Sure, you can weave out of just about any flexible material, and many traditional hair braiding techniques actually share a lot in common with the craft of weaving in general, but this is the first time I’ve seen a basket weaving pattern so literally translated to hair.
“There were many permutations,” Palau said to Style.com of the technique, “but in the end it was highly technical yet very simple.” Palau divided models’ hair into three sections before adding extensions over and under natural strands for a woven effect, ending each panel in a skinny braid. Back panels were folded flat …
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Posted by DidYaSee
June 13, 2012
Ok, all jokes about underwater basketweaving course, these are some cool and crafty applications.
Baskets have been replaced by plastic and other kinds of factory-made containers in almost every area of life, appearing today mainly as twee Easter decorations. Making them has become synonymous with wasting time – “basket-weaving” in the USA is slang for an easy lesson for slow students.
The craft of basketry, however, might be one of our species’ most important and diverse technologies, creating homes, boats, animal traps, armour, tools, cages, hats, chariots, weirs, beehives, shelters and furniture, as well as all manner of containers.
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Posted by DidYaSee
February 26, 2012
