Who is TaleWeavers?
Occasionally someone asks about how we came up with the name TaleWeavers. Our eldest son coined the name when he put our combined interests storytelling and basket/seat weaving together. The name has persisted. Over time the name had taken us personally on many journeys. Our focus for the business today is the restoration of antiques, teach others, and share the historic crafts of handweaving.
I started into making baskets about 35 years ago, when I took a Saturday basket making class that was sponsored by a nature center in central Pennsylvania. I started making baskets for my family and wanted each basket to serve some purpose. I found patterns online and in books at the library and made baskets that had some historic significance and had some purpose for the people who used the baskets. I was fascinated by making baskets that each had a purpose.
When I started weaving seats for chairs, I found myself wondering about the weaver that originally put the seat into the chair. Who might this person have been, where were they located, and for whom did they work? I also pondered the travels that each chair had...
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