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Wicker bark
Wicker bark can be used as a tie or become also as a material for weaving.
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Little torch weaving
Crocane weaving with a passageway of two in front of the ribs and one behind them.
Assembly at least three strands intertwined around the ribs giving the illusion of a string. It is placed before the start of a weaving to reinforce the structure or at the end of a weaving before the edge to level and maintain the weaving.
Two strands of wicker intertwined between the ribs and the coursons to keep them in the open work.
Art of weaving plants fibers.
The thickest end of a strand or, in the case of a basket, a rim added to the bottom of the basket, which is in contact with the ground. It is most often composed of a few turns of torches and a border, sometimes the same as the one made on the top of the basket, sometimes different.
A trailing palm tree whose stems are covered with spines. Rattan stems are long and slender and can reach up to 250 metres in length with a diameter of no more than 60 mm. It grows in the tropical forests of equatorial Africa, South America, Australia, India and South-East Asia. There are many varieties of this palm tree, only a few of which are used as raw material for furniture.
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Rattan marrow splint
A thin, even strip obtained by running the rattan marrow through a splitting machine.
A natural or artificial basin in which the foot of the wicker bundles, previously graded, is immersed to allow them to regenerate from winter to spring. This process allows the riseof sap in the wicker strands and makes it possible the peel's detachment at the time of debarking in the spring.
