{"id":1431,"date":"2018-08-20T23:27:48","date_gmt":"2018-08-21T06:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ejmillerfineart.com\/news\/?p=1431"},"modified":"2018-08-20T23:27:48","modified_gmt":"2018-08-21T06:27:48","slug":"pacific-ocean-ghost-net-baskets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ejmillerfineart.com\/news\/2018\/08\/20\/pacific-ocean-ghost-net-baskets\/","title":{"rendered":"Pacific Ocean ghost net baskets"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nJoin me for an Artist Talk at Fairweather Gallery<\/a>
\nSeptember 1 at the Seaside Art Walk, 5-7pm\n<\/div>\n
\n\"Oregon<\/a>Oregon Coast baskets. Aqua blue is the most common color I found on the Oregon coast.\n<\/div>\n

This year’s Pacific Ocean basket series is my biggest, most colorful series yet! I made 24 baskets with fishing rope salvaged from the coastlines of Oregon and Kauai. I had new colors and textures to work with – bright yellow, fuzzy dark green, and lots of slippery emerald that floated all the way to Oregon from Japan. <\/p>\n

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\n\"Ukidama<\/a>Ukidama baskets, made with rope from Japan found in Oregon. These are named for the Japanese fishing floats that came with them.\n<\/div>\n

I made the choice to keep the rope from different places separate, so there are actually three collections in the Pacific Ocean series: Oregon Coast baskets, Kauai baskets, and the baskets I made using rope from Japan. <\/p>\n

\n\"Kauai<\/a>Kauai baskets inspired by Hawaiian sunrise shells and lava rock shorelines. Rope collected by Surfrider Kauai<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

This is my third series of ghost net rope baskets since I first started making them in 2015, inspired by the colorful flotsam I found on every coast. I spent two weeks this spring stitching 24 baskets, a Basket Bonanza compared to last year’s series of just 8 baskets! It was fun to have the time to make matching pairs and sets, experimenting with an idea in color or pattern. <\/p>\n

\n\"Beehive<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

New this year, each of the Pacific Ocean baskets includes a seashell-like coil of white cotton rope at the very center of the basket base. It’s a surprise reward you get for peeking inside! <\/p>\n

\n\"Ghost<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

After months of collecting beach stones up and down the Oregon coast, and on Kauai, I spent one full week choosing a stone or two to finish each basket. The anchor stones are all beachcombing treasures: rocks with holes bored by clams, fossilized seashells, and sculptural bits of coral. I am a collector by nature, and this project gave me an excuse to come home with a bag full of rocks on several occasions!<\/p>\n

\n\"Sunbreak,<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

I love working with the weathered texture and bright colors and patterns of the rope that I find. I don’t do any dyeing, just a good scrub in hot soapy water. Sometimes the brightest pieces fall apart during the wash, and I’ve found myself reluctant to just throw them “away,” as I become more and more aware that away is a place. I have a new idea for the tiny fragments involving handmade paper and erosion… but it will have to wait until next year!<\/p>\n

\n\"Ghost<\/a>\n<\/div>\n
\nThe baskets are available at the following retailers:<\/p>\n

a.ell Atelier<\/a>, Portland Oregon and Kapaa Kauai
\nFairweather Gallery<\/a>, Seaside Oregon
\nAmy-Lauren’s Gallery<\/a>, Hanapepe Kauai<\/div>\n

A portion of the proceeds benefits local ocean conservation groups!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My biggest, most colorful series of fishing rope baskets is finished, and available now in Oregon and on Kauai.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[24,25,15],"class_list":["post-1431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sculpture","tag-kauai","tag-rope-baskets","tag-sculpture"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ejmillerfineart.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/rope-baskets-550-square.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ejmillerfineart.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ejmillerfineart.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ejmillerfineart.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ejmillerfineart.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ejmillerfineart.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1431"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.ejmillerfineart.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1455,"href":"https:\/\/www.ejmillerfineart.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1431\/revisions\/1455"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ejmillerfineart.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ejmillerfineart.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ejmillerfineart.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ejmillerfineart.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}