#basketry art

[mybeingthere]

I am posting again one of my favourites - Pamela Becker, the basket maker. "Life is full of surprises. The last thing in my mind over 30 years ago when I made my  first basket from saran wrap was that I would still be fascinated by that same simple technique this many years later. Perhaps it is the simplicity which keeps me engaged with the process.These are not elaborate structures. Rather they reflect a pared down, simplified view of things. In a world which shouts these are structures which whisper. What are the baskets saying? I think of them as a conversation with the world asI see it. Being in the garden and taking pictures while hiking have honed my senses, forming a sensitivity to the way the world is structured. When I look at the way everything is constructed I see something like a tree. Then I see branches then - smaller branches... and so it goes".

[mybeingthere]

I am posting again one of my favourites - Pamela Becker, the basket maker. "Life is full of surprises. The last thing in my mind over 30 years ago when I made my  first basket from saran wrap was that I would still be fascinated by that same simple technique this many years later. Perhaps it is the simplicity which keeps me engaged with the process.These are not elaborate structures. Rather they reflect a pared down, simplified view of things. In a world which shouts these are structures which whisper. What are the baskets saying? I think of them as a conversation with the world asI see it. Being in the garden and taking pictures while hiking have honed my senses, forming a sensitivity to the way the world is structured. When I look at the way everything is constructed I see something like a tree. Then I see branches then - smaller branches... and so it goes".

[mybeingthere]

I am posting again one of my favourites - Pamela Becker, the basket maker. "Life is full of surprises. The last thing in my mind over 30 years ago when I made my  first basket from saran wrap was that I would still be fascinated by that same simple technique this many years later. Perhaps it is the simplicity which keeps me engaged with the process.These are not elaborate structures. Rather they reflect a pared down, simplified view of things. In a world which shouts these are structures which whisper. What are the baskets saying? I think of them as a conversation with the world asI see it. Being in the garden and taking pictures while hiking have honed my senses, forming a sensitivity to the way the world is structured. When I look at the way everything is constructed I see something like a tree. Then I see branches then - smaller branches... and so it goes".

[mybeingthere]

Lizzie Farey (b 1962), Scottish Basketmaker.

"I have a fascination with living things and natural form. For me, willow has become a medium for an interaction with nature that is deeply personal. Using willow, birch, heather, bog myrtle and many other locally grown woods, my work ranges form traditional to organic sculptural forms."

[mybeingthere]

Lizzie Farey (b 1962), Scottish Basketmaker.

"I have a fascination with living things and natural form. For me, willow has become a medium for an interaction with nature that is deeply personal. Using willow, birch, heather, bog myrtle and many other locally grown woods, my work ranges form traditional to organic sculptural forms."

[mybeingthere]

Woven Vessels by Jodie Hatcher.

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Woven Vessels by Jodie Hatcher.

[mybeingthere]

Woven Vessels by Jodie Hatcher.