Weaving Wagon

Thursday, December 6, 2018Thursday, December 6, 2018 ~ George Crawford ~ 2 Comments

This is an excellent idea, especially for a skilled willow weaver.

If you need a bicycle wagon and can get a lightweight frame built, this seems to be a great, eye-catching option. I suggest watching the short videos on their site as well. I find their site somewhat difficult to navigate, but who am I to talk with all the clutter around here?

Here is a quick link to the video about the Weaving Wagon:

Click here for their full post about the Weaving Wagon and I suggest looking around. They have some neat stuff going on.

I think I would really love to have something like this.

Live Well

Monday, January 25, 2016Monday, January 25, 2016 ~ George Crawford ~ 2 Comments

“God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.”
~Voltaire

Voltaire was on to something there. Here is a very inspirational family making good in the wilds of Wisconsin. I would love to see more as they sound like some truly genuine artisans and keep craftsmanship alive in this consumer era.

I want to continue being inspired by people like this with positive spirits and keeping an eye on the important things in life. Feel free to submit links like this or comment if you have feeling about a handmade life.

And don’t forget to check out their own web-page, photos, and blog by clicking the image below.

Pack Basket

Friday, May 29, 2015Thursday, May 28, 2015 ~ George Crawford ~ 7 Comments

In a fit of energy I got around to putting proper and better shoulder straps on my pack basket made last summer. The pack is willow and the leather work is approximately 10 oz. Hermann Oak harness leather.

Willow pack basket I made several years ago. The straps were obviously new then.

Once the leather ages a bit they will be beautiful and rustic-looking.

Woven Backpacks – Design Rooted in History and Tradition

Saturday, March 2, 2013Saturday, March 2, 2013 ~ George Crawford ~ Leave a comment

Another reblog. Markus has done an excellent review of pack baskets here.

74 FOOTWEAR DESIGN CONSULTING

Its fair to say that my personal interest in woven Mexican Huarache footwear extends to everything woven. As far as I know despite all the technological advances in history, woven Huaraches just like woven baskets cannot be made by machine and have to be made by hand. In someways this makes basketry and Huarache weaving one of the highest forms of craft.

For more information on the craft of Mexican Huarache footwear please visit Huarache Blog.

Although basketry is one of the earliest forms of craft in the world, its unclear how long woven Basket Packs have existed for, but many old designs are still used in many countries around the world.

Some old paintings and prints help trace Basket Packs to 1400-1500’s.