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2014/8
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]
We hope you like this product,
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[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
A folding basketwork piece made by Hilary Burns as part of the Radcliffe Trust-funded 'Stakeholders' basketry project, 2013-2014. It was inspired by the folding post office basket (MERL 70/196) in the collection. It consists of 7 full-sized and 3 half-sized woven panels which can be opened up flat, and can fold together to form a cuboid. The piece is made from a variety of materials, including willow, bamboo, oak and bramble, with a rattan frame and metal hinges recycled from an olive oil tin.
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1 folding basketwork panel: willow; rattan; bamboo; oak; bramble; metal
<DIV STYLE="text-align:Justify;font-family:Georgia;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:16;color:#000000;"><P><SPAN><SPAN><P>'WE HOPE YOU LIKE THIS PRODUCT' BY HILARY BURNS<BR>This piece consists of 10 woven panels which can be folded together or opened up flat. It was inspired by the ingenuity of a folding post office basket in The MERL’s collection.</P><P>Hilary was impressed by the problem-solving solutions the maker of the post office basket had come up with. She liked the idea of making something compact that would not take up a lot of empty space as baskets often do.&nbsp; This piece doesn’t make itself into anything useful, it is meant to be fun to play with and can be arranged in various ways for display: flat on a wall, or standing upright half-opened concertina style, or unfolded and made into a type of shelter. Re-folding it so that it stacks flat is the puzzle! Materials have come from a variety of sources: steam bent rattan imported from Indonesia, willow in natural bark colours grown locally, bamboo strips dyed in the indigo vats, boiled, split and shaved oak, and split and shaved bramble.</P></SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV>
[nb-NO]Archival history[nb-NO]
Accompanying notes from Sue Kirk, July 2014 – 'We hope you like this product' by Hilary Burns (printed on the olive oil tin, recycled from the local Sainsbury's, our nearest shop!) // A folding piece inspired by the ingenuity of the post office sample basket in MERL's collection. // I was impressed by the problem-solving solutions the maker of the post office basket had come up with. I liked the idea of making something compact that would not take up a lot of empty space as baskets often do. // This piece doesn't make itself into anything useful, it is meant to be fun to play with and could be arranged in various ways for display; flat on a wall or standing upright half opened concertina style or unfolded and made into a type of shelter. Re-folding it so that it stacks flat is the puzzle. // Materials have come from a variety of sources that reflect my basketry interests and were already in my workshop. // Frame: steam bent rattan, imported from Indonesia (rattan features in many fishing baskets). // Willow in natural bark colours grown on my willow beds. // Bamboo strips - waste material from the Japanese makers who came to our Basketry and Beyond festival, dyed in the indigo vats at Beenleigh, S. Devon. // Boiled, split and shaved oak - from a swill basketmaking course with Owen Jones. // Split and shaved bramble, prepared for a course on a gypsy basket used in Cornwall, collected at Longmarsh in Totnes. // Sept 2014
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Japan, Indonesia, Totnes, Paignton
[nb-NO]Date[nb-NO]
2014 - 2014
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[nb-NO]Dimensions[nb-NO]
- Width 320 mm
- Length 370 mm
- Height 175 mm
