Common Ground Episode 106 - First Air Date February 11, 2010

>>> PRODUCTION FUNDING FOR
COMMON GROUND IS MADE POSSIBLE
BY THE MINNESOTA ARTS AND
CULTURAL HERITAGE FUND.
>>> HI, WELCOME TO THIS WEEK'S
EDITION OF COMMON GROUND.
I'M YOUR HOST, ASHLEY HULL.
COMMON GROUND IS A NEW WEEKLY
SERIES THAT HIGHLIGHTS
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA
CULTURE.
EACH WEEK WE'LL EXPLORE THE
UNIQUE PEOPLE, PLACES, AND
EVENTS THAT ARE AN IMPORTANT
PART OF OUR REGION.
EACH WEEK COMMON GROUND
VIDEOGRAPHERS, EDITORS, AND
MYSELF WILL TAKE VIEWERS ON A
JOURNEY OF EXPLORATION INTO
THE WORLDS OF ART, HISTORY,
AND CULTURE.
THIS WEEK WE'LL EXPLORE HOW
ONE GUILD HAS WOVEN THEIR WAY
THROUGH THE PAST 20 YEARS.
YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT A SWEDISH
TRADITION THAT'S PASSED DOWN
TO YOUNGER GENERATIONS EACH
YEAR.
AND WE JOIN ONE OF THE MANY
CLASSES HELD AT THE HEADWATERS
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>>> THE HEADWATERS BASKET
WEAVER GROUP WAS FORMED 20
YEARS AGO THIS YEAR.
IN THE FALL, SOME GALS GOT
TOGETHER, WHO WERE INTERESTED
IN BASKET WEAVING, AND THEY
JUST HAD INFORMAL MEETINGS,
EACH BROUGHT STUFF AND THEY
TRIED TO MAKE BASKET AND
FIGURED OUT HOW TO DO IT, AND
THEN IN JANUARY IT FORMED AS A
FORMAL NON-PROFIT GROUP, AND
SO THIS YEAR, FOR OUR 20th
ANNIVERSARY, WHAT WE'RE DOING
EACH MONTH, WE ALWAYS HOLD A
MONTHLY MEETING, AND THEN WE
HAVE A CLASS TO LEARN
SOMETHING NEW, OR SOMEBODY
MAYBE MADE A BASKET EVERYBODY
LIKES, THEY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE
THE SAME ONE.
EACH MONTH NOW WE'RE GOING TO
BE REMAKING BASKET THAT WERE
WOVEN THE FIRST TWO, THREE
YEARS OF THE GROUP.
SO THE ONE WE'RE WEAVING TODAY
IS A FRUIT MARKET BASS KELT
THAT WAS WOVEN -- BASKET,
WOVEN IN THE FIRST YEAR OF THE
GROUP.
SO IT'S KIND OF FUN TO GO BACK
AND TRY SOME OF THE OLDER
PATTERNS.
TODAY WE'RE WEAVING WITH RA
TAN REED -- RATTAN REED, THIS
COMES FROM THE RATTAN REED IN
SOUTHEAST ASIA.
IT'S BEEN PROCESSED, THE BARK
HAS BEEN CUT OFF AND IT'S BEEN
CUT INTO THE WIDTH AND LIKE
THIS IS ROUND REED, IT ALSO
COMES IN A FLAT VARIETY.
THIS IS SEA GRS -- GRASS, IT
IS JUST A TYPE OF GRASS THAT
THEY'VE BRAIDED TOGETHER TO
CREATE THIS BRAID.
SO IT'S LIKE DRIED GRASS, AND
THEN THEY WET IT AND TWIST IT
INTO LIKE A CORD.
I'VE ALREADY STARTED MY BASE.
THIS IS A ROUND REED TECH NECK.
-- TECHNIQUE, IT LOOKS LIKE A
SPIDER RIGHT NOW, OR A SUN.
AND I'M DOING A ROUND BASE,
AND I'M READY TO START GOING
UP THE SIDES.
SO THESE PIECES ON THE OUTSIDE
I'M GOING TO START TO WEAVE
THEM UP INTO A BOWL SHAPE.
MY NAME IS CHARLENE JONES, AND
I'M MAKING A ROUND REED FRUIT
BASKET.
BUT FIRST YOU STARTED WITH THE
FOUR SPOKES, AND THEN YOU ARE
SPLITTING INTO TWO, AND NOW
I'M SPLITTING INTO ONE.
TO FINISH IT, WHEN YOU WANT TO
START GOING UP, OR IF YOU WANT
TO KEEP GOING OUT AND THEN GO
UP, SO YOU'RE DECIDING YOUR
OWN SHAPING AS YOU GO.
I'VE ONLY BEEN IN THE GUILD
PROBABLY FIVE, SIX YEARS.
WE HAVE A RETREAT IN JUNE, AND
YOU CAN WEAVE TEN, TWELVE
BASKET FOR THAT WEEKEND.
>> YOU KNOW, BASKET GO BACK SO
FAR IN TIME, AND JUST LIKE ANY
FINE CRAFT, OVER A PERIOD OF
TIME THINGS HAVE BEEN SHARED
AND, YOU KNOW, THE TECHNIQUES
TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD.
YOU MAY FIND A FELLOW BASKET
WOVEN FROM DIFFERENT MATERIALS
AROUND THE WORLD.
>>> I WENT TO MY FIRST
MEETING -- ACTUALLY I WENT TO
A COMMUNITY ED CLASS OF ONE OF
THE MEMBERS OF OUR GUILD, AND
WAS QUITE SURPRISED BY THE END
OF THE EVENING I HAD COMPLETED
A WHOLE BASKET.
I DIDN'T THINK THAT WAS
POSSIBLE.
SO I ENDED UP COMING TO A HEAD
WATERS BASKET MAKER GUILD
MEETING IN 1995, AND I'VE BEEN
A MEMBER, AND WEAVING BASKET
EVER SINCE THEN.
>> I NUMBER MY BASKET, SO
RIGHT NOW I'M IN THE 800'S.
SO OVER THE PAST 15 YEARS,
I'VE WOVEN OVER 800 BASKET, OF
VARIOUS SIZES AND TYPES.
>> I'M MONI MARTIN.
MACY FOREDELL AND I STARTED
THE GUILD.
MACY FOREDELL WAS A BASKET
TEACHER FROM GUTHRIE.
I BELIEVE SHE'S DOWN IN
ARIZONA, WE ARE TRYING TO FIND
HER NOW.
SHE WAS TEACHING A CLASS AND I
HAD A FRIEND WHO WANTED TO
TAKE THIS CLASS SO BAD, SHE
DIDN'T WANT TO GO ALONE, SO
SHE TALKED ME INTO IT.
THIS FRIEND HAS NEVER DONE A
BASKET AGAIN, AND I GOT CAUGHT.
AND I HAVE BEEN TEACHING OR
DOING BASKET FOR GOING ON 25
YEARS.
I LIKE TO WORK WITH THE NATIVE
GRASSES AND THE BIRCH BARK.
THE BIRCH BARK, WE HAVE TO
TAKE IT FROM THE TREES IN
JUNE.
THAT'S WHEN THEY WILL -- YOU
WILL BE ABLE TO PULL THE BIRCH
BARK APART, OTHERWISE YOU WILL
NOT BE ABLE TO.
IT WILL NOT BE RELEASED.
IT WILL COME OFF IN PIECES.
AND YOU CAN SPLIT THEM INTO
QUITE A FEW LAYERS.
WE JUST WANT TO TAKE A LITTLE
BIT OFF SO YOU DON'T KILL THE
TREES, OR IF YOU HAVE A LOGGER
UP HERE THAT IS GOING TO BE
LOGGING, AND HE KNOWS THAT
YOU'RE INTERESTED, HE WILL LET
YOU GO OUT THERE AND PEEL
THESE TREES.
THESE ARE LITTLE ORNAMENTS I
JUST DID FOR THE CHRISTMAS
TREE.
WE DO THINGS LIKE THIS WITH
THE NATURAL, WE TRY TO USE ALL
NATURAL THINGS.
ANOTHER THING THAT I JUST
STARTED WORKING WITH IS SEA
GRASS.
IT HAS A SWEET SMELL AND IT
HAS KIND OF A VANILLA AROMA TO
IT.
YOU WILL BE ABLE TO TELL WHEN
YOU ARE WORKING WITH IT.
>> THIS, AGAIN, SHOULD BE
HARVESTED IN JUNE BEFORE IT
STARTS TO SEED.
THIS IS NATIVE FROM AROUND
HERE, AND IT IS USUALLY SOLD
IN BRAIDS LIKE THIS.
YOU WOULD OPEN UP THE BRAID
AND WE WOULD DO IT INTO WHAT
WE CALL A COIL BASKET.
THIS IS A CEDAR BASKET, ALL
DONE ALL IN CEDAR.
IT'S MAINLY WHITE CEDAR.
THERE'S A YELLOW CEDAR THAT
YOU'LL SEE, AND IN THIS HERE
IS KIND OF THE CHERRY WOOD.
THIS ONE I THINK IS CHERRY.
SOMETIMES WE USE APPLE.
THE BLUE THAT'S IN HERE IS THE
DYED BEAR GRASS, AND THAT
GROWS OUT WEST, I DON'T KNOW
IF WE HAVE IT HERE.
BUT THIS IS BEAR GRASS, IT HAS
A SHARP EDGE TO IT, BUT THIS
HAS BEEN DYED.
AND THIS IS USUALLY TAKEN OFF
WHEN THEY ARE LOGGING BECAUSE
IT DOES KILL THE TREE WHEN YOU
DO THE CEDAR.
AND ANOTHER ONE THAT I'VE BEEN
DOING A LOT OF IS THE ANTLER.
I BROUGHT ONE OF THOSE ALONG
TODAY BECAUSE THE ANTLERS ARE
SO POPULAR UP HERE.
THEY CAN BE USED AS HANDLES,
THIS CAN BE SITTING.
WE DRILL RIGHT INTO THE ANTLER.
THAT IS OUR BASE.
AND WE THEN DO WHAT WE CALL A
RIB BASKET.
THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF
BASKET.
THIS IS A TYPE OF A RIB WHERE
WE PUT THE RIBS GOING INTO
THEM AND THEN THEY ARE WOVEN.
FIRST YOU GET AN ANTLER THAT
YOU LIKE, AND THEN YOU DECIDE,
WELL, HOW THIS ANTLER GOING TO
LOOK.
AM I GOING TO HAVE IT SITTING
DOWN, IS IT GOING TO BE THE
TOP HANDLE.
AND YOU STUDY IT FOR A WHILE.
AND THEN YOU DECIDE WHERE YOUR
HOLES ARE GOING TO BE, AND YOU
ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DRILL
THEM.
IT IS NOT THE EASIEST TO DO.
IT HAS -- ANTLER IS A REAL
HARD SURFACE ON THE OUTSIDE.
ONCE YOU BREAK THROUGH THE
HARD SURFACE, IT'S REALLY EASY,
AND THAT'S WHEN YOU CAN ANGLE
YOUR DRILL, SO THAT YOU CAN
ANING THEM IN DIFFERENT --
ANING THEM IN DIFFERENT AREAS.
ORIGINALLY I CALLED THIS DEER
HAVEN AND I HAD A OFF AND ON
AND -- A FAWN AND A MOTHER
THAT LAYS IN THERE.
A TWIL PATTERN IS WHERE YOU
WOULD MAKE A PATTERN BY GOING
OVER MORE THAN ONE, LIKE OVER
FOUR, UNDER THREE, OVER FOUR,
UNDER THREE, AND THAT WHOLE
ROW GOING AROUND THERE, THAT'S
WHAT THAT PATTERN WAS, OVER
FOUR, UNDER THREE.
AND TO DO ANOTHER ONE, IT WAS
LIKE OVER THREE, UNDER THREE,
AND LIKE THIS IS OVER FOUR.
THEN YOU WOULD END UP WITH A
DESIGN IN YOUR BASKET.
THIS IS ALL DONE WITH A REAL
NARROW RATTAN BRAID.
WE DYE OUR OWN REED.
THERE ARE SOME COMPANIES THAT
WILL SELL IT, BUT IT'S REALLY
PRICEY.
SO MOST OF THE REED THAT WE
USE WITH ALL THE REED THAT I
USE, I DYE MYSELF.
YOU GET COLORS YOU WANT,
BECAUSE YOU CAN MIX THE COLORS
AND YOU CAN DO YOUR OWN DYEING.
MY FAVORITES ARE PURPLE, BLUE,
TEAL.
AND YOU CAN TELL IT IN MY
BASKET.
>> IT IS A LOT EASIER THAN YOU
MIGHT THINK TO GET STARTED
BASKET WEAVING.
IT'S VERY SIMPLE TOOLS.
I'LL SHOW YOU SOME OF MY TOOLS.
YOU NEED THINGS LIKE AWLS, AND
SCISSORS AND WHAT ELSE?
A SPRAY BOTTLE, A BUCKET FOR
WATER, AND MAYBE SOME TYPE OF
TOOLS FOR JUST -- THIS IS
CALLED A PACKER FOR PULLING
ROWS DOWN, IT SAVES ON THE
ENDS OF YOUR FINGERS, AND WE
USE THINGS LIKE CLOTHES PINS
AND CLIPS.
YOU DON'T NEED FANCY TOOLS TO
GET STARTED.
AND THE BASKET PATTERNS START
WITH VERY SIMPLE OVER/UNDER
THAT WE ALL LEARNED AS YOUNG
CHILDREN WITH PAPER, OR MAYBE
YOU'VE WOVEN ON THOSE METAL
LOOMS WHERE YOU MADE
POTHOLDERS.
BASICALLY THE SAME TYPE OF
THING.
THIS BASKET IS THE BLACK ASH
BASKET.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
DIFFERENT MATERIALS THAT YOU
CAN WEAVE WITH, AND ONE OF THE
GENTLEMEN IN OUR WEAVING GUILD
IS A LOGGER, AND HE, WHEN HE
FINDS A GREAT BLACKBERRY BLACK
ASH TREE, CUTS IT -- A GREAT
BLACK ASH TREE, HE CUTS IT
DOWN AND GOES THROUGH THE
PROCESS, THEY CALL IT POUNDING
THE ASH, IT BREAKS THE GROWTH
RINGS OFF THE LOG, AND THEN HE
SPLITS THE MATERIAL DOWN TO
NICE THIN PIECES THAT YOU CAN
WEAVE A BASKET WITH.
AND HE'S GOING TO BE TEACHING
US A BASKET LATER ON THIS
SPRING, SO HE DROPPED OFF A
SAMPLE TODAY FOR US TO TAKE A
LOOK AT.
SO THIS BASKET IS WOVEN FROM
BLACK ASH HERE IN THE BEMIDJI
AREA WHERE HE GETS HIS LOGS.
YOU CAN ALSO WEAVE WITH BIRCH
BARK, CEDAR BARK, ELM BARK,
HICKORY BARK, YOU KNOW, JUST
ABOUT ANY KIND OF NATURAL TREE
TYPE MATERIAL.
YOU CAN ALSO MAKE CORDAGE, WE
WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS
EARLIER, MAKE CORDAGE OUT OF
DIFFERENT PLANT MATERIALS WHEN
IT'S BEEN DRIED AND SOAKED
AGAIN.
SO IN MINNESOTA PRETTY MUCH
THE MATERIALS WE HAVE
AVAILABLE IN THE NORTHERN PART
HERE IS BLACK ASH.
WE HAVE BIRCH BARK, WHICH IS
VERY POPULAR, ALSO USED IN
NATIVE AMERICAN BASKET QUITE A
BIT, WE HAVE THINGS LIKE
CATTAILS, HONEYSUCKLE VINES,
GRAPEVINES THAT YOU GROW, YOU
CAN WHEN THE LEAVES HAVE DIED
BACK CUT THOSE AND WEAVE WITH
THOSE, AND THEN OF COURSE ANY
TREES, OAK, SO A LOT OF
PREPARATION FOR SOME OF THOSE
MATERIALS, BUT YOU CAN GET
REALLY NICE STUFF TO WORK WITH.
FOR LIKE THE BLACK ASH, YOU
CUT YOUR TREES, YOU CUT THE
BARK OFF THE OUTSIDE OF THE
LOG, PROBABLY CUT YOUR LOG
INTO FOUR, FIVE-FOOT LENGTHS.
AFTER THE BARK IS REMOVED YOU
MAKE SLITS IN IT AND YOU START
TO POUND IT WITH LIKE A WOODEN
MALLETT, OR LARGE THING, AND
YOU POUND UNTIL THE GROWTH
RINGS, THEY WILL JUST POP
RIGHT OFF THE SIDE OF THE LOG,
AND THEN YOU PULL THOSE OFF.
THEY ARE FAIRLY THICK, SO THE
NEXT STEP IS TO MAKE A SLIT,
AND YOU PEEL THEM APART DO THE
SAME WITH BIRCH BARK.
TO WEAVE WITH IT, YOU HAVE TO
PEEL THE PIECES APART, THE
LAYERS OF THE TREE APART, AND
THEN YOU HAVE PIECES YOU CAN
CUT TO THE SIZE YOU NEED, AND
WEAVE YOUR BASKET: YOU CAN SEE
IN THIS BASKET SOME NARROW
PIECES WERE WOVEN.
SO ALL THE PIECES WERE CUT TO
THIS WIDTH.
THE STRIPS THAT YOU PEELED OUT
FROM THE TREE ARE ANYWHERE
FROM TWO TO FOUR OR FIVE
INCHES WIDE, AND THEN YOU JUST
HAVE TO CUT TO WHATEVER SHAPE
OR SIZE BASKET YOU'RE MAKING.
I PROBABLY WEAVE MOSTLY WITH
RATTAN REED BECAUSE IT'S LESS
EXPENSIVE AND READILY
AVAILABLE.
BUT I DO ENJOY TRYING
DIFFERENT MATERIALS, AND, YOU
KNOW, THE I HAD YO SING RA SI --
IDIOSYNCRACIES IS FUN TO FIND
OUT AND COMBINE THEM LATER.
IT IS FUN TO TAKE BIRCH BARK
AND WEAVE IT WITH THE RATTAN
REED.
IN THIS AREA, NORTHERN
MINNESOTA, PEOPLE IDENTIFY
WITH BIRCH BARK.
THEY LIKE BASKET FROM THAT.
OTHER MATERIALS THAT I HAVE
ENJOYED WEAVING WITH, THE
BLACK ASH, ALTHOUGH I AM LASY
ABOUT IT, I USUALLY PURCHASE
MY ASH FROM BYRON, HE DOES THE
HARD WORK.
ALTHOUGH WE HAVE ALL HAD A
CHANCE TO POUND A LOG, SO WE
KNOW WHERE IT'S COMING FROM.
THERE'S JUST A LOT OF THINGS
AVAILABLE, SO MAYBE THAT'S
WHAT MAKES IT SO FUN AND
CREATIVE.
EVERYBODY CAN CHOOSE THE TYPES
OF MATERIALS THEY LIKE TO WORK
WITH.
KIND OF A GOAL OF THIS GROUP
IS TO JUST SHARE AND COME
TOGETHER TO WEAVE, AND WE DO
HOLD AN ANNUAL WORKSHOP.
WE SEND OUT NEWS LETTERS AND
WE'RE ALWAYS INVITING NEW
MEMBERS TO COME WHO ARE
INTERESTED IN LEARNING ABOUT
BASKET WEAVING.
A NUMBER OF US TRAVEL AROUND
MINNESOTA AND ONE OF OUR
MEMBERS IS ON THE EAST COAST
ATTENDING WORKSHOPS, WHERE WE
CAN LEARN NEW TECHNIQUES AND
NEW STYLES AND PATTERNS OF
BASKET.
SO FOR 20 YEARS, IT'S BEEN,
YOU KNOW, GOING ON AND IT
CONTINUES.
AND ONE THING I FIND MYSELF
ABOUT BASKET WEAVING, WHEN I
AM AT HOME BY MYSELF, WHEN I
START TO SIT DOWN AND WEAVE, I
FEEL LIKE I NEED TO TALK TO
SOMEBODY.
IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT IS
FUN TO DO WITH A GROUP, AND I
NOTICE THAT WHEN I'M WORKING
BY MYSELF, I KIND OF MISS THAT
COMPANIONSHIP OF THE OTHER
WEAVERS AROUND YOU TO SHARE
WITH.
SO I THINK THAT'S MAYBE WHY
THIS GROUP HAS LASTED SO LONG.
>> I THINK OUR GUILD HAS
LASTED 20 YEARS IS BECAUSE IT
IS SOCIAL.
WE HAVE MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES
BESIDES JUST MEETING AND
WEAVING.
WE HAVE RETREATS, WE HAVE --
WE'VE JUST DONE A TRIP DOWN TO
THE CITY FOR BASKET BINGO, AND
HELPING SOME OF OUR MEMBERS,
TOO, IF THEY NEED HELP, THAT'S
WHAT WE'VE DONE.
IT IS A NICE CLOSEKNIT GROUP.
>> THEY ARE SURE WELCOME TO
JOIN US.
WE MEET THE THIRD SATURDAY OF
THE MONTH.
OUR MEMBERSHIP IS ONLY $12 A
YEAR.
THERE'S A NEWSLETTER, WE MAKE
A BASKET EACH TIME WE MEET,
AND WE HAVE LOTS OF GOOD FOOD,
SOMETIMES WE HAVE POTLUCK.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS HARD, BUT,
AS I SAY, YOU TAKE IT STEP BY
STEP, YOU WILL BE SURPRISED,
YOU WILL ABLE TO DO IT.
YOU WILL HAVE A BASKET.
THAT'S NICE AND SQUISHY STILL,
HUH?
THIS WE'LL LEAVE HERE UNTIL
YOU'RE READY TO GO.
IN FACT, YOU PEEL OUT THE
PLASTIC FROM UNDERNEATH, JUST
PULL IT BACK TOWARDS THIS WAY
UNDERNEATH.
>> JUST A FUN CLASS FOR KIDS,
AND THEY CAN USE THEIR
IMAGINATIONS TO EXPLORE THEIR
CREATIVITY AND IT IS A GOOD
OUTLET FOR THAT.
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, ANYBODY.
RIGHT NOW WE JUST HAVE
CHILDREN'S CLASSES, BUT WE'RE
GETTING HOPEFULLY GETTING SOME
WHEELS AND WE'LL BE DOING
WHEEL CLASSES.
THIS ONE IS ON LOAN.
WE'RE HOPING TO GET THREE OR
FOUR MORE, MAYBE, TWO TO FOUR?
WE'LL SEE WHAT THE GRANT DOES,
IF WE GET IT.
PRETTY MUCH LEAVE IT
OPEN-ENDED.
I SHOW THEM A FEW TECHNIQUES
EACH TIME WE COME, AND USUALLY
MORE JUST FIRST COUPLE TIMES
THEY ARE HERE AND THEN AS THEY
ARE WORKING YOU WILL A -- I'LL
GIVE THEM LITTLE HINTS, AND AS
NEEDED.
BUT THERE'S A LOT OF SIMPLE
THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE MANY
DIFFERENT WAYS AND, YOU KNOW,
YOU CAN MAKE SEVERAL PROJECTS
OUT OF JUST A COUPLE
TECHNIQUES, YOU KNOW.
YOU CAN HELP YOURSELF.
IS THAT ENOUGH?
>> YES.
>> OKAY.
KIND OF A SIMPLE PROJECT TO
HAVE KIDS DO.
THIS IS JOSHUA, THAT'S JOSHUA,
AND THIS WAS HIS FIRST AND
SECOND TIMES HERE, HE DID THIS
ONE.
THAT'S A SNAKE COMING OUT OF
THE BOTTOM THERE: SO TO DO
THAT, I JUST HAVE HIM MAKE A
BUNCH OF COILS.
WE'LL GET TO YOU REAL QUICK,
OKAY?
MAKE A BUNCH OF COILS LIKE
THAT.
MAKE KIND OF A PILE -- OKAY.
MAKE KIND OF A PILE OF COILS
AND I WILL TELL HIM DO LIKE A
ROCKING CHAIR, JUST KIND OF
PUSH AS YOU'RE GOING OUT, PUSH
OUT AND ROLL WITH IT.
WHEN YOU'RE COMING BACK, JUST
EASE UP AND GLIDE ON BACK.
YOU GET NICE ROUND ONES EVERY
TIME THAT WAY.
YOU MAKE A PILE OF THOSE.
ONCE YOU GOT THOSE ALL MADE UP,
THEN YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, IF YOU
WANT TO SHAPE SOME STUFF
BEFOREHAND, YOU CAN.
OR YOU CAN JUST PUT THEM ON AS
YOU GO, AND I JUST HAVE THEM
FILL UP THE WHOLE BOWL, KIND
OF PINCH AND SMURB IT BACK AND
FORTH ACROSS THE COILS.
DON'T PICK IT UP AND MOVE IT
LIKE THAT, BUT THEN YOU CAN
TAKE, ONCE YOU GOT THOSE ALL
KIND OF HALF CONNECTED, YOU
CAN PUT A DESIGN IN IT, IF YOU
WANT, LIKE SMEARING IT AROUND
OR ROLL OVER IT AND KIND OF
SMOOTH IT OUT, WHATEVER YOU
WANT TO DO.
I THINK JOSH JUST ROLLED OVER
HIS A BIT, RIGHT?
>> YES.
JUST SMOOTHED IT OUT.
>> UM-HUM.
ON THIS SIDE, YOU CAN PRETTY
MUCH JUST PEEL IT OFF AND IF
YOU'VE DONE IT CAREFULLY,
YOU'LL COME UP WITH A NICE
PATTERN.
AND THEN ALSO, IF YOU WANT,
YOU CAN KIND OF TEXTURE THE
COILS BEFOREHAND, BEFORE YOU
GET THEM ON THERE, AND YOU CAN
HAVE LIKE SPIRALS GOING ON
YOUR COILS AND STUFF, AND
CLOTH, LIKE A DOYLEY OR
ANYTHING, SOMETHING THAT'S
KIND OF -- A DOILY.
A LOT OF CLOTHS WORK REALLY
NICE.
AND GET THAT PATTED ON THERE,
JUST KIND OF ROLL IT OUT.
I THINK MY CLAY IS A LITTLE
STIFF.
THERE WE GO.
THIS IS A REALLY EASY WAY TO
GET A NICE QUICK PATTERN.
YOU HAVE A NICE PATTERN.
WHICH YOU CAN TAKE AND DO A
NUMBER OF THINGS WITH, YOU CAN
LET IT STIFFEN UP AND MAKE
LIKE A BOX OR SOMETHING, CUT
IT INTO PIECES, OR YOU CAN
TAKE THIS AND, YOU KNOW, MAKE
A RECTANGLE AND A CIRCLE, MAKE
A CUP, OR IT CAN JUST TAKE
THIS SLAB AND PUT IT OVER ONE
OF THE BOWLS, CALLED A HUMP
MOLD, AND GENTLY AND GRADUALLY
KIND OF FORM IT OVER THAT, AND
YOU CAN EITHER TAKE LIKE A PIN
TOOL, LIKE THIS, AND TRIM IT
AROUND, OR JUST LEAVE IT AS IS,
SAME THING WITH THE BOTTOM AND
ALL, AND THEN IF YOU'VE DONE
IT CAREFULLY, YOU GOT A NICE
SWEET LITTLE BOWL.
CAN YOU MAKE A DOZEN OF THOSE
IN AN HOUR EASILY.
PUSHING WITH THIS PART OF YOUR
HAND RIGHT ON THE TOP, OKAY,
DON'T LET YOUR HAND SLIDE OVER
TO THE FAR SIDE, OKAY?
JUST GOING TO -- YOU CAN EVEN
LIFT THIS ELBOW UP AND PUSH
DOWN LIKE YOU'RE DOING A
PUSHUP ALMOST, AND IT SHOULD
KIND OF SQUASH DOWN LIKE A
PANCAKE, OKAY?
IF YOU'RE PUSHING HARD ENOUGH.
YEAH, THAT'S PRETTY GOOD.
WHEN YOU'RE PUSHING WITH ONE
HAND, YOU'RE ALWAYS STILL KIND
OF PUSHING WITH THE OTHER.
NOT REALLY PUSHING, BUT JUST
STILL TOUCHING IT ENOUGH THAT
IT IS KIND OF STAYING
COMPRESSED.
YOU'RE PUSHING ON ALL OF IT.
BUT TO MAKE IT GO DOWN, YOU'RE
PUSHING MORE DOWN WITH THIS
HAND.
TO MAKE IT GO UP, YOU'RE
PUSHING MORE DOWN AND FORWARD
WITH THAT HAND.
YOU KIND OF LET IT GO UP, BUT
IF YOU'RE NOT -- IF YOU JUST
PUSH IT ONE WAY WITHOUT
TOUCHING IT THE OTHER WAY IT
IS GOING TO KIND OF GET OUT OF
HAND ON YOU.
CLAY IS PRETTY ELEMENTAL
STUFF.
CAN YOU DO SO MUCH WITH IT.
IT IS A GREAT MEDIUM FOR DOING
3-D WORK OR 2-D WORK, AND
MAYBE LEARNING ABOUT PATIENCE
AND FAILURE AND SUCCESS.
SOMETIMES IT TAKES A FEW
FAILURES TO GET TO SUCCESS.
I'VE SEEN THAT WITH SOME OF
THE KIDS, THEY HAVE A CERTAIN
PROJECT, IT DOESN'T WORK THE
FIRST ONE OR TWO TIMES, THEY
LEARN WHY THIS PART HERE
DIDN'T WORK, BECAUSE I DIDN'T
QUITE DO WHAT I WAS SUPPOSED
TO HERE, OR THIS SHOULD HAVE
BEEN THICKER OR WHATEVER.
>> I REALLY LIKE DOING CLAY,
BECAUSE IT IS FUN TO USE.
I GET TO SHOW OTHER PEOPLE MY
IMAGINATION.
I LIKE TO DO ANIMALS A LOT.
I JUST DID A BIRD.
I MADE A HORSEY, THAT WAS MY
FIRST ONE.
THEN I MADE A DEER IN GRASS.
I STARTED ON THE BIRD AND THEN
I DID THE OTHER ONE.
>> IT LIKE STICKS OUT OF THE
GROUND.
>> THIS IS SLIP.
THEN AFTER YOU FINISH SCORING,
THEN WE PUT SLIP OVER THE
SCORES.
HELPS THE CLAY TO STICK
TOGETHER.
>> ON THE OUTSIDE, RIGHTS
RIGHT?
-- RIGHT?
IF YOU DON'T DO ANYTHING UP
AROUND THE TOP OF THIS, IT'S
GOING TO LOOK EVEN L COOLER
WHEN YOU PUT THE PATTERN ON
THE PIECE THAT'S BEHIND.
IT WILL BE MORE OF A CONTRAST.
IT WILL CREATE SOME INTEREST.





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