Speaker: Barbara Osborne
Barbara Osborne is a Seattle based basketry artist with a long history in basket making. Her baskets involve both engineering and artistry. This presentation covers Barbara’s evolution as a pine needle coiler from small, simple bowls to sculptural shapes using both traditional and invented basketry techniques. Small bowls with wood bases became larger bowls with rock slice bases that became tall multi-shaped vessels that became vessels that challenge gravity that became complex geometric shapes. Her inspiration is driven by the question “What if…?”
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