are beautiful, but green right off the tree. I want to dry them out some before storing them so they don't mold. They will remain green for a while, but eventually, exposure to light will turn them a lovely honey-colored light brown.

I spent some time today finishing this pine needle basket with beeswax. I also shot a how-to video of this process. You can view it here: https://youtu.be/TsxPnwzuiAg Let me know what you think. I hope some pine needle basket makers who have never tried this will find this video helpful. I now have Txweaver channel on YouTube with two videos. The first one is how to make cordage out of dried day lily leaves. Today was full of learning new things about making and managing YouTube videos.

Feathers can hide imperfections

This one had a little problem. Sometimes design elements are inspired by the need to cover something up. I try to never give up on a piece....just work around the difficulty, and come up with a new idea. It's actually more fun when the end results are a bit different from the original thought. Listed on Etsy Brown Gourd Bowl with Concho and Feathers - Item 848 by Susan Ashley $65.00

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