Research Catalog

Title

Contemporary international basketmaking / Mary Butcher.

Author

Butcher, Mary

Publication

London : Merrell Holberton : In association with the Crafts Council, 1999.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Butcher, Mary
• Crafts Council (Great Britain)
• Whitworth Art Gallery
• Crafts Council.

Description

119 p. : ill. (chiefly col.); 28 cm.

Summary

"What is a basket? This is a question both for the reader and for the artists and makers who have entered this field, attracted by the potential of its variety of techniques and materials. Basketmaking is not only a tradition but also a contemporary art form; it is not only a pre-industrial technique stretching back into time and found in every region of the world; but it was also a vital cog in the Industrial Revolution, when the production of baskets increased exponentially. Today, new materials (notably metals and plastics) a new ecological consciousness and not least, the effort to record and keep alive sophisticated techniques that are in danger of dying out have stimulated basketmakers to learn from each other and experiment to an unprecedented degree. This book celebrates and informatively surveys and illustrates a vast international range of production, from museum pieces to contemporary work and has been produced to accompany a landmark, touring exhibition organized by the Crafts Council of England."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Basketwork > Exhibitions
• Basket making > Exhibitions

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs

Note

• Published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Contemporary International Basketmaking' organized by the Crafts Council, London, and the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester. Exhibition itinerary, Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester, 16 April-6 June 1999, and 4 other locations through May 7, 2000.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 118).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The origins of contemporary basketmaking: What is a basket? -- Basketmaking before and after the Industrial Revolution -- Basketmaking in Britain in the twentieth century: decline, renaissance and tradition -- Traditional and modern in British basketmaking -- European traditions of basketmaking -- Basketmaking and its cultural meanings worldwide -- New directions in contemporary basketmaking -- Stories from a new world/Laurel Reuter -- Artists' voices -- Techniques : Stake and strand -- Frame baskets -- Coil -- Interlace -- Assembly -- Plait -- Twine -- Knotting, netting, linking and looping.

ISBN

1858940788

OCLC

• 40608868
• SCSB-9903746

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library