Willow Baskets by Katherine Lewis

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Instagram post 2181522116759071464_3033887089 Who doesn’t like a pull along red wagon? Katherine was asked to make two baskets for a customer’s wagon. Bradley has a place down on the Longbeach Peninsula in southwest Washington. The neighbors have get togethers that they walk to so he wanted baskets to carry the potluck goods in. Katherine doesn’t usually work with buff willow but that’s what Bradley prefers. It actually worked out for the better given the trial and error aspects of this one! I hesitated posting photos of this one because she doesn’t want to do anymore of them!
Instagram post 2178702190583396791_3033887089 Some of the leafy vegetables in our garden right now. Castelfranco radicchio, Rosa del Veneto radicchio, rainbow chard, verde de taglio chard, lacinato kale, Hunger Gap kale, mizuna, escarole, Treviso, spigariello.
Instagram post 2177163486773629331_3033887089 A little different look than usual with this willow basket made with Salix koriyanagi and some peeled white. Size is about 20 inches tall with 3 inches more for the handles and 17-18” diameter at the top. . #willowbasket #katherinelewis #willowbasketmaker #farmtobasket #dunbargardens #basketry #basketmaking #willowweaving
Instagram post 2175925465864671658_3033887089 Northern Harrier hunting on the farm. 3 photos. . #birdsonthefarm #dunbargardens #northernharrier #skagitbirds
Instagram post 2174564803112577933_3033887089 Ten photos looking back six years when Katherine visited the Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery in Washington DC to see the exhibit of the Cole-Ware Collection of American Baskets. After getting closed out on her first try with the government shutdown of October 2013, she returned in November with a friend on Veteran’s Day weekend. 1) Collector Steve Cole, Katherine Lewis and curator Nicholas Bell standing next to one of Katherine’s baskets. 2) Katherine’s Irish potato basket, photo taken when it was made in 2011. This basket is in the permanent collection. 3) Panier à jour made in 2011, part of the permanent collection. 4) Zig zag weave shopper made in 2011, part of the exhibit but not in the permanent collection. 5) Willow bark tray made in 2012, part of the exhibit but not in permanent collection. You can see that Katherine has been making these for awhile. 6) Smithsonian website image displayed during the exhibit featuring Katherine’s rope coil weave basket made in 2011. This basket is in the permanent collection. We call it Steve Cole’s bowl. 7) Four of Katherine’s willow baskets made for Steve Cole and Martha Ware in 2011. 8) Photo of the ‘Hands-On Gallery’ at the Renwick Gallery during the exhibit. Katherine’s basket is on the far right. Baskets were tethered to the table with a cord. Visitors were encouraged to handle the baskets. On the far left is a photo of basketry willows taken on our farm by Steve. 9) The fitched willow shopper that Katherine made in 2013 for the hands-on gallery. We still have this basket in our collection. 10) There is a book about the collection and exhibit. Inscriptions here from curator Nicholas Bell and collector Martha Ware in Katherine’s copy. Katherine will always be grateful for being included in the collection. There are posts on our blog about the exhibit and our trips to DC if anyone is interested. We don’t have many photos from inside the exhibit because at that time the Renwick Gallery had a no photography rule. Kind of hard to believe and they changed it the following year. We hope that someday this collection gets another exhibit. . #willowbaskets #katherinelewis #renwickgallery #americanbasketry
Instagram post 2172822148544272913_3033887089 Waiting for pickup. (Well not really in the front yard.) . #willowbasket #katherinelewis #willowbasketmaker #farmtobasket #dunbargardens #skagitvalley #basketsmadetobeused
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