oharaworks

Hello, Dave.
Thanks for the compliment.
Construction time depends on how much of the basket you make and how much of the basket is bought pre-fab. I make all my own parts (except the rattan cane, of course) and figure on about 24 hours spread over 10 days from start to finish. This does not include the R&D of making the molds for the body, the rim halves and the handle. However, once these are made they are used over and over again. Another factor is, if you do all the parts yourself, how "authentic" you want the thing to be: are you going to break all the staves, rims and handle out of green white (or red)-oak? are you going to use a metal ear or a wooden ear? if a wooden ear, a simple insert or a through to the base ear/stave?...of course, the list goes on and on, ranging from the primitive to the effete...
Usually, people think it is just the time weaving. My round baskets, with 69 staves, whether a 12"d. or a 6"d. take about eight hours to weave (over three days because it takes a lot of attention and I'm teetering on the brink of senility...).
Hope this helps. Let me know if I can be of any further assistance.
Good luck,
Tim

p.s. I have a web site (http://www.oharaworks.com) where there are a lot of photos of my baskets and a few construction notes. T.

Done, though I am amused that a magazine devoted to woodworking is having trouble with something "square."
Regards, Tim.