{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"House of Folk Art","title":"Episode 31 | The Best Basket You’ll Ever See","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2988,"description":"Chapters\n00:00 – Intro\n00:14 – Baskets 101: The Feel Test\n01:01 – Machine Cuts vs. Drawing Knife Splits\n03:18 – Why Smaller Baskets Matter\n04:16 – The Basket That Makes You Say Oh\n05:11 – Dating Old Baskets by Feel and Wear\n07:50 – How to Know When Not to Pass It Up\n15:09 – The Best Basket You’ll Ever See\n18:10 – A Known Maker vs Unknown Maker\n19:15 – Who Got You Into Baskets?\n23:05 – Sully Joins to Talk About Wild Marvin Bailey Jugs\n28:20 – Lanier Meaders and the Rock Teeth Secret\n36:43 – Billy Ray Hussey’s Rare Medusa Lion\n38:16 – Why the Buyer Might Be More Rare Than the Basket\n42:30 – Buying Smart: What to Watch for at Festivals\n46:16 – When We Say Hickory, We Mean Catawba\nIn this episode of House of Folk Art, Matt sits down with Kyle and Sully for what might be the most passionate basket tutorial ever recorded. What starts as a crash course in old basket identification turns into a hands-on showcase of Southern craftsmanship, as Matt works through a table of examples, building toward what he calls “the best basket you’ll ever see in your life.”\nThey cover how to judge quality by feel, how to spot hand-cut splints, and why tiny baskets often show off the most skill. Along the way, they talk pricing, provenance, and the influence of makers like Mary Causby. One standout piece is so refined Matt says no museum has one better.\nLater, Sully joins as the crew pivots to pottery. First up is a Marvin Bailey jug covered in mini face jugs. Then comes Lanier Meaders’ “rock teeth” and a wild Medusa lion jug by Billy Ray Hussey. These pieces spark conversations about auction value, collecting philosophies, and the rarest thing in the game, a serious buyer.\nThis episode is a reminder that collecting is about seeing. A great basket doesn’t demand attention, it earns it. You feel it in the tension of the weave, the worn handle, the balance of form and function. It’s not just old. It’s honest.\nWhat Matt, Kyle, and Sully uncover here is reverence. Reverence for skill, for...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/V9-9EJUZ9R45flfIBnsuQ4AwapFGe_rYKiVr1IMQwbU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzUxNTk0LzE3MTE3/Mzc2MTktYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}