Curated by Judy Zugish
October 20 – January 5, 2023
Behind each of the handworks you see before you is a whole story in woven basketry. We are witnessing and celebrating a timely chapter – the art of basketmaking.
Please take your time, look closely at these pieces. Begin to absorb what each is made to be, but also what plant, or bark, or collected material is part of the object. See that forest and garden, paper, branch, and woodland have been thoughtfully collected, skillfully prepared, extracted, sometimes exploited to create artful objects. Follow their lines, absorb the pockets of light, get lost in the details of stitch, marvel at the strength of construction. See the fusion of material; consider the challenges of execution.
Such is the bubbling complexity of materials grown and harvested; such is the wonder of knowing them well and extracting the qualities of strength and beauty. Such is the rich heritage of basketmaking, especially from our region that we honor. And such are the rich character driven artworks drawn upon a standard of excellence.
When we first began to plan a showcase of today’s basketry, my brain was happy! Happy to show off the talents of Pacific Northwest basket makers, to introduce the viewer to a rich range of technique, material, imagination, and form. To remind us all, the “store” of our imaginations will ignite in our hands.
Courageous baskets are the pieces of content I was hoping for, and I am deeply satisfied the viewer will see exciting, diverse, original, and eloquent examples of the tremendous growth and reach in the basketry of our time. It is keenly meaningful that we give audiences just tuning in to basketry a chance to awaken to the contributions in the field today.
Walk round, remember, from Raw to Refined – set your mind along the paths these talented hands have landscaped.
And thank you so much for joining up with our imaginations! Every viewer is a collaborator, for you inspire creations.
Thank you to our generous sponsor:
Raw to Refined: Basketry Today
Katherine Lewis
Northwest Skib
Farm Grown Basketry Willows
17.5″L x 2.5″H
$250
Katherine Lewis
Out of the Deep
Farm Grown Basketry Willows
14.5″L x 14.75″H
$525
Katherine Lewis
Skagit Shoulder Bag
Farm Grown Basketry Willows, Leather lining and adjustable strap
7″ x 12.25″ x 8.5″
$525
Diane Banks
Americana a Divided Basket
Flat, round and half oval reeds, caning and wooden handle
12″ x 5″ x 14″
NFS
Diane Banks
Cathead Basket
Painted cotton paper strips and waxed thread
6″ x 6″ x 4″
NFS
Diane Banks
X’s and O’s Twill Round Basket
Flat and half round reeds, seagrass and waxed thread
13″ Diameter
NFS
Barbara Osborne
Double Brazilian Agate Plate
Coiled Pine Needle Plate
1″ x 7.5″ x 6.5″
$150
Barbara Osborne
Persephone 3
Coiled Pine Needle Plate
2.5″ x 13.5″ x 14″
$800
Barbara Osborne
The Fisher King
Coiled Pine Needle Plate
11″ x 7″ x 7″
$900
Bill Roeder
Grosser Wanderkorb in Spiral Technik
Hand Skeined Natural Willow
40.5 cm
$1800
Bill Roeder
Runder Korb mit Spiralgeflecht
Hand Skeined Natural Willow
4″ x 4″ set of three
$550
Bill Roeder
Schale mit Veirgeflecht Band
Hand Skeined Natural Willow
7″ Diameter
$1,100
Judy Zugish
3 Middle Moons, Missing Dad
Hand skeined willow, Hardwood moons, Peeled willow branch
40″ x 20″
$950
Judy Zugish
Dancing the Twist
Willow barks and corkscrew branch
14″ x 4″ x 6″
$950
Judy Zugish
Exploring Barks
Willow barks, Red Cedar, Alaskan Yellow Cedar, Copper wire, Abalone, Spruce root
8″ x 6″ x 5″
$750
Judy Zugish
Fukushima Tsunami
Willow barks, homegrown and harvested
28″ x 24″ x 22″
NFS
Judy Zugish
Shadow Melodies
Hand skeined and home grown Willow
18″ x 6″ x 5″
$2,000
Judy Zugish
The Significance of Standing
Old barn boards, Willow barks, skeined Willow, copper strips, assorted brass fixtures
31″ x 14″ x 2″
NFS
Judy Zugish
Village of Intersections
Peeled Willow, Willow skeins, Cedar bark, Bamboo, Flax, Willow bark, Linen
60″ x 60″
NFS
Judy Zugish
Wishstones
Skeined Willow, Cedar root, select beach wish stones
5″ x 4″ x 4″
$600
Dorothy McGuinness
Aurora Borealis
Watercolor paper, acrylic paint, waxed linen thread, wood
12″ x 12″ x 4″
$1,500
Dorothy McGuinness
Fade to Black
Watercolor paper, acrylic paint, waxed linen thread
45″ x 16″ x 16″
$4,000
Dorothy McGuinness
Golden Pyramid
Watercolor paper, acrylic paint, waxed linen thread
10″ x 7″ x 5″
$760
Claudia Mullek
Emerge
Manzanita branch with galls, willow, waxed linen, color-coated copper wire; Lashing, construction
10″ x 10″ x 31″
$1,600
Claudia Mullek
Flower Pot
Waxed linen, copper wire; Course-parallel Plain Oblique Twining
4.5″ x 4.5″ x 5.5″
$375
Claudia Mullek
Fragments
Driftwood, wool, hemp cord, leather cord; Tapestry weave, assemblage
37″ x 7″ x 14″
SOLD
Sharon Kita
Nothing’s Written in Stone, A Play on Words
Coiled Basketry
9.5″ x 10″ x 6.5″
$600
Sharon Kita
Sisters: Razzmatazz and Razzmatazzy
Twined Basketry
12.5″ x 4″ x 4″
9.5″ x 7″ x 6″
$1000 each, or $1800 both
Sharon Kita
Tribute
Plaited Basketry
11.75″ x 5″ x 4″
$600