Nantucket Woven Baskets

Baskets, custom made purses and handbags, other decorative baskets are available online at Nantucket Basketworks of Cape Cod. Each handmade specialty basket, purse, or tote bag is crafted with care to be decorative, practical, and durable. 2.

Artist Crafted - I personally craft each authentic Lightship Nantucket basket and Lightship Nantucket basket purse, one at a time. Each basket, purse or handbag is woven over a traditional hardwood Nantucket basket mold using only the finest quality Nantucket basket weaving materials and traditional Nantucket basketry techniques and craftsmanship. As these Nantuckets are not mass.

Shop and discover the largest selection of authentic Nantucket baskets. Hand woven and one of a kind designs by local weavers. We represent some of the top weavers of Nantucket baskets.

Bill and Judy Sayle, Martin Brown, Terry Sylvia, Larry Brewster and many more. Nantucket Basket Gallery and Nantucket Gifts Online is a purveyor of the finest handmade Nantucket Lightship Baskets and Nantucket Purses. Our baskets and purses are woven locally in Massachusetts by experienced weavers and artisans in a variety of traditional and contemporary forms.

A Nantucket Basket Gallery purse or basket - Today's gift. Tomorrow's heirloom. My baskets blend tradition with my own creative touch, challenging the notion of a "traditional" Nantucket basket.

Lightship Baskets share common elements, such as using molds, cane weaving, odd staves, and nailed-on rims, yet they offer endless variations. To encourage a historical appreciation of the art of Nantucket basketry, as well as to infuse traditional authenticity to her own creations, Mary weaves and demonstrates the technique perfected over a century ago. Mary has woven aboard the lightship Nantucket, a floating museum dedicated to preserving the traditions of Nantucket Island.

Many of these fine purse (handbag) Nantucket baskets were crafted personally by me, and a handful were crafted by other fine Nantucket Basket weaving craftsmen. Each Lightship Nantucket basket and Nantucket Basket Purse is woven over a traditional wood basket mold and woven with the finest quality basket weaving materials, fine leather purse straps and bone or ivory scrimshaw. Check out our woven nantucket baskets selection for the very best in unique or custom, handmade pieces from our baskets shops.

At Shipyard Weaving, one Artisan creates hand woven Nantucket Lightship styled jewelry, accessories, vases, baskets and handbags. Stemming from tradition and a story of the Nantucket Lightships, (the lighthouses on the Sea). Nantucket Lightship Baskets and Purses Collection by Nantucket Looms.

Authentically hand-crafted by today's finest artisans of this time.