Work in Progress - Asante Sana Exhibition

This week I am making work for Asante Sana, an exhibition in Odense, Denmark, featuring a selection of baskets from Uganda and woven responses made by European makers from Finland, Denmark and England. Curated by Jette Mellgren the exhibition is part of a bigger project in Uganda celebrating and developing traditional basketry and interconnections with Europe.

The European makers featured in the show are: Anna Maria Väätäinen, Dorte Tilma, Anette Holdensen, Susanne Wittingham, Helle Baslund, Jette Mellgren and myself. We have each chosen a Ugandan basket from a large selection purchased by Jette and we are all making our individual and diverse responses. My basket is for collecting Dragonflies! These are gathered during the wet season and supply a valuable source of nutrition - it is a beautiful openwork twined vessel that has some very interesting details. Below is some work in progress as the work evolves and I learn more about it's construction.

Twining Iris leaves

Above twined Iris, below Esparto grass.