Weaving Coiled Telephone Wire Baskets

This video shows how a South African woman lifted herself out of poverty by weaving coiled telephone wire baskets. This demonstrates the ingenuity of an urban dweller taking materials at hand and crafting a traditional object which would have been made out of leaves. Her works have been displayed at the Smithsonian, in New Orleans, and at the Santa Fe International Folk Art Market this year July 12-13, 2008.

Bayeux Tapestry: The Movie

The Bayeux Tapestry (French: Tapisserie de Bayeux) as you have never seen it. Technically, it is not a tapestry in the traditional meaning of the word, that is, woven. Rather, it is embroidered and it is long. 20 in by 230 feet, depicting the events leading up to, as well as, the Norman invasion of England in 1066. The Tapestry is annotated in Latin but in this YouTube video, the annotations have been translated into English. Also, it starts about halfway through the original work at the appearence of Halley's Comet and concludes at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Still, fun to watch.