How to Make a Bark Basket | Weaving with Bark

🌿 Join renowned basketry artist, Matt Tommey, in this basket weaving tutorial for beginners entitled How to Make a Bark Basket. Whether you're curious about how to start a basket or want to master various basket weaving techniques, this video is the perfect starting point! In this video - an excerpt from Matt's full-length basketry course on twining, Matt focuses on how to make a twined basket and weaving with foliage, both iris and daylily. In this video excerpt, Matt will be teaching some basket weaving techniques like plaiting, twill, and twining, perfect for kudzu basketry, twining weave, and making a bark basket. The primary barks Matt is using in this video include poplar bark, mimosa bark, royal pawlonia bark, willow bark, and cedar bark. Sometimes when people think of a bark basket, they envision a rustic bark container. And while those are beautiful, this tutorial focuses on actually weaving with bark. And in the full length course, Matt goes deep into harvesting and preparing bark, too! For the complete lesson, get the course bundle along with several valuable bonuses and written, printable instructional resources at https://naturalbasketry.teachable.com... Not ready for the course yet? Get my free 7 Tips for Making Baskets from Natural Materials here at https://www.matttommey.com/basket-wea... tags: how to weave a basket, how to start a basket, basket weaving techniques, basket weaving for beginners, beginner basket making, kudzu basket weaving, kudzu basketry, bark basket, basketry artist, twining weaving technique, twining weave, cattail basket weaving, basket weaving tutorial for beginners, traditional skills, earth skills, daylily basket, weaving with foliage, twined basket, cedar bark, weaving, birch bark basket, natural cedar basket, cedar bark basket, weaving a bark basket, weaving with bark