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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.
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.