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Straw Plaiting
Heritage Techniques for Hats, Trimmings, Bags and Baskets
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Ideal for craftspeople, historians, and those passionate about sustainable and heritage arts, this book suits anyone eager to learn or revive the rare skill of straw plaiting.
An engaging makers' guide to the history and craft of straw plaiting, brimming with helpful step-by-step diagrams.
An engaging makers’ guide to the history and craft of straw plaiting, brimming with helpful step-by-step diagrams.
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An engaging makers’ guide to the history and craft of straw plaiting, brimming with helpful step-by-step diagrams.
Straw Plaiting has been used to make accessories from hats and baskets to handbags, trimmings, and homewares around the world for centuries. Once employing tens of thousands of people in the UK alone, the craft is now listed as Critically Endangered on Heritage Crafts’ Red List.
This book aims to change that, drawing on more than 50 previously unpublished patterns and techniques from around the world that will help you to unlock the history and preserve the skills of straw plaiting.
For each pattern, follow the step-by-step diagrams and instructions and discover how they were developed whilst learning about materials, tools, and preparation. Once familiar with the plaiting techniques – using straw as well as other materials – you will be able to develop your own skills, possibly blending in recycled materials, which are increasingly being used to produce beautiful and unique pieces.
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Praised as an impressive and thoroughly researched work, this book traces the journey of straw from field to finished product with clear illustrations and detailed patterns. It has been described as a must-have for anyone interested in working with straw and a significant contribution to preserving an endangered craft. Reviewers highlight its potential to inspire a renaissance of sustainable craft practices and its appeal to both researchers and makers.
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ISBN: 9781789940756
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 17 August 2023
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Herbert Press Ltd
Illustration: Step-by-step colour illustrations
Contributors:
- Foreword by Marian Nichols
Audience: General / adult, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 28.0mm
Width: 220.0mm
Height: 282.0mm
Weight: 1570g
Pages: 336
About the Author
Veronica Main is the most experienced traditional straw plaiter in the UK. For more than 40 years she has rigorously researched the industries of the UK, Europe and the United States, unlocking information and learning how to recreate plaits using authentic techniques. She was awarded an MBE in the 2021 New Year's Honours list for her services to Straw Hat Plaiting and Endangered Crafts Skills.
Heritage Crafts is the national charity for traditional heritage crafts in the UK, founded in 2009 to support and promote heritage crafts as a fundamental part of our living heritage. www.heritagecrafts.org.uk
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