Morphing Nature Exhibition

Basketry SA Fringe Exhibition at Urrbrae House, February 24th –March 4th 2012

 

This exhibition showcases contemporary basketry created by members of

Basketry SA.

Below are listed all the works.

Andrea Bradley

M.B.G.O.B. Mixed threads- Ngarrindjeri coiling, knotting looping, wrapping and plaiting. My Best ‘Going Out’ Bag) I wanted a bag to match my best going out shoes, a pair of dusty rose Keen’s Sydney style. This piece has evolved from meeting and sitting with other women, exchanging stories, sharing ideas and enjoying precious time together.

Ubiquitous. Mixed plastics- crochet, wrapping and stitching. “Ubiquitous”:Ju:bikies Having or seeming to have the ability to be everywhere at once. T-Shirt shopping bags* In China it is called ‘White Pollution’ blowing in the streets. In Africa it is called ‘National Flower” because it is so prominent in the countryside. Plastic: manmade, from oil, a natural but diminishing resource; our civilization has become “addicted” to it. But if its (non) disposal is a problem t all species on the planet, we created it, we use it; we also need to solve it. This market bag reused: 73 *T-Shirt shopping bags (banned 1.5.2009 in SA) 36 metres pea-straw baling twine 75 IV caps 206 cms plastic suction tubing 61 metres polythread.

Deborah Cantrill

Bread’n Cheese.  Cheese Board;Framed and woven form .Frame- plum pruning.Weavers- iris, crocheted fique, 2ply iris & fique, pine cheese board.320 x 700 x150 cm Cheese cover Frame- cordyline, weavers Iris & fique.190 x 120. cm Nature inspires many shapes and textures that can be incorporated into every day functional tools.

From Forest to Catwalk. Stand –Apple prunings.Models – willow frame,iris ears,gumnuts. A study of framed basket ears. 320x300x470cm Natural fibre basketry techniques can morph into many forms including fashion.

Bracket Fungi Cheese Platter. Ribbed Construction /woven.Frame- Apple pruning, willow, Stringybark cheese board. Weavers- iris pseudacorus, iris orientalis ,fique. 530x520x60 .cm Bracket fungi generally form around the dead or dying trunks and branches of trees. This cheese platter reflects the form and patterns of a variety of bracket fungus and their association with their hosts the trees.

Cross Pollination. Ribbed construction/ twined. Handle- native cherry Exocarpus cupressiformis Frame-Willow.Weavers- Iris pseudacorus, iris orientalis, watsonia, hemp. 1130x440x300 cm Cross pollination is natures way of morphing itself to create a rich diversity in the genetic pool that sustains life.

Gem Congdon

Palm Trunk. Palm inflorescence stitched with linen threads.	Golden Cat Paw. Painted woven paper with linen thread.
Autumn Earth l. Mixed grasses stitched with coloured linen threads.	Autumn Earth ll. Mixed grasses stitched with coloured linen threads.

Autumn Earth lll. Mixed grasses stitched with coloured linen threads.

Lyn Coombe

Stadium ll. Dracaena, iris and kniphofia leaves- stitched.

Ripple. pine needles- stitched.

Margie Davies

Melon Basket 1. Dodder- laurel

Melon Basket 2. Dodder- laurel

Inspired by Nature;Threatened by Evolution. a)original birds nest. b)small nest;dodder-laurel,corn husks and feathers. c)large nest;dodder-laurel, corn husks, feathers and potato leaf. d) Orange Ruffy basket; plastic waste. Pine Needle Basket. Pine needles trimmed with guinea fowl feathers.

My baskets grew out of inspiration from the exquisite work of a bird’s nest-from that followed a need to replicate and extend some further ideas.

My major concern is with the last basket “Orange Ruffy” - using modern material washed up on the beach– the fact that it is all non-degradable material-Is this really where we want to morph nature?

Judy Fanning

Minutiae. Electrical wire- knotless netting.

Tangle. Tasmanian bull kelp.

Adrift. Palm sheath, philodendron stalks, pig- gut.