meet up spot
Thorny onion, indigenous plant used as flavoring herb, blood pressure medicine.


Ramie
Atayal elder's workshop
materials in various stages of processing
rattan ribbons for weaving

basket in process.
Collection of Atayal Elder's works
Different basket styles for different uses.
round on top, square on bottom
Getting ready to harvest the thorny rattan palm. Check out the knife holder.
A winter violet.
Dark forest, elder in the background
The rattan palm, very often completely covered in thorns.
The rattan palm are like vines, very long, twisting around and above the canopy.
Our patient instructor.
70 and still climbs trees to free the vines.
Wielding the knife, a formidable skill.
Shedding the thorny bark.

Scat of a carnivore/insectivore

Scat up close
Our harvest.
A patient and very even tempered elder who has maintained the skills of his ancestors
Further instruction on lengths for different-sized projects.
Quickly cutting the canes into the right lengths before transporting them