Wickerwork characterised by a tightly woven weave on an oak slat support (van, hood for example).
Category: glossaire
In the body of the basket, the ribs are the strands that occupy the vertical position around which the other wicker is interwoven. They can be fixed in two ways: warped to the bottom mould or stitched into the bottom.
A piece of wood used as a guide to obtain and reproduce a precise shape.
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Wicker field
Place where wicker is grown.
Willow branches of the year. Harvested in winter, sorted by size, and dried to make the main plant material worked by the basket maker. Different varieties are grown for their quality and colour.
Wicker has a foot and a top that do not allow for braiding without variation in diameter.
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Wicker growing
Culture de l’osier.
Mise en place des montants écaffés autour du moule pour commencer à monter l’ouvrage. On dit que les montants sont ourdis.
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.
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Rattan cane
Eclisse d’écorce de rotin.
All the strands intertwined between the ribs from the base torch to the edge.
