Gail Martin Gallery Image Enlargement
Contemporary Fiber Art
James Bassler
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M1622 JAMES BASSLER Shop 2009 made of brown paper Trader Joe’s shopping bags, cut and twisted and with yellow and red waxed linen thread; 16” X 10” Artist’s statement: The concept to weave a Trader Joe bag was not to have a hand-woven Trader Joe bag. I wove it to draw attention to the important role that vessels have played in ancient history, as they do today. I wove it to draw attention to the honesty and beauty of a simple and readily available material, brown paper. I wove it to draw attention to the adaptability of hand weaving to create a three-dimensional form, but most of all, I wove it to celebrate the beauty of a hand-made object. |
