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Display of baskets. Akaitze Kamiruaga. Labayru Fundazioa Photographic Archive.
Taking up where we left off in the previous post, we shall proceed to detail certain particulars about the art of basketry in the Basque Country, starting with the selection of raw materials and continuing with the manufacturing technique.
Chestnut was the preferred wood by Basque basketmakers, other types of trees being also used, depending on the piece. For instance: ash was more suitable for weaving chair seats, alder and pine for chair legs, and labrusca or wild grapevine —known as txori-mahatsa, literally ‘bird grape’— for fish traps. (more…)
Julián Redondo. Labayru Fundazioa Photographic Archive.
At this very difficult time that we are living in, the coronavirus spreading everywhere, people suffering severe confinement in their homes, and many of us having resorted to telecommuting as the better choice to continue with our jobs and activities, we wish to recall an age-old trade, which although practically lost today, like many other types of arts and crafts, would also be pursued at the artisan’s home workshop.
We are referring to basketmakers, otzaraginak, otzaragileak or zesteruak, who generally, to a greater or lesser extent, combined their handicraft with agricultural and farming chores, and transmitted their know-how from generation to generation. (more…)
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