Horsehair baskets

[SharW75]

Here are a couple more I just finished, plus a goosey photobomb.

Sadie decided she wanted to help take pictures too.

 

[Starrponies]

Wow! You are so talented! And make them so fast! I really love the bird one

 

[SharW75]

Thank you so much! They're very relaxing to make, so I tend to work on them in the mornings and evenings if I have an hour or so.

 

[SharW75]

Here's a couple of new things I've been working on lately. A new basket, and a decorated gourd.

I bought the whole, dried gourd, and cut it open, cleaned it out, painted it, then added the deer antler and horse hair to the rim. I think I may add some feathers to the tassel, but other than that, I'm finished with it. I found the antler at an antique mall.

 

[Sally PB]

NICE! I hope you do well at your show.

 

[SharW75]

NICE! I hope you do well at your show.

Thank you!

 

[TeresaW]

Wow, they're all so gorgeous. When is your show?

 

[SharW75]

Wow, they're all so gorgeous. When is your show?

Thank you!!! I ended up entering one of them in our county fair. I just checked this morning, and it got a blue ribbon!

 

[Themellowyellows]

I've been posting pictures of my horsehair baskets in the handcrafted thread from time to time, but thought I'd start my own. Hopefully no one minds.

I've been making horsehair jewelry and other keepsakes for about 15 years now, and just within the last year, ventured into making coiled horsehair baskets. I'm absolutely obsessed. It's so relaxing, and I love matching the neutral tones of hair to bright bases, threads, stones, or feathers. Here are some of the ones I've made. I love to make these, and I'm pretty proud of how I've progressed.

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Editing to add: Most of the ceramic bases I use are hand made by several Etsy sellers. Most of them are one of a kind, so no two of my baskets are ever alike!

Absolutely beautiful!

 

[SharW75]

Absolutely beautiful!

Thank you!