Bedroom Observation Essay

The exhibit tells me a lot about the background of Viki, one of the basket makers in the United States or specifically in Indiana. Besides that, the exhibit also tells me a lot about the process of making baskets. The process might be difficult for someone who is not familiar to basket making. There are three essential tools that are needed to make baskets and the tools are spitzka, pruning shears and pocketknife. All of these tools are required to shape and bend the willow to become a perfect basket. There are willows of different colors and the choosing of the colors of the willow determines the color of the basket at the end. By looking at the baskets shown in the exhibit, it looks like it need to be a lot of practice and creativity to make a beautiful basket. It also needs passion, determination and effort to retain the traditional ways of making baskets and also try to add some variance to the baskets so that the design of the basket is not too outdated. Other than what is shown on the exhibition, I also want to know what happen and what the action she will take if the younger generations …show more content…
One of the things that I learn is the passion and eager to study more about the traditions. In this case, she loves to challenge herself in learning new forms of baskets and new weaves. She also explores the traditions from other countries and traditions to get and collect more information about the basket to improve her skills and be one of the best basket makers. She also takes into account any ideas given from other people, for example, one of her customers give her an idea to add more colors to the basket and diversify her weaving technique, and she do what is being suggested. The identities or folk group about her that being talked in the exhibit is farmer and artists. That is why most of her family members are creative and show their creativity by making baskets because baskets are really useful in