In this lesson, students will learn about basket making through the Pomo basket weaver Corine Pearce. Students will inspect and analyze the materials and functions of a wide variety of baskets.

Using a wide variety of raw materials, ranging from rattan to wire, will provide you with not only the material required to make the baskets but also results in a varied and interesting product line.

The strips are then thinned and further processed into smaller strips for basket making. To weave them together, the strips must be soaked in water to make them more pliable and prevent them from ...