Paul Locher outlines the use of rye straw to make baskets and store dried apple slices, schnitz, at homesteads in the early ...

You can go with an elaborately layered basket weave, as shown in the video, or a simple zigzag pattern. Or, after you've cut the straws into varying lengths, place them around a mirror or clock ...

Weaving, as traditionally practiced, is often an ephemeral form—straw and palm decompose, leaving little behind. By translating those materials into clay, Major gives permanence to an ...