Here are some white ash splints, my trusty Japanese shears and two fo my basket slitting gauges for making uniform, narrow weavers.

This small basket was made to store small rived pegs over a radiator or woodstove, which keeps the pegs bone-dry and ready to use in greenwood joinery. The over-under pattern is interrupted in the middle of the basket by several “twilled” rows.

Two baskets, a large hamper and a swing-arm Taghkanic-style round basket.

This large, shallow square basket was made to hold blankets around the house, and only occasionally needs to be moved, which encouraged the use of unobtrusive handles.

The rim is made with thick ash splints, rather than thicker shaved wooden rims, to allow for flexibility over the large span of its rim.

This white oak berry basket was modeled after an example in John Rice Irwin’s “Baskets and Basket Makers in Southern Appalachia.” It is made to be held under one arm, which allows the berry picker to use both hands to collect berries from the bush.

This is the only white oak basket I have made – in the northern Catskill mountains, white oak is rare and precious. Thus, when there is an occasion to harvest a small white oak, it is used for those parts I prefer its flexibilty and strength for, as handles, ears, runners and rims.