#baskets

fruit stimboard series (4/32): tomato!

This "rustic" Spanish kitchen carries poignant reminders of Mediterranean holidays in rented cottages and villas. Full of charm, it is probably as practical to cook in as a much more streamlined place.

Grass and Beetle Wing Basket

early 20th century

made in India

Clay Burnette, Columbia, South Carolina, USA Tipping Point, 2021 Longleaf pine needles, dyed, painted, coiled Collection of the Artist

I started this piece by creating a tripod base. As the shape began to develop through constant manipulation to make it stand, I exaggerated the form so that it leaned toward a fourth point. It was important that the fourth point, or leg, remained suspended, creating a vision of stretched movement as if the fourth leg is prepared to touch the surface. I love working with color and unique forms.

It's made entirely of pine needles!!!!

Photo by me at the Fuller Craft Museum, where this was part of the Art Evolved: Intertwined exhibition of quilts and baskets.

Here's one of two detail shots from the exhibition webpage: