Cedar Basketry tips, techniques and tutorials, including harvesting and preparation of
red and yellow cedar.
Cedar
- A Great Provider
Thuja plicata or Western red-cedar and yellow-cedar (Chamaecyparis nootkatensis),
including harvesting and preparation is described in this article by the Royal B. C.
Museum.
Cedar Bark Harvesting
A brief description of the traditional harvest and processing of cedar bark for
basketry.
Gathering
Cedar
Sharle Osborne and Kathey Ervin collecting cedar from a clear cut logging operation.
Harvesting Cedar Bark
Join a workshop in cedar bark basketmaking led by instructors from
Earthwalk Northwest,
a primitive skills school with programs in the northwest states of Washington
and Oregon.
Curtis
Photo Collection
Portfolio of photographic images of prints contained in "The North American
Indian" by Edward S. Curtis. Northwest cedar and Pima basketry featured in
numerous images.
Traditional
Cedar Bark Gathering Methods
U'mista Cultural Society in British Columbia offers instruction on
harvesting cedar bark.
Cedar Basketry
Additional resources on cedar basketmaking, cedar basketry supplies, cedar baskets and
cedar bark basketmakers.
