GALLERY 4: Coiled Basketry – various items
Silky Leaf-Go-Round Basket I 2013
Raffia; coiling technique; hand-made silk ‘paper’ leaves (added during basket construction)
Gelatissimo Basket 2013
Paper string; nylon multi-filament beading cord; hand-spun chunky yarn (specially commissioned yarn made by Michelle Snowdon); leather (on base); coiling technique
Kooky Spiral Basket 2013
Synthetic cord (core); tapestry wool; aluminium wire; figure-8 coiling technique
A selection of my Coiled Brooches 2013 – 2014
Cotton cord (core); tapestry wool; various beads; feathers/tassel; brooch backs; figure-8 coiling technique
Coiled Form I 2014
Created during a brilliant summer school week-long workshop at STURT (Mittagong NSW) with tutor Michele Morcos. She is utterly amazing and she managed to bring out the best in each of us in the workshop. We all created our own original works, but had Michele there to show us many techniques. The above photos show the form from both ends.
Raffia; cotton textile with hand-drawn text; nylon multi-filament beading cord; buttonhole stitch coiling technique
Tiny Turquoise – mini pot 2014
This mini pot was awarded first place in the Miscellaneous Category, Professional, at the Craft Exhibition section of the 2014 Royal Canberra Show, plus the Champion Ribbon for that category.
Cotton cord (core); tapestry wool, natural stone beads; Japanese glass seed beads; nylon beading thread; coiled basketry technique
Little Poddy Platter 2014
Cotton cord (core); tapestry wool; natural plant pods; coiled basketry technique
Burgundy Beauty small basket 2014
Cotton cord (core); tapestry wool; Czech glass ‘dagger’ beads’ tigertail beading wire; figure-8 coiling technique
Blue and Green Should Always Be Seen! small basket on metal stand 2014
Cotton cord (core); tapestry wool; glass bead; cotton tassel; metal stand; figure-8 coiling technique
Luscious Yarns Basket on metal stand 2014
Cotton cord (core); tapestry wool; hand-spun chunky yarn (specially commissioned yarn made by Michelle Snowdon); metal stand; figure-8 coiling technique
Dancing Platter 2014
Artwork made for the 2014 ATASDA exhibition Future…Past, held at the Palm House Gallery, Sydney Botanic Gardens
Thick nylon rope (core); various cotton fabrics; sewing thread; nylon multi-filament beading cord; plastic dolls’ legs and hand; spray paint; coiling technique
Contained? 2014
Sculptural form made for the 2014 ATASDA exhibition Future…Past, held at the Palm House Gallery, Sydney Botanic Gardens
Cotton cord (core); tapestry wool; coiling technique
Wisteria Basket 2015
Made for the Gardenesque Exhibition at Gallery on Track, Goulburn, February 2015
Raffia (core and wrap) with artificial wisteria flowers intertwined with the basket, partly during construction.
In keeping with my love of whimsy, I stitched one of the wisteria flowers to the inside of the basket, so that when looking into the centre the wisteria peeps out at you.
Blue Wrapsody 2015
Cotton cord (core); tapestry wool; coiling technique; Japanese seed beads; nylon beading thread; peyote stitch and branched fringing – off-loom beading techniques
Blue Wrapsody II 2015
Made for ATASDA Untethered group’s inaugural exhibition Out of Hand, held at Wallarobba Arts and Cultural Centre, Hornsby, Sydney in November 2015
Cotton cord (core); tapestry wool; coiling technique; Japanese seed beads; nylon beading thread; peyote stitch beaded bezel; freeform right angle weave – off-loom beading techniques; polymer clay face