This is a sculptural wall piece from Maggie Smith's series of work exploring willow. The piece uses willow, rod, channel pieces, shaves and bark and is created using the techniques of shaving, cording, twining, knitting, cobbling and assembly
Length 54 cm
Width 50 cm
Height 16 cm
© Maggie Smith
© Maggie Smith
© Maggie Smith
© Maggie Smith
© Maggie Smith
Maggie Smith
- Basketweaver
- Northampton, United Kingdom
- Master Artisan
Contact
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Hours:
By appointment only
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Phone:
+44 1604633582
+44 1604633582
© Maggie Smith
Grow your own baskets
- • Maggie started basketmaking as a hobby
- • She grows the wood used to create her pieces
- • Getting to know the material is essential to her
Basket making started as a hobby for Maggie Smith: it was while working full time as an occupational therapist that she looked for a workshop she could join to learn the fundamentals of basketmaking. In 1997, her hobby overtook her career and she embarked on a City & Guilds course in creative basketry, completing her training in 2004. Her interest is rooted in her love of the material, she grows and collects her own wood with a fond interest in getting to know it by exploring all its aspects. This deep-knowledge of the material gives her an intricate approach to her work, and allows her to reinvent the basketry techniques she uses to create, solve problems and design new ideas she gets while harvesting.
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Willow Exploration 28
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Willow Exploration 39
This sculptural vessel, from Maggie's series of work exploring willow. The piece uses willow, bark & canker and is created using the techniques of cording, knitting and assembly.
Height 25 cm
Diameter 15 cm
Photo: © Maggie Smith
Thick bark basket with lid No. 2
This sculptural container from Maggie Smith's Willow Ware range is inspired by designs from her Willow Exploration Series. The piece uses Willow rod & bark and is created using the techniques of covered core coiling and assembly.
Height 26 cm
Diameter 14 cm
Photo: © Maggie Smith
Cobbled shave and knitted basket No. 1
This sculptural basket from Maggie Smith's Willow Ware range is inspired by designs in her Willow Exploration Series. The piece uses Willow rod, shaves & bark and is created using the techniques of cobbling, knitting and assembly.
Height 10 cm
Diameter 40 cm
Photo: © Maggie Smith
Willow No. 2
In this sculptural basket from Maggie Smith's Willow Series seeks to showcase willow and it’s versatility. Each piece uses every part of the willow: rod, wood, bark, leaves and roots and aims to utilise as many techniques as possible in it’s creation. Here an impressive 17 have been used: stitching, cobbling, cording, twining, skeining, hexagonal plaiting, needle felting, looping, papermaking, papier mache, crochet, knitting, coiling, bobbin knitting, wrapping, knotting and assembly
Height 17 cm
Diameter 21 cm
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