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I want to make a Christmas tree out of kudzu! I have tons in my back yard. Do you think I could? My daughter graduated from UGA in 2020 and now lives in Bogart

Please maybe a video on how to make one like the one you did on your break in the garden!

Where do you get your trees? Do you harvest on your own property?

Thank you for posting. I was wondering how you forage for bark. Is it off deadwood, or stripped from live trees?

So do you boil the kudzu before splitting it or split it and then boil it the first time?

I'm so thankful we remembered you do basket weaving with kudzu! We have about half an acre of kudzu and looking for some activites for our boys to do with their hands. This is a great intro and we'll be watching more to learn!

Kudzu is definitely the gift that keeps on giving. Thanks Japan. Seriously, though, I've spent the last 6 years restoring my farm house down here in Murphy. I'm finally at a point that I can stop and do something fun. I've been watching this kudzu patch grow while I was busy with building walls and roofs. Now is the time to make it into my visions. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. In the past I would have just experimented when working with a new material but thanks to UA-cam I have more of my creations turn out.😂

Im moving to Kentucky in the next 2 years to homestead . Been looking at property I was amazed by the amount of Kudzu and was wondering what i could do with it to create an income. This definitely seems like a great start! Thanks gor sharing!😊

How dry do they need to be before soaking for the cattails

Thank you for the video! I live surrounded by woodlands and I would love to work basketry using native, locally-harvested plant materials instead of raffia or other imported materials.

Ok so tell me where to sign up!?

Yessss. Thank you. I admire your skill and am just now getting bit by the bug to make a basket (or weave SOMETHING) from these discarded fronds and seaweed ❤

Thank you so much for your generosity in posting this workshop! This is wonderful and so accessible for beginners (like me!). It's a joy to see how you capture beauty in these lovely, natural materials.

Great info!

I hope I can learn from you. It is my First day trying to learn about weaving. 😅

The tool you used to split the kudzu was interesting. An entire scholarly show was made trying to find out why Indians carried around these stone or bone tools that had one, two, or three holes in it. The scholars refused to believe it was for splitting vines or shaping arrow shafts, or starting fires.

I love that there is no added sound. So relaxing

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Amazing artisan. I live near eucalyptus jungle & has tried to do some weaving unfortunately with no good results. How can I keep the eucalyptus bark permanently moist so to prevent it from coiling and drying? I'll very much appreciate your advice.

It's not hoarding, it's art.

Thank you for your help god bless

Fascinating! Thank you!

Wish you would do a basket foraging class! I live in Asheville and would love to meet/learn from you!

Very interesting and I am looking for materials now Thank you Mandy 🇬🇧

Really educational. Thanks.

I live in Hendersonville, do you offer classes?

Lovely work 😊

Have you ever worked with bamboo? If so, can a jerry stripper be used effectively?

Wow

I LOVE Nancy! She comes to our Camp and teaches the campers. It’s my honor that I get to hang out with her as her “assistant”!

Hi Matt, I was wondering if you can use Hops vines to make baskets? I’m just trying to plan my garden for the summer. I’m in Calgary, Alberta so I am just trying to find something that grows here well.

Do you do any further processing of the bark, such as retting or drying?

PS close up and in person is even better😅. I remember Matt was like a kid in a candy shop when the colors arrived and the start of using encaustic medium! I remember seeing the wasp nest inside. Wild!

I want to learn the shaping of the ones that look fluid!

Take the classes he offers! True Artist and funny to boot!

Beautiful work!

I live on land that has been owned by my family about 200 years. I made fortresses inside kudzu growth and would swing across the creeks on the vines when I was a kid. Just this week I started trying to weave with kudzu. I've never woven a thing in my life! I'm glad I came across your video today because I was having a heck of a time splitting the vines. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I'll have to see your wares in person soon. Asheville is just over the hill from me. 😊

Going to Georgia next month and going Kudzu hunting. Love your videos.

What other materials do you know which are similar to cedar or willow bark? I am trying to twin a basket in the dead of winter 🙃

Nancy is awesome!

Uncle Matt, I bought the bundle of 2 classes Nov 23, ‘22. I can only find one I can open now. The bark basketry. I am finally ready to start my basket making. I’ve got my tools, gloves and ready to collect my kudzu! Already have where I’m getting the tree bark this spring. So I’m excited. I need the other video about twining back so I can review. My iPad had failed and I don’t know if that affected things. I can look at profile. Shows I bought bundle. But I gain access from my homepage where I favorited Bark video. PLEASE HELP!!! I can send copy of purchase. Thanks! PS. Best price, place to get the Bora-care? That stuff is high!

Just over a year ago I moved from PA to KY. I'd heard of kudzu but never knew anyone who made baskets with it. Your video was very interesting. I'll have to check out your other information.

Is Kudzu legal in the US? It was once brought in and took over fields trees, util. poles and banned then in the South. It will overgrow everything and damage the natural permaculture. It is a foreign (Japanese jungle with it's huge leaves it blocks sunlight below) Better check before you try to plant this.

I've heard kudzu is also edible. Does anyone know or ever tried it?

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hi! from Japan! I really enjoyed watching this and your other videos as well! I'm so happy to find your channel,cos I've just started weaving Kudzu and making some baskets myself recently! I can learn a lot of things from your videos! Thank you! Arigato! I am looking forward to your new videos !

Hello where do u get your stripper to cut the vine would like to get the address and name of the stripper thanks mo

Glad i found your channel. Packed with info. Thanks for sharing

Great info man. I'm preparing to start a business along these lines, do you have any advice for a beginner?

Doesn’t the Bora-care make your baskets poisonous?