Bundling

Bundling is a series of experiments using found material from the Sonoran Desert to make baskets. This work extends our decade-long research into basket construction as a vehicle for experimentation and expression, a collaboration with Terrol Dew Johnson, a Tohono O’odham artist, educator, and activist. Exhibited at Volume Gallery, Chicago in 2022.

location

Volume Gallery

year

2022

Collaborator

Terrol Dew Johnson

Bundling extends our research into basket construction as a vehicle for experimentation and expression with Terrol Dew Johnson, a Tohono O’odham artist, educator, and activist. Baskets are a material framework for sharing knowledge and tradition, a medium of exchange that bundles material, color and voices together.

The process begins with collecting Desert matter found around Tucson and Sells Arizona. This includes bear grass, yucca, dirt, wild flowers, creosote, copper, volcanic rock, and agave.

This desert matter is mixed with natural pulp to create a series of basket constructions. The three categories of experiments are: Paper baskets, Agave Fiber Baskets, and Copper Coils.