Pine-Needle Basketry

These are a few of the Pine-Needle Baskets (or bowls) that I've crafted from the endless supply of needles that fall on our property each year.
The bowl on the left is the first one I made, about 6 years ago, and it's 12 inches in diameter at the top. It took about 80 hours to construct.
The bowl in the back is the first one where I combined pine-needles with a gourd and it was completed in about 20 hours.
The bowl in the front was done with an orange dyed twine which makes the spiral pattern in the stitching very prominent.
I use hemp twine to stitch the bowls together, and finish them with a brushed on coat of beeswax, which is then baked into the needles in an oven at about 150 degrees.
This makes the bowls quite sturdy and gives them a nice looking sheen, almost like a satin lacquer, only these materials are all natural and non-toxic.