Make a Flax Basket – Kono
Greenlane Rd, Epsom, Auckland
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Make a Kono basket, sustainable flax square basket.
The kono basket is one of the first items you make prior to learning to weave a kete/flax kit. The base skills learnt, will allow you to make a variety of different sized baskets and bowls and move towards learning how to make a kete.
All equipment provided, as well as tea, coffee and light refreshments.
The following will be covered:
- Tikanga (Custom) of mahi raranga/weaving
- How to identify the correct type of flax to harvest from
- How to harvest flax sustainably
- Prepare harakeke/flax for weaving
- Make a four corner kono basket
Complete your very first kono!
The base skills you learn will enable you to start building a foundation to aim towards creating more complex items in the future if you so wish—kete timata, kete whiri (plait kete), whariki (mats), pieke (backpack), kete whakairo (patterned kete), flat bottom kete, etc.
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