{"id":3153,"date":"2014-04-29T18:57:25","date_gmt":"2014-04-29T18:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=3153"},"modified":"2014-04-29T18:58:15","modified_gmt":"2014-04-29T18:58:15","slug":"homage-to-the-gator-gods-art-basket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=3153","title":{"rendered":"\u201cHomage to the Gator Gods\u201d Art Basket"},"content":{"rendered":"

The making of \u201cHomage to the Gator Gods\u201d Art Basket<\/a><\/p>\n

Recently, I was reminded of this little tutorial I posted on a carving forum back in 2007, and thought it would be nice to add it to the resources page. \u00a0We haven’t done one of these in a while, but it is great to remember the good time my wife and I had making it. \u00a0Click here to go there: \u00a0The making of \u201cHomage to the Gator Gods\u201d Art Basket
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Thanks for looking! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The making of \u201cHomage to the Gator Gods\u201d Art Basket Recently, I was reminded of this little tutorial I posted on a carving forum back in 2007, and thought it would be nice to add it to the resources page. … 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],"tags":[36,38,9,17,16],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6qLAy-OR","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2339,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=2339","url_meta":{"origin":3153,"position":0},"title":"“Have You Heard the Owl Call Your Name?” Art Basket","date":"September 2, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"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\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Art Basket"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Have_You_Heard_the_Owl_Call_Your_Name_Basket.0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2361,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=2361","url_meta":{"origin":3153,"position":1},"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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