How is a Basket Woven?

The art of basket weaving has been traced back to the earliest of civilizations.  In Indonesia, baskets are traditionally made with reed and cane from a plant called calamus rotang. This common vine grows abundantly in the rain forests.
Nearly all basket weave patterns can be applied to any type of natural fibers.
and it is also possible to weave baskets from recycled materials such as magazines, newspapers, aluminum, and plastics. You can find several types of traditional basket weaving in Indonesia.
The most common style of basket making is a technique called Coiling.
Simple to do, coiling winds up bundles of fiber like a snake while stitching it every quarter of an inch or so.
Another technique is called Splint weaving, whereby small flat reeds are covered with knotted stitches in an ever increasing square motif.
These baskets are very fine and take up to a month to complete a basket that is 25 square cm (about 10 square inches).