Kitanemuk Bottleneck Basket-3A

[Jim Adkins]

This is another in a series of these I've done. Size is abt 7" x 7", turned from
Sycamore, 1/8" beads, dyes & with my normal 4-step finishing process. The interior
of this is not beaded/dyed. It does have a coat of "Terra Cotta" acrylic on the interior
to seal/protect. Comments & critiques always welcome.241454

[Scott Hackler]

Hey that is AWESOME! (and it looks strangely familiar for some reason...) :)

[Jim Burr]

I like this pattern better than the other one, maybe because there is more reed space at the shoulder? Who know...but is amazing as usual!!

[Doug W Swanson]

Wow! That is spectacular!

[Bill Boehme]

That is outstanding work.

[Allan Ferguson]

Hours and hours of fine effort.

[Richard Madden]

Reading the comments already made, I see Amazing, Awesome, Spectacular and Outstanding. This piece is all those and more! Excellent work, Jim.

[Baxter Smith]

Great job Jim!

[Bernie Weishapl]

Beautiful piece. Great job.

[Michael Dromey]

Spechless. Fantastic piece of art!!

[Michelle Rich]

remarkable, as usual

[Bill Boehme]

This is another in a series of these I've done. Size is abt 7" x 7", turned from
Sycamore, 1/8" beads, dyes & with my normal 4-step finishing process. The interior
of this is not beaded/dyed. It does have a coat of "Terra Cotta" acrylic on the interior
to seal/protect. Comments & critiques always welcome.

Jim, the name Kitanemuk sounds like it might be one of the tribes of the Pacific Northwest. After visiting Washington and Oregon a couple years ago, I became interested in turning some vessels in the style made by the Klickitat people. So far, I have only thought about it however. Your turning has inspired me to get off dead center.

[Jim Adkins]

Bill....The Kitanemuk were situated in central, eastern Calif. Yes, I too understand the similar sounding tribes from the Pacific Northwest
They did some fantastic weaving of baskets but I've yet to figure how to do the "weave" look in wood. Some is called twining and seems to
always give a look of being done on the diagonal.

[Darren Jamieson]

I once was told that there is no such thing as a dumb question so here goes. Are these segmented and then beaded or are they colored this way? Anyway you look at it they are stunning.

[Richard Madden]

I once was told that there is no such thing as a dumb question so here goes. Are these segmented and then beaded or are they colored this way? Anyway you look at it they are stunning.

Darren, click on the articles tab at the top of this page. Jim has an excellent tutorial on his basket work.

[Rick Markham]

Jim, spectacular as always! Thanks for sharing