How to Make a Traditional Woven Basket from a Tree

How to Make a Traditional Woven Basket from a Tree | Short Film Showcase

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Using the tools of his late father, Stephen Jerome continues the traditional indigenous art of basket making in this meditative short by filmmaker Heather Condo. Watch the entire process unfold, from chopping down the tree in the forest to weaving in the last element in the studio.
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@NatGeo 6 жыл бұрын

For Stephen Jerome, basket-weaving is a unique Mik'maq tradition that has been passed down for generations in his family. What interests you the most about this master basket-maker?

@afrocentrikrafter2967 5 жыл бұрын

What type of tree did he use?

@kan-zee 5 жыл бұрын

Every season in Canada , has its unique activity.

@DroneCowboy.59 5 жыл бұрын

afroCENTRIKrafter He use Black Ash a Friend of Stephen Jerome 🇨🇦⚓️

@talltall5364 4 жыл бұрын

I'm amazed at his strength and precision in making ribbed baskets. That and that he he does everything himself, from the tree trunk to the end product.

@SiyanaMin 3 жыл бұрын

@@afrocentrikrafter2967 Меня тоже интересует какое дерево он использует?

@markromero5331 6 жыл бұрын

So many skills we take for granted, on this earth that are a disappearing. Glad to see this one preserved.

@Silkendrum 6 жыл бұрын

This video illustrates the virtue of sharp tools!

@jasonr3862 6 жыл бұрын

Smell the wood, smell it

@MercyS26 6 жыл бұрын

I really respect what he's created and how he did so, pretty dope skill

@Trund27 6 жыл бұрын

Mk S. 100 percent agree!

@GrowingDownUnder 6 жыл бұрын

not easy either, i've tried it with dried flax & yucca leaves

@fidenemini111 6 жыл бұрын

Must be somewhere in Nova Scotia Canada were Mi'kmaq people live. In our country we call this sort of baskets "potato baskets" as they mostly are used in picking potato crop. But we make them from split willow twigs or (in rare ocasions) weaving is done with spruce roots. I myself made several of them. Here I think they guy uses ash splits. Extremely beutiful!

@aloy5413 6 жыл бұрын

people use ''ratan'' in my country and its more sturdy and flexible , so its easier to bend .

@exploraterragroup3488 6 жыл бұрын

Gescapegiag, Canada

@hph9590 6 жыл бұрын

Wow! What a craftsman. I'd definitely buy that.

@nuclearnyanboi 6 жыл бұрын

Here in India, we use bamboo. It grows quickly and when one is cut down, no significant damage is caused to the environment

@WolfKenneth 3 жыл бұрын

In Europe there's no native bamboo. We mainly use willow wickers it grows fast too, but I've seen baskets woven from birch both wickers and bark, hazel, reeds, junipers, conifer roots and many others.

@critterjon4061 3 жыл бұрын

As a basket weaver myself I can confirm that this dude makes the process to deceptively easy

@Humanimal117 6 жыл бұрын

Nice, I just learned something new today. I like this hope you guys post more similar to this.

@narnia4703 6 жыл бұрын

This is so beautiful. I love how there are no words.

@icwiz 6 жыл бұрын

wow. The end result was very impressive. I didn't know wood baskets were made like this, the tools etc.

@destinyhart7532 4 жыл бұрын

Best video I've ever seen on basket weaving! Thank you.

@ivorydelights 6 жыл бұрын

Wow! This is beautiful craftsmanship!

@user-jn2vc8fu3l 6 жыл бұрын

Wow that was amazing

@msmicheal2321 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Always learning new things with NatGeo ✌

@kerwynbrat5771 6 жыл бұрын

wow, just amazing

@mihancic 6 жыл бұрын

Very nice video! Love seeing all the specialised tools. Thanks for sharing!!

@ShawnStrickland 6 жыл бұрын

Simply amazing!

@goretisantos33 2 жыл бұрын

Esse sim hem. perfeição, deus abençoe esse seu talento, só gostaria q tivesse opçao de legenda. aqui do brasil. parabens. 🙏🙌

@gilbert4351 3 жыл бұрын

👏👏👏True form of craftsmanship.👏👏👏👏

@tcole7692 6 жыл бұрын

Wow beautiful 💖

@karenuntz6514 6 жыл бұрын

I love it! ❤ Birch baskets! What a forgotten art! ❤Thanks, @National Geographic! ❤ Still keeping it real! 😉

@CherishTheChildren 6 жыл бұрын

Incredible

@Mari-hh6it 4 жыл бұрын

absolutely beautiful =)

@user-chardonneret 6 жыл бұрын

I love wildlife and I love animals especially birds

@wellschr888 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful a true art

@trina8350 3 жыл бұрын

Wow!! Just WOW!

@jtjjbannie 6 жыл бұрын

Well done NG.

@youssefmaa2080 6 жыл бұрын

i love national geographic

@skylynnraeanne1852 6 жыл бұрын

Such a beautiful video

@TowardsTruth191 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, masha' Allah. He's very creative!

@AuskaDezjArdamaath 6 жыл бұрын

Skills!

@ericstorm4613 6 жыл бұрын

So much more finesse than my plastic basket!

@angelvalencia6782 6 жыл бұрын

The exact same thing i thought and its also biodegradable and more durable .although at a higher price this basket has almost everything going for it

@gclaireeddy6727 3 ай бұрын

Wow! Fantastic

@mobilecommunity548 6 жыл бұрын

Amazing Stamina 👍👍👍

@kipsate7079 6 жыл бұрын

He's an artist

@bushiebodge 6 жыл бұрын

awesome

@user-chardonneret 6 жыл бұрын

good

@sallyrobles1851 6 жыл бұрын

o.o Wow, didn't think it took so much to make a basket :o Beautiful.

@wandafrench776 6 жыл бұрын

wow..my life is complete in this looney bin..i can now weave baskets..lol..thank you

@omri9325 6 жыл бұрын

0% complete, 1% complete, 96% complete, 97% complete.

@suhadhassan4369 6 жыл бұрын

Like it.

@dollyperry3020 6 жыл бұрын

Lovely! I wish it had had more detail and had been longer! :)

@timothylongmore7325 4 жыл бұрын

He has some short videos of his shop and there are many basket video on the Tube. Check out Jill Choates

@rahulredgram 6 жыл бұрын

Wow

@god6210 4 жыл бұрын

2:42 Idk why but that made me laugh 😂

@anassorbestiak 6 жыл бұрын

WOW

@pb6855 6 жыл бұрын

Amazing skill. I do hope he gets more than one basket out of that whole tree. Otherwise the term ‘pyrrhic victory’ comes to mind.

@rachellwobah 3 жыл бұрын

WoW..... 💜

@assersafwat8062 6 жыл бұрын

nice

@user-dt6xj7so3b 6 жыл бұрын

can yall do something better and stop hating on him

@stregananak9896 2 жыл бұрын

This is beautiful. Why did he smell the tree before he took it? "Smell before you fell." 😊

@RandomPerson-kz8yu 2 жыл бұрын

The smell determines If it’s a good basket tree. If it is, it smells sweet like sugar or wine!

@gclaireeddy6727 3 ай бұрын

Hi there. I see that you recently held a basket making workshop in Queens county. Is it possible for you to provide a workshop in Lunenburg County? Thanks, Claire

@TheJesusAlejandra 6 жыл бұрын

Amazing! This could come in handy durin a survival situation

@GrowingDownUnder 6 жыл бұрын

new zealand been doing it for hundreds of years, but with dried flax leaves. Look up flax weaving or hala weaving, "hala" is another name for the pandanus tree

@samyty1530 6 жыл бұрын

Yes having a basket will save your life

@jeremias5959 6 жыл бұрын

if its a survival situation you wont have those tools and if you do have those kind of tools its not much of a survival an a basket is the first concern you have on your mind because it can obviously save your life

@timothylongmore7325 Жыл бұрын

the skill would. you probably wouldn't do a black ash basket but a fish trap from willow would be doable.

@wandersonscroll2382 6 жыл бұрын

WOW!!Awesome

@bblaack2834 6 жыл бұрын

I LOVE U NATIONAL GEOGRAPHICCCCC

@Creativityfromnature 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing Video! Was that an Oak tree ?

@timothylongmore7325 Жыл бұрын

black ash

@janvafa4253 6 жыл бұрын

To those who keep commenting about all the ‘waste of the tree’ - they only documented him making the one basket... that doesn’t mean that he didn’t go back get the rest of the tree and make more ... and he probably made MANY more from the small part of the tree he was able to carry back in his first trip. Native Americans wasted nothing!

@MuhammadEgypt 6 жыл бұрын

How much?

@bblaack2834 6 жыл бұрын

Omg upload

@happybanana0929 6 жыл бұрын

I badly want to learn that craft.

@paragjyotideka1246 6 жыл бұрын

Best thing can happen to a tree .

@b.hagedash7973 6 жыл бұрын

Does anyone recognise\know the name of the tree that he used?

@tirpitz19 6 жыл бұрын

Looked like a walnut ,to me.

@Temp0raryName 6 жыл бұрын

George.

@b.hagedash7973 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks tirpitz19, I think you're right.

@timothylongmore7325 4 жыл бұрын

It is black ash or in Maine they call brown ash ( i think). There are more videos of Jerome and others showing his way and more traditional ways. I use a small sledge hammer and pound the billets. Many pound the log with hammer or axe poll. I sell strips on ebay as well as sticks to pound your own. If your up north look for ash trees growing in a wet area. It's probably black ash.

@koob1413 6 жыл бұрын

where is this from ?

@timothylongmore7325 4 жыл бұрын

North east north america. I think the micmac are Ontario Canada. Not positive though.

@belugaabs 6 жыл бұрын

okay, first of all he picked ONE specific tree (either it's mature enough to be cut down or else), and he made it by himself oh and he uses his own product. Not like you who just whining on trees being cut down and buying stuff from store and claiming that you try saving the earth.

@rhondathomas3 5 жыл бұрын

Like use it on your shop

@itsaaronlolz 6 жыл бұрын

You literally can’t post anything on KZfaq without people getting triggered lmao

@Alr1ghtyThen 6 жыл бұрын

It's sad

@totigerus 6 жыл бұрын

Your comment triggers me

@markromero5331 6 жыл бұрын

Totigerus your millennium attitude is going to ruin you life.

@totigerus 6 жыл бұрын

Mark Romero this also triggers me

@martin32238 2 жыл бұрын

what kind of wood is this?

@timothylongmore7325 Жыл бұрын

black ash or some call brown ash. Grows in wet areas. In central NY state the ash borer is killing them like crazy. Around Rochester ever swampy area is full of dead trees. Those are the ones those baskets are made from. Tool handles used to be until fiberglass replaced and destroyed the industry.

@KittySYT 6 жыл бұрын

Women back then: Be impressed with a basket made outta tree. 👩🏻 Women now: Kill a crocodile and make me a Gucci bag to prove your love! ❤️ 🌚

@AngryKittens 6 жыл бұрын

"Why did you kill only one crocodile? Don't you love me? I wanted all crocodiles dead."

@GoodandBasic 6 жыл бұрын

The craft is amazing. But the filming style was shot way too close and a little off from the center of the action. It's difficult to see what his hands are actually doing.

@timothylongmore7325 4 жыл бұрын

He's got other videos he did himself. He works fast. Showing off seems like. There are more vids on this subject on youtube. Look for pounding black ash , adirondack baskets etc.

@bagusbaskoro2207 6 жыл бұрын

In Indonesia we made the basket from bamboo or rotan (idk the english)

@davidaIano 6 жыл бұрын

A derivitive of primitive technology

@saversave9996 6 жыл бұрын

Now, I wonder how they make them nowadays

@timothylongmore7325 4 жыл бұрын

That's how they're still made. Some pack basket are made with sawn maple. Highly inferior.

@HavardEleonorenonore33 6 жыл бұрын

He cute soo fine finesse ?

@klcg.6078 4 жыл бұрын

I find this very impressive!! But i also can’t help but feel a little sad about the tree.......

@klcg.6078 Жыл бұрын

@@timothylongmore7325 wow someone actually took a small amount of time out of their day to reply to a comment i made 2 years ago i feel so special

@timothylongmore7325 Жыл бұрын

@@klcg.6078 I apoligize. One should feel something when they cut a tree. It did go to a good use and native people treat their land with a lot more love than most people on this planet do. Again , I'm sorry for my snarky reply.

@klcg.6078 Жыл бұрын

@@timothylongmore7325 you’re forgiven, it takes a lot of effort to apologize for something!! Thank you for apologizing!! Hope you have a good day!!

@catahoulla8488 6 жыл бұрын

mr sniffs approves

@ezeynuke1044 6 жыл бұрын

Is this also an ASMR video?

@bblaack2834 6 жыл бұрын

UPLOADDDD

@nancythane5036 4 жыл бұрын

Please tell me he used the rest of that tree as well.

@timothylongmore7325 Жыл бұрын

yes dear they don't waste things. That tree probably made a hundred baskets that will be treasured by their owners for generations. Native ( and other smart people) don't usually waste anything. Natives ( and smart people) gives thanks for things they take from nature and don't destroy were they live ( earth), like most modern people do.

@070Annas 6 жыл бұрын

Nyapo ragae pring utowo rotan bro.. Lueh murah ketok e, takok tok aku. Ora kok protes..

@whitelightning4511 6 жыл бұрын

Traditional? Natives had electric and modern tools?

@greenflower360 6 жыл бұрын

They do now. The process is pretty much the same

@timothylongmore7325 4 жыл бұрын

The title was a little misleading but he's trying to make a buck. There are some more guys videos on the subject doing it more traditionally, but you probably already knew that. There is one guy who pounds the logs out in the woods. I believe he's native american but I 'm not sure what tribe.

@zenmaster24 6 жыл бұрын

how many baskets per tree? please dont tell me just the one?

@jeffeppenbach 6 жыл бұрын

No, but they made the video seem to be the story of one basket.

@timothylongmore7325 4 жыл бұрын

Probably a dozen or more from the one log. No doubt he got two more logs out of that pole. Nothing is wasted. These trees also get a lot bigger. This was just a demonstration I'm sure. The one stick he pounded was almost enough for one basket.

@amefuraggamuffin 6 жыл бұрын

wtf thats cool af. rock on my micmac cousins

@fine93 6 жыл бұрын

that tree just splits itself????

@chiefkopit 5 жыл бұрын

after you used the shaving horse to make that plank, he would put in water and hit it until the age rings split. then use a drawknife to split into strips.

@timothylongmore7325 4 жыл бұрын

No. Pound on the log is the traditional way. He splits out a billet ( stick) Shaves it down with drawknife ( optional) . You can shave it down with a regular knife then pound it with a hammer. The video and the power hammer only shows the last part of the process. It takes about an hour of pounding by hand to separate one stick. He's using a blacksmiths power hammer.

@HavardEleonorenonore33 6 жыл бұрын

Les mains qui l'a orfèvrerie

@xbl155ful 6 жыл бұрын

I would have gotten so many splinters in my skin :(

@deanmacka4975 6 жыл бұрын

Yeah my stuff here in Australia is made in China :(

@LemonadeMouthSomebod 6 жыл бұрын

I'll give you 3.50

@littlebitfix4511 2 жыл бұрын

Step One: Buy all of the tools. Should take a month and the rest of your savings

@timothylongmore7325 Жыл бұрын

saw and a sledge hammer or an axe. He runs a basket shop business and does it for a living.

@littlebitfix4511 Жыл бұрын

3:20 5:18 I suppose I exaggerated, but this isn't something you can just go out and do

@timothylongmore7325 Жыл бұрын

@@littlebitfix4511 I did, but I already had most anyway. I also live where the tree grows and like learning new skills. Believe me, you do not want to try earn a living doing this. An adirondack pack takes about a week to make by hand. They should bring 3-400 dollars. You can't get $150. I know you were just tryin to be funny.

@littlebitfix4511 Жыл бұрын

Thx for understanding, sorry for any insensitivity

@diederichabels8119 3 жыл бұрын

If you want to build it you can find nice instructions on the Stodoys plans website.

@PantsB4Squares 6 жыл бұрын

Well. Alright.

@adrian_zombturtle148 6 жыл бұрын

@CODEnterprise 5 жыл бұрын

Traditional woven basket - using machines and saws and axes nails and hammers lmao Also, the video hardly shows you anything about how it's made just lots of close up shots with little content.

@rebeccaschultz5106 6 жыл бұрын

BTW, a helpful and non confrontational reply might have just answered my question instead of putting me down for my blatantly expressed "limited knowledge." Thanks. ;)

@jeremias5959 6 жыл бұрын

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooothefuckingtreeeeeeooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

@jeremias5959 6 жыл бұрын

oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

@groundedflight4017 4 жыл бұрын

yeah thanks looks beautiful have no clue how to do it, stupid and not teaching anyone anything.

@phaganators 6 жыл бұрын

One whole tree, one basket¿🧐

@timothylongmore7325 4 жыл бұрын

no one stick from that log

@adriancherry4918 6 жыл бұрын

Too much!!!

@lurk7411 6 жыл бұрын

The primitive technology guy really let himself go.

@taeeun300 6 жыл бұрын

You have to cut down a tree to make that basket...? Hmmm.! Can’t you use fallen branches and leave instead....?

@greenflower360 6 жыл бұрын

Taeeun Kang No there's a reason why he smelled the tree first

@Darknexea 6 жыл бұрын

In order to have soft wood, you have to cut down a living tree. Fallen branches are dead wood and isn't soft, pliable and strong as living wood. I prefer seeing a tree being cut down to become a basket instead of being decorated for a month and thrown away after (ie Christmas tree).

@taeeun300 6 жыл бұрын

Willow Whiteraven My point was is it necessary to make that wooden basket. We no longer live in the primitive world..! There are ton of materials can be recycled..!

@Darknexea 6 жыл бұрын

Usually they are sold as decoration, tourists love to buy them as they are made by First Nations. Do we really need decoration in our homes ? No. But I'm sure nobody wants to have empty walls and no object for decoration. As for how they are made, it's part of their tradition. First Nation have lost a lot of their cultural heritage due to colonization and assimilation. If nobody continue that tradition, it will disappear. They aren't that many basket maker left, so don't worry, there aren't that many tree cut down for that.

@kerwynbrat5771 6 жыл бұрын

Careful and thoughtful harvesting allows for a far more healthy forest. In a dense stand of wood such as where the tree was taken, most trees will die. They become tall and spindly trying to reach the sun and fight for limited nutrients eventually dying and falling to the forest floor. This is a healthy harvest for the trees.