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Kaga chochin
Mar. 27th, 2009 09:01 pmContemplation of design phase mostly over, construction begun. Still contemplating handle treatments.
Left, kaga-chochin with top rim glued and clamped. Right, joint where the pre-cut caning has been tied together. If you look VERY closely to the right of the white thread, you can see the cuts on the overlapping diagonals. An actual woven basket wouldn't have this issue. However, paper is ultimately going on the outside of this thing, so it's not going to be a glaring eyesore either.
The basket bottom was constructed by gluing and clamping a piece of cane into a circle. Once dry, two pieces of thin craft plywood were glued to the bottom - two pieces because they came in a sheet 1/32" x 3" x 24" wide and the diameter is roughly 5" so a metal candle dish can sit inside it. Once that was dry, the excess was trimmed away with a craft saw.
Raw edges of the pre-woven cane were stabilized with masking tape, then cut. A utility knife would've dragged too many of the fine pieces out of alightment, so I used the shears* I keep for random dubious craft projects not involving fabric. The tape was removed, glue was applied to the inside of one edge, then the cane was curled into a tube and tied closed with thread. The lip of the basket bottom was given an application of glue and the tube fitted inside it. Another section of cane was treated with glue and curled into another circle inside the tube and fitted into the basket bottom. A couple of bamboo skewers trimmed to size were used to hold the inner ring of cane against the woven cane and outer ring until the glue was dried. Similar applications of cane and glue were done to the top of the basket.
Titebond II is an excellent wood glue, however, it's not white and it dries darker than the cane. I will probably sand lightly and maybe paint a thin coat of glue on the cane edges to even them up.
I should probably break down and buy more clamps, that way I could've done both lanterns at once. I can work on the second basket body tomorrow after I get back from the memorial service, maybe. Still contemplating handle treatments.
*I have several pairs of scissors and I made a point of buying things with different colored plastic handles. Red = sewing only. Purple = paper. Lime green = random craft detritus.
Left, kaga-chochin with top rim glued and clamped. Right, joint where the pre-cut caning has been tied together. If you look VERY closely to the right of the white thread, you can see the cuts on the overlapping diagonals. An actual woven basket wouldn't have this issue. However, paper is ultimately going on the outside of this thing, so it's not going to be a glaring eyesore either.
The basket bottom was constructed by gluing and clamping a piece of cane into a circle. Once dry, two pieces of thin craft plywood were glued to the bottom - two pieces because they came in a sheet 1/32" x 3" x 24" wide and the diameter is roughly 5" so a metal candle dish can sit inside it. Once that was dry, the excess was trimmed away with a craft saw.
Raw edges of the pre-woven cane were stabilized with masking tape, then cut. A utility knife would've dragged too many of the fine pieces out of alightment, so I used the shears* I keep for random dubious craft projects not involving fabric. The tape was removed, glue was applied to the inside of one edge, then the cane was curled into a tube and tied closed with thread. The lip of the basket bottom was given an application of glue and the tube fitted inside it. Another section of cane was treated with glue and curled into another circle inside the tube and fitted into the basket bottom. A couple of bamboo skewers trimmed to size were used to hold the inner ring of cane against the woven cane and outer ring until the glue was dried. Similar applications of cane and glue were done to the top of the basket.
Titebond II is an excellent wood glue, however, it's not white and it dries darker than the cane. I will probably sand lightly and maybe paint a thin coat of glue on the cane edges to even them up.
I should probably break down and buy more clamps, that way I could've done both lanterns at once. I can work on the second basket body tomorrow after I get back from the memorial service, maybe. Still contemplating handle treatments.
*I have several pairs of scissors and I made a point of buying things with different colored plastic handles. Red = sewing only. Purple = paper. Lime green = random craft detritus.
