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• Basketry product design


  Depends on the available fibers
• Planning the design of a basketry product

  1. Determine what fibers are available

  2. Plan the basket accordingly
• Fibers


  • May be round, flexible, or flat
  • Round rods are usually woven among other round rods
  • Flat strips can be woven together or twisted around stiff rods
  • Grasses, crushed stems, or other flexible fibers are wrapped around each other to form and then, the coil is stitched to itself in a rising spiral to form the basket sides
• Basket design


  Can be based on existing baskets, photos of history types, a particular purpose or use for the basket, or size and shape required for practical uses or desired for decorative ones
• Basket design


  • Can include patterns or coloration worked into the shape of the basket
  • Materials, their natural color, and their susceptibility to dyeing need to be considered
• Elements of art and principles of design in basketry


  • Form follows function is key to good design
  • Structural design is the design made by size, form, color, and texture of an object
  • Decorative design is the surface enrichment of the structural design
• Requirements for a good structural design


  • In addition to being beautiful, it is suited to its purpose
  • It is simple
  • It is well-proportioned
  • It is suited to the material of which it is made and to processes which will be followed in making it
• Considerations for adding decorations

  • Practice moderation in decoration
  • Place decoration in structural points and aim to strengthen the shape of the object
  • Allot background space to give an effect of simplicity and dignity to the design
  • Cover the surface quietly (for surface patterns)
  • Study the background shapes so that it is as beautiful as the pattern to be added
  • Use decoration that is suitable for the material and the purpose
• two kinds design : structural design and decorative design
• structural design is the design made by size, form, color, and texture of an object, whether it be the object itself, in space, or a drawing of that object worked out in paper
• decorative design is the surface enrichment of the structural design