Alchemy

I make baskets. Big Baskets. This project ['the container and the contained'] was for my fiber sculpture class. I didn't have much of a concept or idea while I was working I was just in 'coilingcoilingcoilingcoiling' phase. It didn't turn out the way I wanted it to though there was going to be a lot more elements involved on the outside but I think the simplicity/complicatedness of the piece is a lot better than what I had been planning. It is almost a foot tall and it should have been bigger but I fell asleep in an awkward wake-up-sprawled-on-the-floor-with-needles-in-your-shirt-and-yarn-in-your-mouth-wishing-that-you-had-a-rager-party-but-instead-had-just-spent-the-last-8-hours-coiling... kind of way. Jute rope coiled with white yarn and layers of netted brass wire nestled into the basket. It looks better when you stick your face in it and hold it up to the light although you look like a complete idiot... it's pretty.