Natural Basketry with Matt Tommey
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Basket Weaving for Beginners with Natural Basket Weaving Materials
If you're a beginner in basket weaving and you want to start making baskets with natural materials, look no further!
Discover how to start weaving baskets using natural basket weaving materials like vines, bark and foliage without all the frustration of trying to figure everything out on your own. Whether it's a twined basket, bark basket, rib basket, or any other type of basket you want to create, Matt Tommey's Natural Basketry School can help you get started easily and affordably.
Much more than just videos, the school is packed with valuable resources, connection with other makers and the opportunity to ask Matt questions every step of the way and get real-time feedback on your work. There's nothing else like it.
Join us today and get an 85% discount on our classes when you purchase all 3 classes including Twining with Soft Natural Materials, Bark Basketry Basics and Rib Basketry Basics.
Visit naturalbasketry.teachable.com/p/naturalbasketryschool to get started today!
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Komentáře

  • @dandfawesome3611
    @dandfawesome3611 Před 4 dny

    Thank you for posting. I was wondering how you forage for bark. Is it off deadwood, or stripped from live trees?

  • @themanormanor5589
    @themanormanor5589 Před 9 dny

    So do you boil the kudzu before splitting it or split it and then boil it the first time?

  • @themanormanor5589
    @themanormanor5589 Před 9 dny

    I'm so thankful we remembered you do basket weaving with kudzu! We have about half an acre of kudzu and looking for some activites for our boys to do with their hands. This is a great intro and we'll be watching more to learn!

  • @loraann54fi10
    @loraann54fi10 Před 13 dny

    Kudzu is definitely the gift that keeps on giving. Thanks Japan. Seriously, though, I've spent the last 6 years restoring my farm house down here in Murphy. I'm finally at a point that I can stop and do something fun. I've been watching this kudzu patch grow while I was busy with building walls and roofs. Now is the time to make it into my visions. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. In the past I would have just experimented when working with a new material but thanks to CZcams I have more of my creations turn out.😂

  • @katiehavenar900
    @katiehavenar900 Před 18 dny

    Im moving to Kentucky in the next 2 years to homestead . Been looking at property I was amazed by the amount of Kudzu and was wondering what i could do with it to create an income. This definitely seems like a great start! Thanks gor sharing!😊

  • @Porgmaster-y3b
    @Porgmaster-y3b Před 19 dny

    How dry do they need to be before soaking for the cattails

  • @heidim7732
    @heidim7732 Před 21 dnem

    Thank you for the video! I live surrounded by woodlands and I would love to work basketry using native, locally-harvested plant materials instead of raffia or other imported materials.

  • @LindseyLeighAR
    @LindseyLeighAR Před měsícem

    Ok so tell me where to sign up!?

  • @LindseyLeighAR
    @LindseyLeighAR Před měsícem

    Yessss. Thank you. I admire your skill and am just now getting bit by the bug to make a basket (or weave SOMETHING) from these discarded fronds and seaweed ❤

  • @hannahm9515
    @hannahm9515 Před měsícem

    Thank you so much for your generosity in posting this workshop! This is wonderful and so accessible for beginners (like me!). It's a joy to see how you capture beauty in these lovely, natural materials.

  • @tamilouduplechin7927
    @tamilouduplechin7927 Před měsícem

    Great info!

  • @13rahi5n63
    @13rahi5n63 Před měsícem

    I hope I can learn from you. It is my First day trying to learn about weaving. 😅

  • @onestarabove7027
    @onestarabove7027 Před 2 měsíci

    The tool you used to split the kudzu was interesting. An entire scholarly show was made trying to find out why Indians carried around these stone or bone tools that had one, two, or three holes in it. The scholars refused to believe it was for splitting vines or shaping arrow shafts, or starting fires.

  • @frithfiver
    @frithfiver Před 2 měsíci

    I love that there is no added sound. So relaxing

  • @jwhandmadebali
    @jwhandmadebali Před 3 měsíci

    nice....❤❤❤❤❤

  • @evolution405
    @evolution405 Před 3 měsíci

    Amazing artisan. I live near eucalyptus jungle & has tried to do some weaving unfortunately with no good results. How can I keep the eucalyptus bark permanently moist so to prevent it from coiling and drying? I'll very much appreciate your advice.

  • @xxxxxx3901
    @xxxxxx3901 Před 3 měsíci

    It's not hoarding, it's art.

  • @enmunme4866
    @enmunme4866 Před 3 měsíci

    Thank you for your help god bless

  • @lisascenic
    @lisascenic Před 4 měsíci

    Fascinating! Thank you!

  • @unkpass
    @unkpass Před 4 měsíci

    Wish you would do a basket foraging class! I live in Asheville and would love to meet/learn from you!

  • @truthforall1303
    @truthforall1303 Před 4 měsíci

    Very interesting and I am looking for materials now Thank you Mandy 🇬🇧

  • @aurysage3043
    @aurysage3043 Před 4 měsíci

    Really educational. Thanks.

  • @Lacabronavicki1
    @Lacabronavicki1 Před 5 měsíci

    I live in Hendersonville, do you offer classes?

  • @sandycove777
    @sandycove777 Před 5 měsíci

    Lovely work 😊

  • @HappyVacationer
    @HappyVacationer Před 5 měsíci

    Have you ever worked with bamboo? If so, can a jerry stripper be used effectively?

  • @user-ox5nm5os6h
    @user-ox5nm5os6h Před 5 měsíci

    Wow

  • @rhondawilson-williams7852
    @rhondawilson-williams7852 Před 5 měsíci

    I LOVE Nancy! She comes to our Camp and teaches the campers. It’s my honor that I get to hang out with her as her “assistant”!

  • @catherineoakenfold3840
    @catherineoakenfold3840 Před 5 měsíci

    Hi Matt, I was wondering if you can use Hops vines to make baskets? I’m just trying to plan my garden for the summer. I’m in Calgary, Alberta so I am just trying to find something that grows here well.

  • @FirstnameLastname-bn4gv
    @FirstnameLastname-bn4gv Před 6 měsíci

    Do you do any further processing of the bark, such as retting or drying?

  • @mariagoetz5391
    @mariagoetz5391 Před 6 měsíci

    PS close up and in person is even better😅. I remember Matt was like a kid in a candy shop when the colors arrived and the start of using encaustic medium! I remember seeing the wasp nest inside. Wild!

  • @mariagoetz5391
    @mariagoetz5391 Před 6 měsíci

    I want to learn the shaping of the ones that look fluid!

  • @HappyVacationer
    @HappyVacationer Před 6 měsíci

    Take the classes he offers! True Artist and funny to boot!

  • @helenjohnson7583
    @helenjohnson7583 Před 6 měsíci

    Beautiful work!

  • @LynneBakerPossum
    @LynneBakerPossum Před 6 měsíci

    I live on land that has been owned by my family about 200 years. I made fortresses inside kudzu growth and would swing across the creeks on the vines when I was a kid. Just this week I started trying to weave with kudzu. I've never woven a thing in my life! I'm glad I came across your video today because I was having a heck of a time splitting the vines. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I'll have to see your wares in person soon. Asheville is just over the hill from me. 😊

  • @Laura-no8gt
    @Laura-no8gt Před 6 měsíci

    Going to Georgia next month and going Kudzu hunting. Love your videos.

  • @sophievautour8573
    @sophievautour8573 Před 7 měsíci

    What other materials do you know which are similar to cedar or willow bark? I am trying to twin a basket in the dead of winter 🙃

  • @cyndiesmith2516
    @cyndiesmith2516 Před 7 měsíci

    Nancy is awesome!

  • @HappyVacationer
    @HappyVacationer Před 7 měsíci

    Uncle Matt, I bought the bundle of 2 classes Nov 23, ‘22. I can only find one I can open now. The bark basketry. I am finally ready to start my basket making. I’ve got my tools, gloves and ready to collect my kudzu! Already have where I’m getting the tree bark this spring. So I’m excited. I need the other video about twining back so I can review. My iPad had failed and I don’t know if that affected things. I can look at profile. Shows I bought bundle. But I gain access from my homepage where I favorited Bark video. PLEASE HELP!!! I can send copy of purchase. Thanks! PS. Best price, place to get the Bora-care? That stuff is high!

  • @phyllisstone3089
    @phyllisstone3089 Před 7 měsíci

    Just over a year ago I moved from PA to KY. I'd heard of kudzu but never knew anyone who made baskets with it. Your video was very interesting. I'll have to check out your other information.

  • @jmdec20
    @jmdec20 Před 7 měsíci

    Is Kudzu legal in the US? It was once brought in and took over fields trees, util. poles and banned then in the South. It will overgrow everything and damage the natural permaculture. It is a foreign (Japanese jungle with it's huge leaves it blocks sunlight below) Better check before you try to plant this.

  • @LZH13067
    @LZH13067 Před 7 měsíci

    I've heard kudzu is also edible. Does anyone know or ever tried it?

    • @user-lu2tb9nc3x
      @user-lu2tb9nc3x Před měsícem

      No actually I haven't heard of it being edible and Iive with tons of it. I've heard goats absolutely love it and farmers will actually rent their livestock out to clear kudzu-overgrown land for housing, etc. There was another resource I came across where a creative crafter was making beautiful craft paper out of kudzu but it was a very arduous process using blenders and screens (a process to break down the fiber and to drain water as well as to dry the paper). Since these plants are very invasive and choke out natural flora, it's nice to hear of new ways to eradicate the stuff. Kudzu grows so thick from tree to tree that it actually creates walls that blocks sunshine and natural light. We literally have mountains of the stuff in Tenn.

    • @LZH13067
      @LZH13067 Před měsícem

      @@user-lu2tb9nc3x I'm in Kentucky and while I don't see it in my area...I have family in Eastern Kentucky where it grows in that same manner.

    • @LZH13067
      @LZH13067 Před měsícem

      @@user-lu2tb9nc3x btw...I just read another article saying the leaves, roots and shoots are actually edible for humans.

  • @cole1515
    @cole1515 Před 8 měsíci

    🤔 Promo SM

  • @griscocothecats7230
    @griscocothecats7230 Před 8 měsíci

    hi! from Japan! I really enjoyed watching this and your other videos as well! I'm so happy to find your channel,cos I've just started weaving Kudzu and making some baskets myself recently! I can learn a lot of things from your videos! Thank you! Arigato! I am looking forward to your new videos !

  • @user-sp8zg9vb2z
    @user-sp8zg9vb2z Před 8 měsíci

    Hello where do u get your stripper to cut the vine would like to get the address and name of the stripper thanks mo

  • @athomas897
    @athomas897 Před 8 měsíci

    Glad i found your channel. Packed with info. Thanks for sharing

  • @aliensgotme
    @aliensgotme Před 8 měsíci

    Great info man. I'm preparing to start a business along these lines, do you have any advice for a beginner?

  • @jeanoconnor3163
    @jeanoconnor3163 Před 8 měsíci

    Doesn’t the Bora-care make your baskets poisonous?

  • @peacefulscrimp5183
    @peacefulscrimp5183 Před 8 měsíci

    Amazing video 👍 I'm disgusted that you don't already have a million subscribers 👺

  • @lizhyink5636
    @lizhyink5636 Před 8 měsíci

    Hey, that's great resourcefulness! People complain about it being invasive and destroying native biodiversity, but if people reframe perspective from " weed" to resource, it might go to good use. This is similar to the newly renamed: "copi", (copious/ formerly called Asian carp in the great lakes. "Science Friday" on NPR had a segment about how they were renamed for several reasons. Biologists hope it encourages people to eat them, since for a long time they have been cultivated in ponds/ via aquaponics, in Asia. They've thrived in the Midwest.)

  • @CALB2009
    @CALB2009 Před 8 měsíci

    "It's not hoarding, because it's art!" I LOVE THIS and completely agree!! I've had a huge antique wardrobe cabinet filled with every kind of "scrap art material" you can imagine, since my children were in pre-school for this exact reason. I think it's due in part, because my parents were children of the Great Depression and lived by the motto, "Use It Up, Wear It Out, Make It Do, or Do Without." My Dad was a Master Machinist and Tool/Dye Maker, whose mind was creative and artistic, as well as astutely inventive and problem solving. He was upcycling and repurposing a wide variety of materials, 70 years before it became a part of our culture. He always told me that his collection of materials sparked his imagination, which led him to invent and build solutions to whatever problem he was trying to resolve or create beautiful pieces of art. From the time I was 5 years old on, we spent MANY weekends searching for "treasures" that had been discarded as garbage, and going to Junk Yards, garage sales, thrift stores, and auctions. He'd point out various objects, parts, and materials and explain to me the many ways it could be used for other purposes. He continued to pursue this passion every day until he was 80 years old, when his health failed. He's 83 now and when I'm working on a piece of art or fixing a mechanical issue of some kind, I take video and pictures to show him and STILL ask for his input on how he would approach it. The bond between us is unbreakable! When my Dad retired from John Deere Plow Planter after 31 years, my parents moved into a house with 10 acres. He absolutely LOVED collecting vine and various foliage from their property and creating wreaths, baskets, and outdoor sculptures! Thank you for your sharing your talent and inspiration with us! I plan to take your course soon! ~~Christy~~