{"id":2339,"date":"2013-09-02T18:51:15","date_gmt":"2013-09-02T18:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=2339"},"modified":"2013-09-02T18:52:03","modified_gmt":"2013-09-02T18:52:03","slug":"have-you-heard-the-owl-call-your-name-basket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=2339","title":{"rendered":"“Have You Heard the Owl Call Your Name?” Art Basket"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s something my wife and I haven’t done for quite a long time, the\u00a0“Have You Heard the Owl Call Your Name?” Art Basket. \u00a0When we first started our art careers, we collaborated on quite a few tiny little art basket loosely based on the Nantucket Lightship style of basketry \u00a0(see more of our past baskets here<\/a>). \u00a0My wife produced the baskets and I decorated the lids.<\/p>\n

Here, we’ve created this basket from black walnut, yellowheart, superfine carriage cane, copper, waxed Irish linen and naturally-shed moose antler. \u00a0The basket is about five inches in diameter. \u00a0The skull finial is one of my press-formed-then-chased copper owl skulls (more about that can be found here<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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Here’s something my wife and I haven’t done for quite a long time, the\u00a0“Have You Heard the Owl Call Your Name?” Art Basket. \u00a0When we first started our art careers, we collaborated on quite a few tiny little art basket … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[37,23,35],"tags":[36,38,9,17,16,44,10,33],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6qLAy-BJ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2361,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=2361","url_meta":{"origin":2339,"position":0},"title":"Hummingbird Art Basket – More Adventures in Press Forming","date":"October 19, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's another little art basket my wife and I collaborated on. \u00a0This little hummingbird basket is about three inches in diameter. 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