National Basketry Organization, Inc. | PO Box 1524 | Gloucester, MA 01931-1524 USA | 617.863.0366Kari Lonning : Press Mention
The work of #NBObasketartist Kari Lonning was featured on the cover of the Philadelphia Museum of Art November 2014 Members’ Calendar.
Polly Adams Sutton : La Mesa, CA
Asymmetrical Cedar and Cane : Using wire and dyed binder cane over cedar bark spokes, this asymmetrical basket will be twined using 2 X techniques. Initially the spokes will be wide, and then cut narrower to achieve a twisted shape.
Intermediate to advanced weavers can manipulate the shape with this method.
Beginners will learn the nuance of twining with X’s on a symmetrical shape.
Shannon Weber Profiled by TextileArtist.org
#NBObasketartist Shannon Weber has been profiled by TextileArtist.org in an article entitled – All things wild and lost.
Lois and Kari at 2014 CraftBOSTON Holiday
Comprised of 175 exhibitors, including Kari Lonning and Lois Russell, CraftBoston Holiday is a highly regarded, must-attend event for artists, collectors, and craft enthusiasts and a great place to start your holiday gift shopping. Presented at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood.
Danielle Bodine in Two Person Exhibit
#NBObasketartist Danielle Bodine is exhibiting her mixed media sculptures along with Portland artist Jennifer Kapnek in a two-person show at the Vashon Allied Arts. November 7-26, 2014.
Amanda Salm : Handful of Salt
Coiling horsehair? Painstaking doesn’t even begin to describe your work. Patience is a trait I seem to have been born with, and I actually enjoy (and sought out) work that would slow down my approach to production.
ELEMENTALS : WOMEN SCULPTING ANIMISM
NYC Gallery Openings presents this video of the exhibit ELEMENTALS: WOMEN SCULPTING ANIMISM open at Cavin-Morris Gallery through December 13, 2014. #NBObasketartist participants include Dawn Nichols Walden, Polly Adams Sutton and Charissa Brock.
Shannon Weber : Making It In Crafts II
#NBObasketartist Shannon Weber from Cottage Grove, Oregon is featured amongst 60 artists in “Making it in Crafts ll Invitational” at The Art Museum of Greater Lafayette ongoing until Dec 28th 2014. She has shared that she will start… Read More
Donna Crispin : Cloth, Paper, Scissors Q&A
#NBObasketartist Donna Sakamoto Crispin has been featured in an artist Q&A by Cloth Paper Scissors published by Interweave.
Five in CraftForms 2014
Five NBO members will have work in CraftForms 2014 at the Wayne Art Center in Wayne, Pennsylvania. Shown here are: Dona Anderson, Costume; Amanda Salm, Equilibrium; Lois Russell, Habitat: a.mellifeura; Nancy Koenigsberg, Rouge and Peggy Wiedemann, Hanging Out. The exhibition will… Read More
