2 cups flour, 1 cup salt, cold water. Mix until has consistency of play dough. Imprint & Bake at 250 for 2 hours, then cool and spray with metallic paint.
★ Les Tissus Colbert: Kelly's Corner: tutorial on making crocheted baskets. Blog in German but Google Translate helps--i think an intermediately skilled crocheter could suss out how to do this.