His baskets are crafted with sturdy oak staves and handles, woven with rattan, and rest on a solid wooden bottom. They are often accented with beautiful decorations of ivory carvings and scrimshaw. His grandparents taught him to use oak instead of cane because their many years of experience taught them that oak is the sturdiest that makes the finest basket.
Michael's first basket was sold in 1969 at his mother's business, Bette's Luncheonette in the Nantucket Pharmacy. As the years passed he began to supply baskets of var4ious sizes to Morgan Levine at the Four Winds Craft Guild. Michael soon established a well-known name for himself and decided to branch out on his own. He moved to his present location where he is producing the finest baskets of a unique craft which has lasted for over 200 years. Michael is best known as the originator of the tight weave.
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