2025 and 2026
During my artist residency at Kvitbrakka in Berlevag, Norway (2025), I had the opportunity to have a close look at local resident’s collection of plaited birch bark baskets from Finland. They were so beautifully and evenly constructed.
Plaiting with kelp is challenging because you are working wth it damp and it shrinks as it dries. A very different material to birch bark. So I experimented with using etha foam as a form to plait around and had some success with this. I explored this further while on my artist residency at Eptek Art & Culture Centre, Summerside, PEI, Canada (2026). I also used some finger kelp I had dyed with food colouring.
plaited Norwegian sugar kelp
10cm x 12cm x 9.5cm
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- 13.5cm x 10cm x 4cm
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- 21.5cm x 14cm x 13cm, 26cm x 17.5cm x 17cm, 28cm x 23cm x 17cm
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- 20cm x 13cm x 9.5