Welcome to Glade Nature Crafts

willow basket with handleGlade Nature Crafts has grown from a family hobby into a family business. The forests surrounding their farm nestled in the Coast Range of Oregon provide a perfect font of information and materials to create hand-made baskets using local materials. In the past fifteen years their property has become a basket-material garden with groves of cedar and willow trees, patches of sweetgrass and cattails, trellises of ivy and clematis.

rose petal bead necklace with amethystWeaving baskets has led to knitting Sterling silver wire for jewelry, making Etruscan chain and weaving small Sterling silver baskets. Steve, being a rock-hound at heart, enjoys selecting precious and semi-precious stones to include in necklaces, bracelets and earrings. As the season for roses draws to a close, you can find the pair diligently grinding rose petals, using the same method as the nuns in medieval Europe, to mold fragrant rose petal beads for rosaries, necklaces and earrings.

white double daffodilIn the early spring, amidst the basketry materials, the green is broken by bright hues of yellow and orange when the daffodils bloom. With over 40 different varieties of daffodils, the number of different mixtures possible is breathtaking.

For more information, please contact Steve and Mary Glade

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