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2012 Basketry Textures Calendar ~ May

2012-05-01T21:11:00.001-04:00

2012 Basketry Textures Calendar ~ May
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The page for the month of May features a close up of a basket by John McQueen. It was exhibited concurrent with the 6th Biennial National Basketry Organization Conference "Tradition and Innovation in Basketry VI" - Stonehill, MA (August 2-7, 2011) All Things Considered VI Exhibition held at Fuller Craft Museum.

Created with fd's Flickr Toys.

I have created a set of 2012 Basketry Calendar pages that are sized to print out on 8.5" x 11" paper. You can view them on www.flickr.com/photos/basketmakers and see more basketry graphics on basketmakers.com/topics/graphics/graphicsmenu.htm

Click on the image so that it displays on a black background, then locate the link at the top of each month that says "all sizes". Select the original size image (800 x 1035) and save a copy to your computer. Then use your printer options to print to fill an 8.5 x 11 piece of cover stock or photo paper in portrait orientation. Printers and computer systems are individual, so you may have to play with it a bit. I usually select "high quality" in the print preferences. You may get different results if you chose "borderless" or other options. Enjoy!

BasketMakers ~ 2012 May ~ Historic Basketry Calendar

2012-05-01T21:10:00.001-04:00

BasketMakers ~ 2012 May ~ Historic Basketry Calendar
Originally uploaded by BasketMakers

Via Flickr:
Created with fd's Flickr Toys.

I have created a set of 2012 Historic Basketry Calendar pages that are sized to print out on 8.5" x 11" paper. You can view them on www.flickr.com/photos/basketmakers and see more basketry graphics on basketmakers.com/topics/graphics/graphicsmenu.htm

Click on the image so that it displays on a black background, then locate the link at the top of each month that says "all sizes". Select the original size image (800 x 1035) and save a copy to your computer. Then use your printer options to print to fill an 8.5 x 11 piece of cover stock or photo paper in portrait orientation. Printers and computer systems are individual, so you may have to play with it a bit. I usually select "high quality" in the print preferences. You may get different results if you chose "borderless" or other options. Enjoy!

2012 BasketMakers Calendar ~ May

2012-05-01T21:09:00.001-04:00

2012 BasketMakers Calendar ~ May
Originally uploaded by BasketMakers

Via Flickr:
Created with fd's Flickr Toys.

Once in flickr, click on the image so that it displays on a black background, then locate the link at the top of each month that says "all sizes". Select the original size image (800 x 1035) and save a copy to your computer. Then use your printer options to print to fill an 8.5 x 11 piece of cover stock or photo paper in portrait orientation. Printers and computer systems are individual, so you may have to play with it a bit. I usually select "high quality" in the print preferences. You may get different results if you choose "borderless" or other options. Enjoy!

This month's feature photo pictures a twill weave in elm bark and Black ash. For more about basketmaking visit www.basketmakers.com

For more basketry graphics visit www.basketmakers.com/topics/graphics/graphicsmenu.htm

You may download and print this calendar image for your own use, but please don't re-post it ~ Link to this page.

2012 Basketry Textures Calendar ~ April

2012-03-31T17:16:00.001-04:00

2012 Basketry Textures Calendar ~ April
Originally uploaded by BasketMakers
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The page for the month of April features a close up of a coiled basket by Pamela Zimmerman. It was exhibited concurrent with the 6th Biennial National Basketry Organization Conference "Tradition and Innovation in Basketry VI" - Stonehill, MA (August 2-7, 2011) All Things Considered VI Exhibition held at Fuller Craft Museum.

Created with fd's Flickr Toys.

I have created a set of 2012 Basketry Calendar pages that are sized to print out on 8.5" x 11" paper. You can view them on www.flickr.com/photos/basketmakers and see more basketry graphics on basketmakers.com/topics/graphics/graphicsmenu.htm

Click on the image so that it displays on a black background, then locate the link at the top of each month that says "all sizes". Select the original size image (800 x 1035) and save a copy to your computer. Then use your printer options to print to fill an 8.5 x 11 piece of cover stock or photo paper in portrait orientation. Printers and computer systems are individual, so you may have to play with it a bit. I usually select "high quality" in the print preferences. You may get different results if you chose "borderless" or other options. Enjoy!

BasketMakers ~ 2012 April ~ Historic Basketry Calendar

2012-03-31T17:15:00.001-04:00

BasketMakers ~ 2012 April ~ Historic Basketry Calendar
Originally uploaded by BasketMakers
Via Flickr:
Created with fd's Flickr Toys.

I have created a set of 2012 Historic Basketry Calendar pages that are sized to print out on 8.5" x 11" paper. You can view them on www.flickr.com/photos/basketmakers and see more basketry graphics on basketmakers.com/topics/graphics/graphicsmenu.htm

Click on the image so that it displays on a black background, then locate the link at the top of each month that says "all sizes". Select the original size image (800 x 1035) and save a copy to your computer. Then use your printer options to print to fill an 8.5 x 11 piece of cover stock or photo paper in portrait orientation. Printers and computer systems are individual, so you may have to play with it a bit. I usually select "high quality" in the print preferences. You may get different results if you chose "borderless" or other options. Enjoy!

This image depicts Oystermen from Bivalve, New Jersey, with baskets of oysters. This picture from the early 1900s pictures from left to right by last name: Cremer, Lake, Unknown, Newcomb, Yates, Warfle, and Burns (this being Lem Newcomb's father).

Other historic basket photos: www.flickr.com/photos/basketmakers/collections/7215762873...

2012 BasketMakers Calendar ~ April

2012-03-31T17:14:00.001-04:00

2012 BasketMakers Calendar ~ April
Originally uploaded by BasketMakers
Via Flickr:
2012 BasketMakers Calendar ~ April

Created with fd's Flickr Toys.

Once in flickr, click the image so that it displays on a black background, then locate the link at the top of each month that says "all sizes". Select the original size image (800 x 1035) and save a copy to your computer. Then use your printer options to print to fill an 8.5 x 11 piece of cover stock or photo paper in portrait orientation. Printers and computer systems are individual, so you may have to play with it a bit. I usually select "high quality" in the print preferences. You may get different results if you chose "borderless" or other options. Enjoy!

This month's feature photo pictures a two baskets from a private collection. For more about basketmaking visit basketmakers.com

For more basketry graphics visit basketmakers.com/topics/graphics/graphicsmenu.htm

You may download and print this calendar image for your own use, but please don't repost it ~ Link to this page.

Maude Ellen Mitchell Kegg (1902-1996)

2012-03-14T11:14:00.001-04:00

Maude Ellen Mitchell Kegg (1902-1996)
Originally uploaded by BasketMakers
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Maude Ellen Mitchell Kegg, or Naawakamigookwe (Middle of the Earth Lady) Ojibwe Elder

Name: Maude Kegg
Event: Death
Event Date: 06 Jan 1996
Event Place: Mille Lacs, Minnesota
Birth Date: 26 Aug 1902 (This date was picked by Maude herself because an exact date had not been recorded. She picked August 26th because it was the beginning of rice season.)

1990 NEA National Heritage Fellow - Biography

Other images of this historic basketmaker here:
collections.mnhs.org/visualresources/results.cfm?Page=2&a...

This post is one of a continuing series about historic basketmakers. You will find others in this journal with the label "Basketmakers Identity Project". This series is dedicated to the basketweavers of days gone by. Let the women and men that have created the baskets of the past not remain anonymous.

Maude authored a book about her childhood:

Portage Lake: Memories of an Ojibwe Childhood

BasketMakers ~ 2012 March ~ Historic Basketry Calendar

2012-03-01T23:15:00.001-05:00

BasketMakers ~ 2012 March ~ Historic Basketry Calendar
Originally uploaded by BasketMakers
Via Flickr:
Created with fd's Flickr Toys.

I have created a set of 2012 Historic Basketry Calendar pages that are sized to print out on 8.5" x 11" paper. You can view them on www.flickr.com/photos/basketmakers and see more basketry graphics on basketmakers.com/topics/graphics/graphicsmenu.htm

Click on the image so that it displays on a black background, then locate the link at the top of each month that says "all sizes". Select the original size image (800 x 1035) and save a copy to your computer. Then use your printer options to print to fill an 8.5 x 11 piece of cover stock or photo paper in portrait orientation. Printers and computer systems are individual, so you may have to play with it a bit. I usually select "high quality" in the print preferences. You may get different results if you chose "borderless" or other options. Enjoy!

You may print this calendar page out for your own use, but please don't re-post it. Feel welcome to link to it.

2012 BasketMakers Calendar ~ March

2012-03-01T23:11:00.001-05:00

2012 BasketMakers Calendar ~ March
Originally uploaded by BasketMakers
Via Flickr:
2012 BasketMakers Calendar ~ March

Created with fd's Flickr Toys.

Click on the image so that it displays on a black background, then locate the link at the top of each month that says "all sizes". Select the original size image (800 x 1035) and save a copy to your computer. Then use your printer options to print to fill an 8.5 x 11 piece of cover stock or photo paper in portrait orientation. Printers and computer systems are individual, so you may have to play with it a bit. I usually select "high quality" in the print preferences. You may get different results if you chose "borderless" or other options. Enjoy!

This month's feature photo pictures a series of cedar bark and beargrass baskets made by Donna Carlson, exhibited at Basketry Today: A New World of Methods and Materials. For more about Cedar basketmaking visit basketmakers.com/topics/bymaterial/cedar/cedarmenu.htm

For more basketry graphics visit basketmakers.com/topics/graphics/graphicsmenu.htm

You may print this calendar page out for your own use, but please don't re-post it. Feel welcome to link to it.

2012 Basketry Textures Calendar ~ March

2012-03-01T22:53:00.001-05:00

2012 Basketry Textures Calendar ~ March
Originally uploaded by BasketMakers

The page for the month of March features a close up of a coiled and painted basket by Elizabeth Whyte Schulze. It was exhibited in the 6th Biennial National Basketry Organization Conference "Tradition and Innovation in Basketry VI" - Stonehill, MA (August 2-7, 2011) All Things Considered VI Exhibition held at Fuller Craft Museum.

Created with fd's Flickr Toys.

I have created a set of 2012 Basketry Calendar pages that are sized to print out on 8.5" x 11" paper. You can view them on www.flickr.com/photos/basketmakers and see more basketry graphics on basketmakers.com/topics/graphics/graphicsmenu.htm

Click on the image so that it displays on a black background, then locate the link at the top of each month that says "all sizes". Select the original size image (800 x 1035) and save a copy to your computer. Then use your printer options to print to fill an 8.5 x 11 piece of cover stock or photo paper in portrait orientation. Printers and computer systems are individual, so you may have to play with it a bit. I usually select "high quality" in the print preferences. You may get different results if you chose "borderless" or other options. Enjoy!

You may print this calendar page out for your own use, but please don't re-post it. Feel welcome to link to it.

WOVEN : 6 Fiber Artists at Loomis Chaffee

2012-02-28T19:06:00.002-05:00

WOVEN : 6 fiber artists

An exhibition featuring the works of six nationally recognized fiber artists. The show opened February 21, 2012 and will run through April 24 at Mercy Gallery on the campus of Loomis Chaffee School in Windsor, Connecticut.

“Woven” features the works of Rebecca Siemering, Nancy Moore Bess, Lorrie Fredette, Nancy Koenigsberg, Mary Kasper and was curated by Elizabeth Whyte Schulze.

"Gathered together for this exhibition are six contemporary fiber artists whose work is made from an unusual assortment of materials. Lottery tickets, poly-coated wire, hand dyed wool, raffia, pine needles, wax coated muslin and old Japanese papers are twisted, folded, hung and woven into stimulating and provocative works of art." __Elizabeth Whyte Schulze

Pieces by Elizabeth Whyte Schulze, Nancy Moore Bess, Rebecca Siemering and Mary Kasper ©Elizabeth Whyte Schulze, used with permission

The show presents an unusual range of materials used by the artists who weave, twine, bind, fold, stitch and coil in the creation of their vessels and sculpture.

Tokyo Dolls by Elizabeth Whyte Schulze
Pineneedles, raffia, rice papers, paint
©Elizabeth Whyte Schulze, used with permission

Icarus by Rebecca Siemering on the far wall
©Elizabeth Whyte Schulze, used with permission

Icarus by Rebecca Siemering like many of her other sculptures is made with discarded lottery tickets. In this instance the back of the tickets form the surface of the cloak. She has said that she is always asked how much was spent to make the piece, and the amount is on the back of all tickets. It has a pattern of numbers and letters. It is a cloak, but hung up on the wall to see the overall pattern.

Icarus by Rebecca Siemering
Recycled Discarded Lottery Tickets, Dental floss
©Rebecca Siemering, used with permission

The sculptures, vessels and wall hangings are constructed using a veriety of materials including industrial wire, discarded lottery tickets, dental floss, hand dyed wool, waxed linen, pine needles, raffia, Japanese papers, and wax encrusted muslin.

Listen to Me by Elizabeth Whyte Schulze
©Elizabeth Whyte Schulze, used with permission

Installation SLIDE by Lorrie Fredette
©Elizabeth Whyte Schulze, used with permission


Pieces by Nancy Koenigsberg, Elizabeth Whyte Schulze and Rebecca Siemering ©Elizabeth Whyte Schulze, used with permission

Rebecca Siemering
American Made, 2010
Scratch Tickets, Dental Floss, Suit
© Erik Gould, used with permission of the artist.

For additional information about the works of Rebecca Siemering, Nancy Moore Bess, Lorrie Fredette, Nancy Koenigsberg, Mary Kasper and Elizabeth Whyte Schulze visit their respective websites.

Additional press about the exhibit.

The Sue and Eugene Mercy, Jr. Gallery is located in the Richmond Art Center on the campus of The Loomis Chaffee School in Windsor, Connecticut. The gallery is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 7:30– 9 p.m. and Sunday afternoon from 1– 4 p.m. There is no admission charge. Please note that the gallery is closed during school vacations. For additional information, call the Richmond Art Center Information Line, 860-687-6030.

Loomis Chaffe School
34 Batchelder Road
Windsor, Connecticut 06095
‎ Directions

For additional connections to fiber artists and contemporary basket artists, visit BasketMakers.com.

Please mention your interest in basketry in your friend request.

Gather Up the Fragments: The Andrews Shaker Collection

2012-02-27T12:21:00.000-05:00

Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.
—John 6:12, King James Version

Artful Shaker Objects on View at St. John’s College’s Mitchell Gallery
March 2 – April 19, 2012

Shaker craftsmen produced simple but durable designs in architecture, furniture, and crafts. Collectors Faith and Edward Deming Andrews spent nearly 40 years (1920s-1960s) gathering a range of objects from Shaker communities in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and New York. Through their efforts, they created one of the most comprehensive collections of Shaker materials ever assembled. Objects from this collection will be on view in “Gather up the Fragments: The Andrews Shaker Collection” at St. John’s College’s Mitchell Gallery in Annapolis, Maryland from March 2 to April 19.

The exhibit comes from Hancock Shaker Village, a museum in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and the same city where Faith and Edward Deming Andrews lived and collected Shaker objects from the 1920s to the 1960s. This exhibition showcases furniture and art traditionally associated with the Shakers, as well as the small objects, manuscripts, and tools that formed the warp and weft of their daily lives. While it does not include a large number of Shaker baskets, anyone interested in the Shaker experience will find much to learn from.

As part of the opening reception, Art Educator Lucinda Edinberg will lead a tour of the “Andrews Shaker Collection” exhibition followed by a hands-on workshop. Families are welcome to the opening reception, which will be held on March 4 from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Many people are familiar with Shaker-style furniture and the Shaker philosophy of “form follows function,” but few are aware of the extent of their craftsmanship and the effect that their religious principles had on the making and use of their everyday objects. In the collecting process and in their research, Faith and Edward Deming Andrews shed light on one of America’s best recognized but least understood communities and made the Shaker way of life more accessible to scholars, collectors, and the general public. This exhibition is organized by Hancock Shaker Village, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and toured by International Arts & Artists, Washington, D.C. A full color print catalog is available Gather Up the Fragments: The Andrews Shaker Collection.

Exhibit-related events for
“Gather up the Fragments: The Andrews Shaker Collection”

March 4 Opening Reception and Family Program. Art Educator Lucinda Edinberg will lead a tour of the “Andrews Shaker Collection” exhibition followed by a hands-on workshop from 3:30 to 5 p.m.

March 8 Lecture. Exhibition Curator Christian Goodwillie will discuss the “Andrews Shaker Collection” exhibition at 7:30 p.m.

March 21 Seminar. St. John’s Tutor David Townsend and Artist Ebby Malgrem will lead an exhibition-related seminar at 7 p.m. Space is limited. Registration is required. Call 410-626-2556 to register.

March 25 Sunday Afternoon Tour. Art Educator Lucinda Edinberg will lead a tour of “Andrews Shaker Collection” followed by a hands-on workshop from 3:30 to 5 p.m.

March 29 Book Club. Join members of the Mitchell Gallery Book Club for a docent tour of “Andrews Shaker Collection,” followed by a discussion of the book “The Great Divorce: A Nineteenth-Century Mother’s Extraordinary Fight Against Her Husband, The Shakers, and Her Times,” from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. St. John’s tutor David Townsend will lead the discussion. Registration is required. Contact Kathy Dulisse at 410-626-2530 or kathy.dulisse@sjca.edu.

April 4 Art Express. Art Educator Lucinda Edinberg will give a lunchtime gallery talk on the “Andrews Shaker Collection” exhibition from 12:15 to 12:45 p.m.

Directions to the St. John's College Campus
Additional venues include:
Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellingham, WA
July 3, 2012 - October 28, 2012
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum
November 17, 2012 - January 20, 2013

Please mention your interest in basketry in your friend request.

Gullah Sweetgrass Festival

2012-02-16T07:00:00.000-05:00

Saturday, June 2 : 12:00PM-8:00PM
Waterfront Memorial Park
99 Harry Hallman Jr. Blvd.,

Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina

The annual Sweetgrass Festival in Mount Pleasant, North Carolina will celebrate the rich Gullah Geechee cultural heritage and provides an extensive showcase of Lowcountry sweetgrass baskets.

This year's event features an assortment of unique handmade arts and crafts, paintings, live performances, and documentary films. Festival-goers will enjoy a day filled with entertainment that includes gospel songs and praise dance, storytelling and Gullah Geechee skits, basket-making demonstrations and the Adande African Drummers and Dancers. Visitors will be treated to a variety of authentic Gullah cuisine, classic barbeque, fish, chicken and beverages offered for sale by more than 15 Lowcountry restaurants and food vendors. Children and adults will enjoy family friendly activities including a waterslide.

Publications on Lowcountry Gullah Geechee history, fiction, and cookbooks will be available for sale as well. Admission and parking are free. The festival is a family event and no alcohol is sold. Animals, skateboards, and bicycles are not allowed. Businesses interested in becoming a sponsor for the event should contact Thomasena Stokes-Marshall at (843) 856.9732.

For more on the rich cultural tradition of Gullah sweetgrass basketry visit BasketMakers.com. You will find many resources including books, connections to individual sweetgrass basketmakers, history of the art form, supplies, auction postings for finished baskets and more.

Please mention your interest in basketry in your friend request.

40 under 40: Craft Futures

2012-02-13T14:41:00.001-05:00

Child's pack by Jamin Uticone
Courtesy of the artist

“When the Renwick Gallery opened in 1972, it introduced a new generation of artists to the American public,” said Elizabeth Broun, The Margaret and Terry Stent Director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. “I am excited that we are poised now to introduce to the museum’s community these 40 young artists who will inspire a new generation of craft enthusiasts and collectors.”

40 under 40: Craft Futures which will run July 20, 2012 – Feb. 3, 2013 will feature the work of Jamin Uticone, Black ash basketmaker and owner of Swamp Road Baskets from New York state. This exhibit features 40 artists born since 1972, the year the museum’s contemporary craft and decorative arts program was established at its branch museum, the Renwick Gallery. “40 under 40: Craft Futures” is presented in honor of the 40th anniversary of the Renwick Gallery.

Nicholas R. Bell, curator at the museum’s Renwick Gallery, selected the artists and is organizing the exhibition. The museum intends to acquire works by every artist in the exhibition for the permanent collection to mark the anniversary. After it closes in Washington, D.C. the exhibition will tour nationally. Steven Cole has donated baskets by Jamin to the Renwick in part to highlight his admiration of current makers of traditional American baskets and his concern that too few young makers are entering the field. Basketmakers will be hearing more about the Renwick Gallery as well as the names Nicholas R. Bell, Steven R. Cole and Martha G. Ware in the near future. The buzz is building for another event and I can't wait to tell you more.

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The Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C. celebrates the vision and creativity of Americans with works of art in all media spanning more than three centuries. The museum’s branch for craft and decorative arts, the Renwick Gallery, is located on Pennsylvania Avenue at 17th Street N.W. It is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., except Dec. 25. Admission is free. Metrorail station: Farragut North (Red line) and Farragut West (Blue and Orange lines).

For more about Black ash basketry and basket collecting visit BasketMakers.com.

2012 Basketry Textures Calendar ~ February

2012-02-01T10:39:00.001-05:00

2012 Basketry Textures Calendar ~ February
Originally uploaded by BasketMakers

Via Flickr:
The Textures version of the BasketMakers Printable 2012 Calendar features detail images of basketry seen during the National Basketry Organization's Conference in and around Boston. The page for the month of February features a close up of an installation piece by Nathalie Miebach. It was exhibited concurrent with the 6th Biennial National Basketry Organization Conference "Tradition and Innovation in Basketry VI" - Stonehill, MA (August 2-7, 2011) All Things Considered VI Exhibition held at Fuller Craft Museum.

Created with fd's Flickr Toys.

I have created a set of 2012 Basketry Calendar pages that are sized to print out on 8.5" x 11" paper. You can view them on www.flickr.com/photos/basketmakers and see more basketry graphics on basketmakers.com/topics/graphics/graphicsmenu.htm

Click on the image so that it displays on a black background, then locate the link at the top of each month that says "all sizes". Select the original size image (800 x 1035) and save a copy to your computer. Then use your printer options to print to fill an 8.5 x 11 piece of cover stock or photo paper in portrait orientation. Printers and computer systems are individual, so you may have to play with it a bit. I usually select "high quality" in the print preferences. You may get different results if you chose "borderless" or other options. Enjoy!

BasketMakers ~ 2012 February ~ Historic Basketry Calendar

2012-02-01T10:27:00.001-05:00

BasketMakers ~ 2012 February ~ Historic Basketry Calendar
Originally uploaded by BasketMakers

Via Flickr:
Created with fd's Flickr Toys.

I have created a set of 2012 Historic Basketry Calendar pages that are sized to print out on 8.5" x 11" paper. You can view them on www.flickr.com/photos/basketmakers and see more basketry graphics on basketmakers.com/topics/graphics/graphicsmenu.htm

Click on the image so that it displays on a black background, then locate the link at the top of each month that says "all sizes". Select the original size image (800 x 1035) and save a copy to your computer. Then use your printer options to print to fill an 8.5 x 11 piece of cover stock or photo paper in portrait orientation. Printers and computer systems are individual, so you may have to play with it a bit. I usually select "high quality" in the print preferences. You may get different results if you chose "borderless" or other options. Enjoy!

This month's historic basketry calendar features a photograph of Shaker sisters harvesting apples.

For more about Black ash basketmaking, including the basket makers who work in Black ash, visit basketmakers.com/topics/bymaterial/blackash/blashmenu.htm.

Please mention your interest in basketry in your friend request.

2012 BasketMakers Calendar ~ February

2012-02-01T10:09:00.001-05:00

2012 BasketMakers Calendar ~ February
Originally uploaded by BasketMakers

I have created a set of 2012 Basketry Calendar pages that are sized to print out on 8.5" x 11" paper. Here is the page for the month of February. You can view the rest of them as they are posted on http://www.flickr.com/photos/basketmakers and see more basketry graphics on http://basketmakers.com/topics/graphics/graphicsmenu.htm

Via Flickr:
2012 BasketMakers Calendar ~ February

Created with fd's Flickr Toys.

Click on the image so that it displays on a black background, then locate the link at the top of each month that says "all sizes". Select the original size image (800 x 1035) and save a copy to your computer. Then use your printer options to print to fill an 8.5 x 11 piece of cover stock or photo paper in portrait orientation. Printers and computer systems are individual, so you may have to play with it a bit. I usually select "high quality" in the print preferences. You may get different results if you chose "borderless" or other options. Enjoy!

This month's feature photo pictures an ash basket made by Beth Peterson and Mark Kelz, exhibited at Basketry Today: A New World of Methods and Materials. Mark and Beth create baskets of Oregon ash, Fraxinus latifolia, which is similar to the eastern black ash with handles of yew or manzanita. Floral and animal designs on their handles are carved from a single piece of yew wood, not glued on afterwards.

For more about Black ash basketmaking, including the basket makers who work in Black ash, visit basketmakers.com/topics/bymaterial/blackash/blashmenu.htm

For more basketry graphics visit basketmakers.com/topics/graphics/graphicsmenu.htm

2012 Basketry Textures Calendar ~ January

2012-01-05T17:32:00.001-05:00

2012 Basketry Textures Calendar ~ January
Originally uploaded by BasketMakers

I am hoping you will enjoy this printable basketry calendar created with images taken during the 2011 NBO Boston Conference.

Via Flickr:
The page for the month of January features a close up of bias plaited bamboo. The basket was woven by Jiro Yonezawa. It was exhibited during the 6th Biennial National Basketry Organization Conference "Tradition and Innovation in Basketry VI" - Stonehill, MA (August 2-7, 2011) All Things Considered VI Exhibition held at Fuller Craft Museum.

Created with fd's Flickr Toys.

I have created a set of 2012 Basketry Calendar pages that are sized to print out on 8.5" x 11" paper. You can view them on www.flickr.com/photos/basketmakers and see more basketry graphics on basketmakers.com/topics/graphics/graphicsmenu.htm

Click on the image so that it displays on a black background, then locate the link at the top of each month that says "all sizes". Select the original size image (800 x 1035) and save a copy to your computer. Then use your printer options to print to fill an 8.5 x 11 piece of cover stock or photo paper in portrait orientation. Printers and computer systems are individual, so you may have to play with it a bit. I usually select "high quality" in the print preferences. You may get different results if you chose "borderless" or other options. Enjoy!

BasketMakers ~ 2012 January ~ Historic Basketry Calendar

2012-01-05T15:02:00.001-05:00

BasketMakers ~ 2012 January ~ Historic Basketry Calendar
Originally uploaded by BasketMakers

This is the first of the printable historic basketry calendar pages from BasketMakers.com. Follow me throughout the year for more historic basketry.

Check out the other versions of the printable basketry calendars from BasketMakers.com as well and watch for more in the near future.

Via Flickr:
The January 2012 Historic Basketry Calendar page pictures two babies bundled up and snuggled neatly in a historic willow stake and strand technique basket that has been lashed to a sled so they can be pulled through the snow.

Created with fd's Flickr Toys.

I have created a set of 2012 Historic Basketry Calendar pages that are sized to print out on 8.5" x 11" paper. You can view them on www.flickr.com/photos/basketmakers and see more basketry graphics on basketmakers.com/topics/graphics/graphicsmenu.htm

Click on the image so that it displays on a black background, then locate the link at the top of each month that says "all sizes". Select the original size image (800 x 1035) and save a copy to your computer. Then use your printer options to print to fill an 8.5 x 11 piece of cover stock or photo paper in portrait orientation. Printers and computer systems are individual, so you may have to play with it a bit. I usually select "high quality" in the print preferences. You may get different results if you chose "borderless" or other options. Enjoy!

2012 BasketMakers Calendar ~ January

2012-01-01T11:40:00.001-05:00

2012 BasketMakers Calendar ~ January
Originally uploaded by BasketMakers

Happy New Year! I wish each of you a productive and positive 2012.

I have created a set of 2012 Basketry Calendar pages that are sized to print out on 8.5" x 11" paper. Here is the page for the month of January. You can view the rest of them as they are posted on http://www.flickr.com/photos/basketmakers and see more basketry graphics on http://basketmakers.com/topics/graphics/graphicsmenu.htm

Via Flickr:
2012 BasketMakers Calendar ~ January

Created with fd's Flickr Toys.

Click on the image so that it displays on a black background, then locate the link at the top of each month that says "all sizes". Select the original size image (800 x 1035) and save a copy to your computer. Then use your printer options to print to fill an 8.5 x 11 piece of cover stock or photo paper in portrait orientation. Printers and computer systems are individual, so you may have to play with it a bit. I usually select "high quality" in the print preferences. You may get different results if you chose "borderless" or other options. Enjoy!

This month's feature photo pictures a selection of natural basketry materials, native to the United States. For more about native natural materials used in basketmaking visit basketmakers.com/topics/naturals/natmenu.htm

For more basketry graphics visit basketmakers.com/topics/graphics/graphicsmenu.htm

More From GATHERED on Whidbey Island

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Dona Anderson

Sandra Jarvis next to Jill Norfors Clark basket

Jan Hopkins

Lanny Bergner

Marilyn Moore

Candyce Anderson

Gallery View

Patti King

Polly Adams Sutton

All photos copyright, 2011 Danielle Bodine, used with permission.

Museo Gallery

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GATHERED on Whidbey Island

2011-11-11T12:51:00.000-05:00

In a post on October 28, 2011 I told you about GATHERED: An Exhibit of Works in Fiber by Nationally Known Artists hosted by MUSEO Gallery on Whidbey Island, near Seattle, Washington scheduled to run through November 29, 2011. There was an Opening Reception Saturday, November 5, 2011 and Danielle Bodine has shared these photographs from the event.

View of the Gallery

Featured artists include Candyce Anderson, Dona Anderson, Lanny Bergner, Jerry Bleem, Danielle Bodine, Zia Gipson, Jan Hopkins, Patti King, Mi-Kyoung Lee, C.A. Michel, Marilyn Moore, Jill Nordfors Clark, Elizabeth Schulze, Teri Jo Summer, Polly Adams Sutton and Deloss Webber and many of them were in attendance at the opening.

Danielle Bodine

MUSEO Gallery

Viewing work by Elizabeth Whyte Schulze

Patti King, Crash Clark, looking at work by Jerry Bleem
Sandra Jarvis, Museo Gallery owner on right

Jill Nordfors Clark

Lanny Bergner


Pieces by Mi-Kyoung Lee and Jan Hopkins

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Mary Hettmansperger ~ Undisciplined Threads

2011-11-06T11:33:00.009-05:00

Financial Responsibility

Lone Star College-Montgomery's art department presents the work of multi-media fiber artist Mary Hettmansperger with an exhibition entitled, “Undisciplined Threads,” on display Monday, November 7, through Friday, December 2, 2011 in the college’s Mary Matteson-Parrish Art Gallery, located in the Performing Arts Center (Building D).

The entire community is invited to the opening reception on Tuesday, November 8, at 2 p.m., in the same location. The reception is free and refreshments will be served.

Hettmansperger is a fiber and jewelry artist who teaches internationally in Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, and Singapore. Across the U.S., Mary instructs at Arrowmont, Penland, and the Bead and Button conference, as well as at national and regional fiber conferences, various art and craft schools, and private guilds.

Additionally, Hettmansperger has authored and illustrated four books: Fabulous Woven Jewelry Wrap, Stitch, Fold & Rivet Mixed Metal Jewelry Workshop and Heat, Color, Set & Fire: Surface Effects for Metal Jewelry all of which were published by Lark/Sterling. She is currently working on more books with titles to be announced soon.

Other books showcasing Hettmansperger’s work include Jewelry Design Challenge ~ 500 Baskets ~ Fiberarts Design Book 7 ~ The Gourd Book ~ Creative Scarecrows ~ Pushing the Envelope ~ Fabulous Jewelry from Found Objects ~ Teapots: Makers & Collectors ~ Beading with Crystals and Creative Beading Vol. 2. She’s also had her work published in many magazines.

Hettmansperger’s work has been showcased at numerous galleries, as well as at Sculptures Objects Functional Art (SOFA) through the Katie Gingrass Gallery. She also does segments for Beads Baubles and Jewels and Quilting Art on PBS.

The Mary Matteson-Parrish Art Gallery is a teaching gallery at LSC-Montgomery, and the presentations and artwork provided are free to the community. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday, from 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

For more information about the arts at LSC-Montgomery, visit www.LoneStar.edu/arts-montgomery; or call Denise Meyers, program coordinator for theatre/fine arts at LSC-Montgomery, at 936.273.7021.

LSC-Montgomery is located at 3200 College Park Drive, Conroe, Texas one-half mile west of Interstate 45, between Conroe and The Woodlands. For more information about the college, call 936.273.7000, or visit www.LoneStar.edu/montgomery.

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2011 ~ Speaking of Fibers

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2011 ~ Speaking of Fibers, a set on Flickr.

On our way to Jo Stealey's for the National Basketry Organization Board Meeting in early October, Lois Russell and I made a short stop at Morton May Gallery on the Maryville University campus near St Louis, MO to view Speaking of Fibers.

Via Flickr:
Speaking of Fibers
October 1 - October 30, 2011
Morton May Gallery on Maryville University campus near St Louis, MO

Exhibit of the
Missouri Fiber Artists
as part of the regional
Innovations in Textiles #9.

maryville.edu/morton-j-may-foundation-gallery.htm

BasketMakers Calendar ~ November

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2011 BasketMakers Calendar ~ November
Originally uploaded by BasketMakers

I have created a set of 2011 Basketry Calendar pages that are sized to print out on 8.5" x 11" paper. Here is the page for the month of November. You can view the rest of them on http://www.flickr.com/photos/basketmakers and see more basketry graphics on http://basketmakers.com/topics/graphics/graphicsmenu.htm

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