Clermont Woman's Club, Inc.

In picture is J. C. Herndon presenting the finished baskets to Ann Banks of the Clermont Woman's Club.      The Clermont Woman's Club are overjoyed and very grateful for 92 year old J. C. Herndon's generous offer to make 22 custom-made baskets for our annual fashion show scheduled for November 9th, 2013.        Each basket he creates is an amazing work of art and are made entirely of recycled wood.  The wood is harvested from floors, ladders, cabinets and old buildings just to name a few of the sources.  Then each piece of wood has to be planed before being cut into squares and cut again at 45 degree angles.  It then has to be sanded and coated with a 2 coats of wood finishing product. J. C. then starts the assembly process.  The smaller baskets contain over 100 pieces and the larger baskets consist of over 280 pieces.       Amazingly, J. C. does not use any screws or nails; each piece is hand glued int...