NESTS

Baskets - what are they? Traditionally thought of as utilitarian objects for containing, storing and transporting goods. They are also used ritualistically in what is considered to be the more primitive cultures - N & S America, Australia and Polynesia, for example.

NESTS - a theme I have been working with for the last few years. Many of the pieces I have made fit the context of the coiled basketry technique: enfolding, enclosing, protecting and sometimes even excluding. I have based this series on collected materials - feathers, felted wool and hair, shells and other ephemera. None of these decorative additions is arbitrary — they generally relate to walks and places I have visited: collected in the field, imbuing each basket with its own identity and sense of place.

My baskets are allowed to be whatever they want to be; what you see is what you want to see.