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Pryor keeps baskets wet for more flexibility.
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Artisan Mary Pryor has modernized Native American basketry techniques. Pryor is so innovative in her use of natural materials, she now teaches basketry to the Agua Caliente tribe in Southern California. Pryor says the activity can be therapeutic, utilizing one's creativity while recycling natural materials into something beautiful: - Pryor has developed special tools to facilitate her work style.
- Basket materials are all natural -- from plant materials that most crafters would overlook or discard. Pryor uses finished baskets to accentuate green plants and gives them as gifts, but she says the baskets have a variety of uses.
- Beginners are advised to take a class to learn the fundamentals of basket weaving.
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