Weaving with Strips: 18 Projects That Reflect the Craft, History, and Culture of Strip Weaving

by Monika Künti

Overview

From renowned weaving expert Monika Künti comes this imagination-enriching mix of projects and history of the strip weaving craft.

Weaving expert Monika Künti presents a variety of techniques that have one thing in common: they are woven with strips, a method that has been developed in our societies all around the world for thousands of years.

As the name implies, strip weaving is weaving with natural materials (bark, straw, reeds, and other plants), paper, plastic, gift-wrap ribbons, and even vegan leather. Strip weaving is very accessible to weaving beginners; only a few tools and no previous knowledge are required. You'll learn the fundamentals of weaving and experiment with creating woven baskets, bags, mats, bangles, and more.

Once you've mastered the basics, you can use them to develop your own woven masterpieces. In addition, Künti provides deep insights into the history of strip weaving around the world, and the profound effects it has had on the economy and culture of the societies in which it's found.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780764363238
Publisher:	Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
Publication date:	09/20/2022
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	9.00(w) x 10.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Monika Künti has studied weaving techniques for more than a quarter of a century. In 2003, she set up her own workshop in Bern, where she began researching techniques, producing European-style baskets, designing new ones, exhibiting, and teaching. She lives in Bern, Switzerland.

Table of Contents

Introduction 8
01
History – Wide range of objects – Social aspects 10
Origins of weaving techniques 12
How basketry is used 15
Collecting and carrying 15
Storage 18
Traveling and packing 20
Building and living 21
Games and rituals 24
Clothing and jewelry 25
Weaving connects 29

02
Worth knowing beforehand 32
Terms and definitions 34
Materials 41
General preliminary remarks 41
Preparing plant materials 42
Preparing paper 43
Materials that work well for cutting into strips 44
Sourcing materials 44
External form of the weaving materials 45
Tools and aids 46
Tools 46
Aids 46
General information for practical work 48
Creative potential 52
Dimensions 52
The character of the structure 52
Patterns and decorations 53
Hanging or setting up a piece of basketwork 54
Reinforcing a piece of basketwork 55
Devices for carrying 56
Adding 57
Gather, compress, fold, roll up 59
Practice and in-depth tasks 60
Make mistakes 60

03
The actual work 62
Preliminary remarks on actual weaving with strips 64
General information about this book 65
Notes on the instructions 65
Shedding for a woven piece made from strips 66
Securing the resulting weave before it comes apart 66
Technique Group 1 – Starting situations and constructing a surface 68
Starting from the center with loose weaving elements and shedding 70
Starting from the center to make a circular surface 74
Starting from the center with loose weaving elements in three directions (open) 78
Starting from the center with loose weaving elements in four directions 82
Starting along a line 84
Starting with groups of weaving elements 110
Starting over a solid form 115
Technique Group 2 – Edges and finished edges 116
Linear finished edges 119
Zigzag finished edges 123
Finished edges with extra elements 127
Freestyle edges 130
Technique Group 3 – Three-dimensional objects 132
Orthogonally woven objects 134
Diagonally woven objects 144
Objects woven in three directions 166
Enclosed three-dimensional objects 168
Patterns and decorations 176
There are two groups of patterns and decorations 177
Structural patterns 178
Twill patterns 178
Patterns created with colored weaving elements 186
Patterns and decorations applied after weaving 188
To conclude 191

04
The pictograms and their meaning 192

05
Appendix 194
Sources 194
Index of key words and people 199
About the author 200