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Date

2010

Century

21st century

Medium & Support

White birch

Dimensions

Overall: 17 1/4 x 11 1/2 x 11 1/2 in.

Style

Studio Crafts

Object Type

Decorative Arts & Design

Class System

Decorative Arts & Design

Class 1

Sculptural

Credit Line

Museum purchase with funds provided by the Windgate Foundation

Accession Number

2011.14.58

Description

Basket is made up from thick sheets and strips of white birch that is sewn together with waxed silk thread. Upper rim is made up from a darker bark with a hoop wreapped in waxed silk thread sewn on the top edge. The interior of the pice is a bias woven basket made of strips of white birch bark.

Good research report in Object File.

Label History

Trained as an art teacher, Look became interested in craft while living abroad in Australia. There she began sewing and weaving, and these arts remain strong in her work. Her baskets—sculptural, minimal, and precise—are woven together, with the components connected by silk thread. She believes in the importance of preserving the environment and promotes this by only using natural white birch from trees that are already scheduled to be harvested. The lighter bark is from the exterior of the tree, and the darker bark is from the interior. The title of this piece is Look’s way of naming and inventorying her baskets and not a reference to the radio code.

Exhibition Title: Asheville Art Museum: An Introduction to the Collection
Label Date: 2021
Type: Catalogue Entry
Written by: Whitney Richardson

Keywords

basketry , birch

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