| Hi, my name is Linda Lou Alexander, I have been weaving baskets since 1991. A friend gave me my first lessons but after three, I started experimenting with different things that came to my mind or that someone asked me could I make. I enjoy being challenged to make my own "styles". Only occasionally do I make something from a book. In 1995 I started doing the pre-1840 rendezvous. These are "living history"events, where the re-enactors portray the events of the fur trade era in the western United States. I have been featured on the cover of Oklahoma Living Magazine. I have also been invited to Fort Concho in San Angelo, Texas; Fort Phantom Hill, Abilene, Texas and Lubbock Lake Landmark in Lubbock, Texas, to name a few to demonstrate my basket weaving. I have also been an instructor for BOW (Becoming an Outdoors Women) in Oklahoma. Most weekends find me somewhere doing basket weaving or teaching classes. I am a member of the Texas Cherokees, Tsalagiyi Nvdagi, and was gifted with my Cherokee name, Agitolvtsa, (Which in English means "Basket Woman") by Chief Hicks. I am honoring my Cherokee ancestors through my basket weaving. I use reed to make my baskets, I sign, date and number my baskets as I feel each basket is an individual creation. A friend brought me a piece of fabric (apples) that she had just redone her kitchen in and wanted it put into a basket. As you will be able to see when you view my basket pictures, an unlimited choice of basket designs were born.I also use natural black walnut water to stain my baskets to give them "an aged look". I enjoy trying to make new styles of baskets,so if you don't see exactly what you want, let's get our heads together and see what we can come up with. |
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