This large swing-arm market basket is made with white ash splint uprights and weavers and white oak runners, ears, handle and rims.

The white ash splints are pounded while the wood is still green, a process which breaks down the wood into its constituent growth rings, which are further spit and refined into the material for these baskets.

This rectangular double swing-arm basket was made as a tool tote. The weavers and uprights are heavier than usual, to ensure durability and sturdiness.

This style of swing-arm handle is influenced by the Taghkanic basketmakers of upstate New York. The arms move out of the way while the basket is loaded, and the two arms make even heavy or unbalanced loads easy to carry.

This round-bottom swing-arm basket is all white ash splint and wood, save for the rims, which are white oak.

This pattern begins with laying up the “spoked” double bottom, during which the handsome shaping of the concave bottom is made.