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Artist Lucy Telles and large basket, in Yosemite National Park, 1933 A woman weaves a basket in Cameroon Woven bamboo basket for sale in K. R. Market, Bangalore, India. Basket weaving (also basketry or basket making) is the process of weaving or sewing pliable materials into three-dimensional artifacts, such as baskets, mats, mesh bags or even furniture.
Pat Courtney Gold (January 22, 1939 – July 11, 2022) [1] was a Wasco Native fiber artist and basket weaver from the Columbia River area of Oregon. [2] She graduated with a BA in mathematics and physics from Whitman College and worked as a mathematician-computer specialist before beginning her career in basket weaving. [3]
[1] [2] She was first exposed to basket weaving in the refugee camp, watching her mother and other women make baskets. [1] [3] As she grew older, Nkubana and her sister Joy Ndungutse ran a restaurant in the capital city of Uganda, Kampala. [1] Nkubana then ran a hotel in the capital city of Rwanda, Kigali. [1]
She is best known for her sweetgrass basket weaving using traditional methods combined with contemporary designs. A native of coastal South Carolina and a descendant of generations of Gullah basket weavers, Jackson was awarded a MacArthur Foundation fellowship in 2008 for "pushing the tradition in stunning new directions."
In 2003, the California Indian Basketweavers Association produced a video documenting Hailstone's life and basketry techniques. [17] Throughout her life Hailstone collected baskets. Her collection, along with pieces collected by her son Albert, were donated to the Clarke Historical Museum in Eureka, California. [18] [19]
Native American basket weavers (1 C, 55 P) W. American women basket weavers (62 P) Pages in category "American basket weavers"
She is a former board member of the California Indian Basketweavers Association and one of seven founding board members of the Advocates for Indigenous California Languages, organizations that are involved in the preservation and revival of Native Californian languages through traditional arts practice, language immersion, conferences and workshops.
Indigenous basket weavers of the Americas (2 C, 1 P) + Women basketweavers (1 C, 5 P) A. American basket weavers (2 C, 65 P) C. Canadian basket weavers (2 C, 9 P)