How To Pound A Black Ash Log Into Woodsplints
Simple step by step instructions on how to pound a Black Ash log.

Black Ash Basketry - The Process
Feature article on how to identify and process a black ash log into woodsplints by pounding apart the growth rings.

Black Ash Basketry - The Material
Identifying and selecting a brown ash tree to pound into basketry woodsplint.

Annette Daigle
Black ash basketmaker from Madawaska, ME. She offers Shaker, backpack, creels and other specialty baskets. Her site explains the process of making a pounded ash splint basket.

Black Ash Processing Photo Essay
Annette Daigle offers a series of photos that explains selecting, soaking, debarking, pounding a black ash log, cleaning splint and weaving a black ash basket.

Irene Ames Demonstrates Making A Black Ash Basket
See the steps in making a black ash woodsplint basket from scratch in a segment on the Do It Yourself Network.

Making A Brown Ash Pack Basket
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Photo essay by Bill Mackowski of Old Wolf Outpost demonstrates the process of creating a Brown Ash woodsplint pack basket.

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