Janet Olney was first introduced to basketmaking in 1984. She immediately fell in love with this age-old art. Most of her baskets begin as traditional shapes into which she weaves something of herself.
Her material of choise is reed which grows in the jungles and rain forests of Indonesia and malaysia. Cut from the rattan or cane palm, a fast-growing, vine-like plant several feet long, reed's strength, flexibility and uniformity make it a perfect material for basketmaking.
Because reed takes dye well, color can also become an important element in Janet's finish product. Janet's tapestry baskets have an inner basket woven "good side in" which becomes the mold for the outer, tapestry backet. The tapestry baskets are woven with a vairety of materials such as reed, yarn, pine needles, seagrass and philodendron sheaths.
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