Cover Photo: cardboard vessels by Julie Druker

In this issue

2 From the Editors

3 Letters to the Editors - correction re 150 year-old cooperative

4. Fall’s Bounty - Straw Weaving by Jule Koch Brison
Straw weaving is an ancient art that celebrates the harvest. Even though modern agriculture gives us such food security that we are generally oblivious to the arrival of harvest time, the traditional Old World favours and decorations, called corn dollies, have a timeless appeal.

7. Green Heart Art by Jule Koch Brison

There are cardboard boxes – and then there are cardboard boxes. Corrugated cardboard is a homely material, tossed in the garbage daily without a second thought. But when Julie Druker takes it in her hands, she transforms it into two and three-dimensional objects of beauty.

9. Paper Bag Baskets by Sarah Kern
You will need: 1 paper bag; water colours; paint brush; scissors.....

14.  Diary of A Wild Woman by Sandi McNeil
March 30, 2007: On my way home from work, I stopped at my favorite willow patch and cut a large bundle of willow.  Each willow rod was about 4 to 5 feet long, nice and straight, with lots of colors such as yellow, limey green, orange and red.

17. Joleen Gordon wins Highest Award by Jule Koch Brison
Joleen Gordon, basketmaker, historian, artist, writer, teacher, and founder of the Nova Scotia Basketry Guild, has been awarded the highest honour ...

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