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COLLAGED PAPER BOWL
September, 2000
7" x 6"
Paper, collaged
$250
COLLAGED PAPER BOWL, Detail
KNOTLESS NETTING & CONTORTED FILBERT
October, 1999
12" x 10"
Knotless netting, filbert
$250
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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
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Publications
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"The New Basketry," Ed Rossbach
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"Contemporary Basketry," Sharon Robinson
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FiberArts Magazine
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ARTIST STATEMENT
I do not conform to any particular style of basket making, because I like to
experiment with different materials and shapes. I use natural fibers such as rattan,
twigs, branches, and also paper often Xeroxed and collaged, and waxed linen. I was a
weaver for many years; inspired by Dorothy Lieber whose studio on Sutter Street a
group of us acquired when she moved to New York. We sold weaving equipment and
hundreds of beautiful hand dyed yarns, and also gave classes. Some of our teachers,
"off loom" weavers were Trude Guermonprez, Lillian Elliot and Dominic de Mare. "Off
Loom" weaving became a new love that naturally led to basketry!
I have exhibited at the Richmond Art Center, Crocker Art Gallery, Banaker Gallery,
Virginia Brier Gallery, Katie Gingrass Gallery, Palo Alto Cultural Center, Artisans Gallery
and Iowa State University.
COMMENTS ON THE FIBER FIELD
Fiber Artists owe a debt of gratitude to Camille Cook who founded Friends of Fiber
Art International, with the result that many museums are now showing and collecting
Fiber Art, including the M. H. deYoung under the direction of Melissa Leventon, Curator
of Textiles.
It is exciting to see the creativity and originality in today's New Basketry and all
forms of Fiber Art.
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