SILER, LYN & KEMP, CAROLYN — How to Make Baskets Vol. 1-5

Eden, NC: Wood N' Glass Publishers, 1984. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Stapled wraps. B&W Illustrations; This is a series of 5 trade sized booklets with illustrated covers and stapled spines. The booklets are in Very Good+ condition. There is some beginning bumping to the spine ends and corners of the booklet covers, and each has a former owner's inked name on the top edge of the front covers. The text pages are clean and bright. " Lyn Syleris is the coauthor and illustrator of several basket instruction books, includingThe Basket Book, Handmade Baskets, and How to Make Baskets. She is a cofounder of the North Carolina Basketmaker's Association and a nationally recognized instructor of basketry. " (from Google Books) "While basket weaving is one of the most widespread crafts in the history of any human civilization, it is hard to say just how old the craft is, because natural materials like wood, grass, and animal remains decay naturally and constantly. Techniques used in basket weaving have been indistinguishable from rope-making and evidenced throughout the world since the beginning of recorded hominin presence in South Africa with the repeat discovery of perforated batons. Due to the degradation of natural materials over the millennia, any attempts at preservation for the majority of basket weaving methods have not allowed modern analysis of actual specimen, such as the use of water-proofing or hardening with additional materials like clay or bitumen. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .