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Title: How to make Indian and other baskets
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: James, George Wharton, 1858-1923
Subjects: Indian baskets Basket making
Publisher: New York : H. Malkan

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tive answer then compels a study of Indian Basketryform?, designs, colors and weaves. This will produce a growing lovefor them. From this the natural process will be a reference of theIndian work to their original source, viz., Nature herself. And in Na-ture the true inspiration will be found. The Indians forms are natu-ral ; her designs are natural; her colors are natural; her weaves arenatural; with all the perfection added of conscientious art. This at once eliminates the hideous and grotesque in shape, de-sign, color and weave. There are no fanciful forms, impossible de-signs, glaring, inharmonious colors, inadequate weaves. Simplicity 12 HOW TO MAKE INDIAN AND OTHER BASKETS. is the keynote, and upon this the triad and gamut naturally arebuilt. Diversity without end, variety illimitable, effects incalculable.yet all based upon natural simplicity. Begin then by training yourself, your children, your pupils, to lovethe simple in nature. Learn to imitate in form, design and color the
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FIG. 5. SPLINT AND SWEET GRASS FAN.Courtesy Hyde Exploring Expedition, New York. simple things. Banish the hideous, the grotesque, the unnaturallycomplex from1 your line of observation, and your work will graduallytake upon itself the character, the grace, the dignity, the power thatcome from purity and simplicity. HOW TO MAKE INDIAN AND OTHER BASKETS. 13 Elsewhere, too, I have shown the marvellous personality of thebasket. How that each one has a significance in shape, design andcolor all its own. This personality cannot be deciphered by readingfrom elements as in hieroglyphics, but can be learned only from theweavers own lips. In your work endeavor to follow this Indian idea.Make your basket the exponent of something within yourself, then theshape, the design, the colors will all mean something more to you thanwhat merely shows on the outside. You can thus make the basket yourpoem, your sculpture, your painting, your cathedral, as the Indian

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