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Paul Paul Johnson
Paul Johnson is an accomplished basket maker. He produces tightly woven baskets with strong staves and even caning and stitching. Johnson was the student of Jose Reyes, a master of lightship basketry. Reyes inspired by traditional lightship baskets invented the Nantucket purse.
Johnson is also a master carver. He hand carves adornments for the top of the basket purses and makes intricate whale species boards using exotic woods, whalebone and whale tooth.
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