Giving Thanks

As the Thanksgiving holiday approaches I want to pause and say a heartfelt thank you to all who have supported me these last ten years or more as I have tried to act as an online ambassador of American Basketry. I spend an inordinate amount of hours seeking out and directing you, my readers to exciting things happening in the field of basketry. I seek to raise awareness of the high quality of work being done by individual basket artists and share information about basket related events and organizations.

If you have found my efforts useful, and I hope you have, I would like to share eight easy ways you can keep the information flowing without resorting to paid subscriptions. You can use the suggestions on this page to give a little back to help keep BasketMakers online as your source for basketry information.

Wishing you all much that you can be thankful for. May all your baskets be filled with abundant bounty.

Susi

TAI Gallery at Art Miami

Fujitsuka Shosei
"Tide" 2007, Fujitsuka Shosei
Madake bamboo & rattan, 18" x 16" x 12" high

December 1st to 5th
VIP Preview November 30, 2010

In booth C44 of Art Miami, TAI Gallery will be showing a dazzling array of new Japanese bamboo artwork. Featured artworks include the gracefully sophisticated sculpture of Fujitsuka Shosei, alluring and airy pieces by Morigami Jin and strikingly gorgeous vessels by Fujinuma Noboru. These wonderful pieces are a generous visual feast of beautiful composition and technique.

With artists whose works are now increasingly found on display in museum collections like the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago and Boston Museum of Fine Arts the TAI Gallery booth will dazzle your eye.

TAI Gallery
1601 B Paseo de Peralta
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501
www.taigallery.com
505-984-1387

Art Miami

Fair Hours

Tuesday, November 30, 2010 VIP Preview | First View
Benefit for Lotus House Women's Shelter - $25 donation: 5:30pm-7pm
VIP Preview - VIP Cardholders and Press 7pm-10:30pm

GENERAL ADMISSION:

Wednesday, December 1: 11am - 7pm
Thursday, December 2: 11am - 7pm
Friday, December 3: 11am - 7pm
Saturday, December 4 11am - 7pm
Sunday, December 5 11am - 6pm

For more about bamboo basketry, bamboo baskets, weave patterns, growing habits of bamboo, bamboo museums, bamboo basketry techniques, basketmaking supplies with sources for a wide range of bamboo species used in basketweaving visit BasketMakers.com

Time Warp: Contemporary Textiles of the Northwest Coast

Time Warp: Contemporary Textiles of the Northwest Coast
Originally uploaded by Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art

This Red cedar bark, cotton cordage and leather dress by Northwest basket artist Lisa Telford is one of many examples of fiber art featured in TIME WARP ~ Contemporary Textiles of the Northwest Coast. This exhibit is ongoing and will continue at Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art in Vancouver until January 16, 2011.

A album of photos taken at the opening has been shared by the gallery.

If you are interested in learning more about cedar basketry and the basket artists who weave with it, visit BasketMakers.com.

Nantucket Lightship Baskets: Carrying On Tradition

New Britain Museum of American Art - Nantucket Lightship Baskets: Carrying On Tradition
Oct. 29, 2010 - Jan. 23, 2011 Map

The exhibit Nantucket Lightship Baskets: Carrying On Tradition will showcase the delicate, artistic, yet extremely practical baskets that have been used as a means of conveyance for hundreds of years. The exhibition will feature three periods of basket making: The early Lightship-made Baskets, Post Lightship era Nantucket-made Baskets and the innovative shapes and uses of Contemporary Baskets. Baskets featured will include historic examples created by makers such as members of the Ray family, José Formoso Reyes and contemporary master Michael Kane.

A portion of the exhibit will be dedicated to hands-on activities that visitors can participate in. Materials for this activity have been donated by The BasketMakers Catalog.

Nantucket Lightship Baskets are one of the most widely recognized regional basketry styles in the world today. These baskets; mold woven, constructed of splint or cane staves, cane weavers and solid wood base plates have their origins on the Island of Nantucket in Massachusetts. They have been made in a wide spectrum of variations since the early 1800's. During those times basketry served an important function as a common container. Basketmaking was a well developed trade which had been a shared technology between European settlers and native inhabitants using the indigenous plant materials of the area.

To continue reading this article and access to much more about the tradition of Nantucket Lightship Baskets visit BasketMakers.com

Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art

Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art has been added to the Galleries for Art Basketmakers page on BasketMakers.com. This contemporary art gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico represents basket artists such as Joe Feddersen, John Garrett, Kay Khan and Tracy Krumm.

Baskets Offered in Bonhams Fine Native American Art Auction

Bonhams - Fine Native American Art Auction will include an impressive selection of historic American baskets. The offerings include Pima, Apache, Maidu, Pomo, Yokuts, Tlingit, Panamint Shoshone, Plateau and other pieces from various owners including the Estate of Abigail Morgan Gibbons, Mesa, AZ; Estate of Elaine Horwitch, Scottsdale, AZ.

You may bid and track online or attend the live auction at Bonhams, 220 San Bruno Avenue, San Francisco, California on 6 Dec 2010 starting at 12:00.

For more information about basket collecting visit BasketMakers.com

Haro Gallery Added to Listings on BasketMakers

I have updated the Galleries for Art Basketmakers page on BasketMakers.com to include Haro Gallery in Culver City, California. Haro Gallery represents Sally J. Bright and Herman Guetersloh who each create sculptural baskets in bright colors using rattan and palm fibers. 

Sally's work is featured in 500 Baskets by Lark Books.