"Blue Spiral with Mimosa Wood” Mixed Media Basket with Hand Turned Wood Base and Lip

Dimensions: 28” x 14”  Please contact gallery for shipping quote.  Lucy@lucyclarkgallery.com 828-884-5151 About the WorkThe work is wicker-weave basketry of dyed rattan and seagrass cord, and lathe turned wood bases, rings and rims. Each piece is a one-of-a-kind handmade original. Even when I make a second piece with the same construction, they are never quite alike. Especially, the wooden elements have all the variety that nature provides.The wood is all found wood, generallytrees that have fallen in storms. I usemany different species of wood and mycurrent body of work will have whatevertrees I have found most recently. Once Ihave turned the wooden elements, I leavethem indoors for at least three weeks tocure and stabilize. Then I do a final sanding and finish each piece with pure tung oil.I then attach rattan spokes to the wood and construct the basket, weaving in the colors and patterns as I go. When completed, I finish the entire piece with tung oil to bring out the colors and pro