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Artist Statement Growing-up, baskets were something that my mother loved and I simply could not have cared less about. They're just baskets after all… how boring. Fast forward to my “adult years”…I had a wonderful job where I sat in front of a computer all day. I really enjoyed what I did, but I realized that I craved creating something that I could sit back and see. Something tangible. Children get to create works to bring home and pasta necklaces to share… as adults, so much of what we now do is different from actually making things. I’m not saying that this is bad… but my mind wanted to actually create something again. My psyche was craving to cry out, “I made that!” On a lark, one Saturday, I wove a basket with a friend and it got the wheels in my mind going… I liked the “idea” of what I had done. So I bought a bunch of reed and simply started weaving. For the most part, I feel that the world has enough square, brown baskets. I don’t need to spend my time making more of them. My attraction to weaving is working with new shapes, materials, textures and color tones. While I have a specific direction in mind when I start, I find that my unconscious leads me to the final end-result and lets me know when a piece is simply “done”. My weavings are such a source of joy to me as they are simply so organic and tranquil. I can’t imagine what my life was like before I wove. Ellonyia Yenney, Bier Baskets
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