Welcome to our new web site. New pages showing our baskets are being added as they are ready We have many additions coming soon. Stop by often to see what is new.

For the Home and for the Heart
A Basket and a Bracelet

A new take on one of our classic bread baskets and a set of bracelets in a braided weave by Tammy.

Jewelry Price List with Special Prices for a limited time.

A handcrafted woven gold or silver pendant is a work of art that makes a wonderful gift. We are offering these beautiful hand woven and hand forged gold and silver basket pendants at very special prices for a limited time. To complete the presentation, 18k gold or Sterling chain, and a hand inscribed dovetail box are also available at special prices for a limited time. To order you can call us, or download the price list and mail, email, or fax it to us.

Serving Baskets - Bread Basket, Muffin Basket,
Tea Basket, French Bread Basket,
Italian Breadstick Basket, & Cracker Basket

Nothing makes a table setting better than a hand crafted basket. Each of the serving baskets has a unique design, from traditional square bottom to round top of the bread basket to the vessel form of the French bread basket. These baskets are works of art that can be enjoyed every day.

Swing Handle Apple Baskets

Fall is one of our favorite seasons here on our small farm in the western mountains of Maine. Apples and pears are ready to harvest, the gardens are bearing their late crops of silver queen corn, Brussels sprouts, leeks, and kale. It is time to cut and split firewood for the cold winter ahead. All amidst fall colors ablaze on the hills and valleys. It is a beautiful yet tough place to make a living. Our baskets get put to the test during this busy harvest season.

Sweetgrass Trays

These rectangular tray baskets take their name from the sweetgrass lashed into the rims and protective footer of the basket. They are perfect for flowers and herbs, letter writing, serving bread, rolls, and pastries, to display garden and orchard bounty, or just to enjoy a beautiful basket.

Quadrifoil

The weave of this basket is reminiscent of Gothic arches and was used in of some of the finest baskets made by the Shakers. It is a challenging weave that takes far more time that it looks. I designed this piece to highlight the complex weave and the beauty of the brown ash. It is beautiful on a wall or displayed on a table.

Common Ground Country Fair

Tammy and I enjoyed showing our baskets and visiting with many friends and collectors at The Common Ground Fair this past weekend. I brought along a brown ash log and many of the tools I use for making the baskets. It was nice to see so much interest in the baskets and how they were made in the old way.

Fishing Creel

A prized centerpiece of an outdoor collection brings memories of days on clear running streams and mountain ponds. The Trout Creel is a limited edition and is signed, numbered, and dated.

Purses

For town and country or an evening out a Zeh purse combines style, craftsmanship, and functional practicality. Three Stephen Zeh purse designs now have pages on the web site, the Maine Packbasket Purse, the Trout Creel Purse, and the Swing Handle Acorn Evening purse.

Covered Baskets

A trio of exquisite finely woven covered baskets. They are the Feather Basket, Covered Swing Handle Basket, and the Sewing Basket. The Sewing Basket is a limited edition of five.

Nesting Swing Handle Baskets

These are the signature Stephen Zeh baskets, finely woven, with bent loop swing handles and kickup bottoms. There are Nesting Sets of Three, Five, and Seven.

Maine Packbaskets

I recently put up pages showing the Maine Packbaskets. They are made with hand carved handles, rims and runners. The leather work is English bridle leather, handsewn with Irish linen thread. They are new to the website, but I have been making them and developing the design for thirty years.

Martha Stewart Features Zeh Packbasket

Martha Stewart took a pack basket I made for her to a camping retreat for her sales staff last weekend. She is showing it off on her blog today. It looks great. Thanks Martha!

Stephen Zeh Baskets win award at Ann Arbor Art Fair

We were honored to receive the 2008 Award for Superior Excellence and Originality for our baskets at the prestigious Ann Arbor Street Art Fair. This was our 18th year showing there.

Articles about Stephen Zeh Baskets

New this week are articles that have appeared about Stephen Zeh baskets in magazines. The magazines include Maine Home + Design, Down East, Martha Stewart Living, Country Living, and Woodshop News.

Miniature Baskets

New pages showing nine miniature Stephen Zeh baskets hand crafted in brown ash are now available for viewing. I hope you enjoy them. These are tiny baskets in a one inch scale and are highly collectible. I also hand craft cabinets with dovetail and mortise & tenon joinery to display collections of the miniatures and other fine collectible pieces.

Thank you for stopping by our web site. If you enjoy it, let us know. Send an email to us at szeh@stephenzeh.com. Tammy and I look forward to hearing from you.

Three Bracelets by Tammy Zeh