Hi there,
We had an event at our college which required some good
hand crafted baskets or containers to display raw food ingredients.
We got a beautiful lot of baskets for the event, this clicked me to hand craft a basket.
I researched different basket making techniques and
easiest way to craft was with newspaper or magazine paper.
Thus below is the procedure for basket making
Materials:
Newspaper/
magazine paper, fevicol, 2- waste c.ds, spray paint.
Procedure:
Take a sheet of
newspaper and divide it into half vertically. With the help of pencil start rolling
the paper into a cylindrical roll/ pipe. Close the open end of paper with
fevicol.
Make 9 to 15 such rolls.
To make a strong base I have used c.d as the base layer. You could also use
circular card board sheet.
Place all the rolled pipes equidistant from each other and
stick them on one side of the c.d with the help of fevicol. Now apply fevicol
on the c.d with rolled pipes attached to it. Over this stick the second c.d .
This will give a sun like image. Picture above will help
you understand better.
Keep these infused c.ds below a heavy object so that they
can adhere to each other.
Now again make 20- 30 cylindrical rolls/ pipes from the
newspaper and keep it aside.
On the base structure that we made attach a roll /pipe to
the base. Now start moving this pipe alternately through this attached pipe. Picture
below displays the interlocking of pipes.
Always adjust the interlocked pipes properly to avoid
gaps. Make sure the interlocking of pipes moves in a straight line.
If you feel the basket has got desired height cut the
open ends of the rolls and stick them on the rim of the basket.
Thus your basket is ready. To make it more appealing you
could paint it with some color. I have spray painted it with bronze color.
I use it store vegetables, you could use it according to
your requirements.
