About
I began making baskets in 2018. I work mostly in a European tradition, predominantly with willow (salix) and rush (scirpus lacustris). I continue to study with masters in England, Wales, France, Denmark, and Spain to whom I am indebted, and to research basketry traditions around the world.
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I've always been happiest in nature, and have been a gardener for many years. After working as an editor, what I once thrived on—travel, deadlines, the excitement of putting together magazines—started to make me feel frayed. I wanted the freedom to live according to my own rhythms and those of the seasons. I also wanted to work in a more physical way, making things on my own from the materials of the land.
I love that baskets are both useful and beautiful, and that the techniques employed and the materials used vary depending on their purpose and the region in which they they are made. I find it endlessly magical that a bunch of loose sticks can be seamlessly resolved into a 3-dimensional object.
Selected Press
Cabana Magazine: In the Studio
Podcast: Time Sensitive
T: The New York Times
Cabana Magazine
Woven Poetry
Financial Times
Cabana Magazine
La Repubblica
Weaving Histories
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