Primitive Grass and Rush Basket with Lid

Ancient cultures were masters at utilizing natural materials found in their surroundings to create useful and beautiful objects and tools. For a very long time I have been fascinated with baskets but lacked the patience and time to try creating one. I had previously made a few baskets from cattails but this time in this video I experiment with baltic rush and wild oat grass to see what I can create. After seven hours of weaving I finally had a finished product. This was good practice and I learned a lot. The baltic rush is a really good material but the wild oat grass is not good for basketry. Next time I will do it differently.

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Camera: Nikon D7200
Sound: Zoom H4N
Editing: Final Cut Pro X on MacBook Air
Location: southern California, USA

Music credits:

Drums of the Deep by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1400021
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