With Help From Friends

Baskets are meant to hold something, to carry or contain. Their form—whether berry basket or prayer basket—is determined by what needs holding and who is holding it. I am interested in making objects that people can use; baskets that hold the items, or contain the ideas, we wish to carry with us. I make both sculptural and functional baskets from wild-harvested basketry plants, as well as post-consumer materials. I gather or scavenge nearly all my materials from my surroundings and, in doing so, honor the traditions taught to me by my mentors: to gather according to the rules of reciprocity with the land, and with respect for the generations of basketmakers who came before and all those who will come after.