Unwrapping Memory, 2016
Order and Chaos, Surface Design Organization
Unwrapping Memory, 2016.
Travelling Exhibition
July 2024 to June 2025
Welcome Pineapple 166
HGA Small Expressions Exhibit
Welcome Pineapple 166, Flower knot plaited cane with twined crown elements, 2024
NBO Every 1 2024, Faulty Towers: No Waste Fashion and the Inside Story, through December 31, 2024
Faulty Towers: No Waste Fashion and The Inside Story, 2023. Plaited paper twisted cubes.
Introduction to Hexagonal Plaiting, Two projects include a tablet rest or hanging vase and a flat bottom basket in hex. More advanced students may explore sculptural forms with guidance. Contact me via the contact page on this website.
Single weaver Hexagonal baskets
Flat bottom hexagonal plaited basket in cane
July 11, 2024 - July 14, 2024
Green Pineapple 166
HGA Converence Whirlwind Basketry Exhibition
Green Pineapple 166, Flower knot plaited cane with twined crown elements, 2024
I am honored to present the Textile Arts Council’s Annual Sinton Lecture at the De Young Museum in San Francisco, June 15, 2024.. My talk is entitled Barbara Shapiro: Weaver, Dyer and Basket Maker. Please join me there or on line. More information will be found in May on the Textile Arts Council website.
Green Pineapple166.2
CNCH Conference Gallery. First Place in the basketry category
Flower knot plaited cane, twine crown elements. 2023.
Surface Design 8th Annual International Exhibition in Print: Lasting Impressions, Faulty Towers: No Waste Fashion and The Inside Story, Fall 2023
Faulty Towers: No Waste Fashion and The inside Story, plaited paper, 2023
We will create a small basket with a heap leaf plaited base and sides built with Japanese flower knot plaiting. Contact me through the Contact button on my website for more information.
Japanese Flower Knot Workshop Basket
My work Fautly Towers: No Waste Fashion and The Inside Story has been selected for this exhibit. Opening reception July 29, 1-3PM. Gallery Hours: Thursday - Sunday 1AM to 4PM.
Every1, Welcome Pineapple 236, hosted online on the National Basketry Organization website, July 30 - December 30, 2022.
Welcome Pineapple 236, Plaited cane, Japanese Flower Knot technique
Indigo and Sustainability Series, Massachuchets College of Art and Design
Thickened indigo for painting or printing on cloth or paper, natural indigo, Iron sulfate slake lime formula
10 Bay Area Basket Makers present Diversity. Seven Urns for Covid installation, 2 Pineapples, Sanchez Art center, Pacifica, CA Spring 2023
Seven Urns for Covid and 2 Pineapples at the opening of the Sanchez Art Center Diversity exhibit. Plaited cane, found lids.
The Color of Water, Troubled Waters, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, February 11 - March 26.
Troubled Waters, 2019. Plaited seder cane, Indigo, Persimmon, Sumi ink on repurposed papers and cloth.
Hex and Beyond, a 1.5 day worksop in Aptos, CA. Contact the guild for more information
Two Women, Hex plaited cane with paper
Contact the Guild for more information about attending.
Small One Handle Basket
Northwest Basketry Weavers, online lecture on the work I have produced during the time of the Covid pandemic. for more infornaition, contact the guild.
Green Pineapple 166, 2022, Plaited dyed cane in Japanese Flower knot technique.
Welcome Pineapple 326, National Basketry Organization website July 1 to December 31, 2022
Welcome Pineapple 236, 2022, Japanese flower knot plaiting, dyed cane.
Faulty Towers: Night and Day, 2020, plaited artist prints, twisted cubes, FIRST PRIZE JURORS’ AWARD
PULP: Book and Paper Arts, Faulty Towers: Night and Day, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA, Summer 2022. First Prize Jurors’ Award
Faulty Towers: Night and Day, 2020. Plaited Artist prints. Photo Mike Watson.
PULP: Book and Paper Arts, Faulty Towers: Night and Day, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA, Summer 2022. First Prize Jurors’ Award
Faulty Towers: Night and Day, plaited paper. 2022
Welcome Pineapple 236, 2020, Plaited cane in Japanese Flower knot plaiting, hosted online on the Surface Design Association website
Welcome Pineapple 236, 2022. Dyed cane in Japanese flower knot plaiting
Traditions Evolve, Welcome Pineapple 236, No CA SDA, hosted online at Surface Design website, Summer 2022
Three works from my Mended Turnings series, made in collaboration with wood turners Chuck Quibell and Hugh Buttrum, will be exhibited in this exhibit at the Brick Store Museum in Kennebunk, ME. The exact dates are to yet published. The exhibit is sponsored by the Illustration Institute.
Workshop for the Textile Arts Council of the iFne Arts Museums of SF. Create one or more plaited twisted cubes which can be the building blocks of a sculpture or enclose a personal object as a memory box. THIS WORKSHOP IS SOLD OUT BUT CONTACT TAC FOR THE WAITING LIST.
Mendocino Art Center. Hex basket/sculptures over-woven in random weave or paper shik. Advanced students may learn the Japanese flower knot pattern.
Bar Area Basket Makers’ exhibit at Mendocino Art Center. Baskets and Gourds: Traditional and Beyond. See it here.
Explorations in structure and skin using your own creativity to expand on tradition. Walnut Creek Community Arts.
Hex Basketry Workshop and Sources of Inspiration Workshop, April 2020. CNCH 2020 Burlingame
Explore the flexible yet sturdy Hex technique in colorful cane. Several class projects may include an IPad stand, a small hanging flower basket, a flat bottom one handled basket and a useful triangular form. The open hexagonal structure can be manipulated into many shapes and over woven in materials of you choice. Some students may choose to work sculpturally. Enjoy seeing how others have employed hex weave and create your own interesting baskets.
http://www.mendocinoartcenter.org/Summer19/Shapiro.html
Beyond Hex :Small Handled Basket workshop at Walnut Creek Community Arts.
Explore flexible sturdy open weave hex technique in colorful cane. This small basket has one handle for hanging on the wall. Hexagonal structure can be manipulated into many shapes and over woven in more cane or materials of your choice to create stunning sculptures or functional baskets. Go to Walnut Creek Center for Community Arts website to register. (925) 943-5846
Mendocino Art Center.
Explore the magic and mystery of indigo, one of the oldest and most influential dyes. Set up a natural indigo dye bath using a simple ecological formula suitable for home studio use. Examine indigo textiles from around the world. Learn basic indigo dyeing procedures and resist techniques on various different fiber samples. Prepare cloth for resist dyeing and experiment in various techniques creating some useful textiles for your home. On Day Two, create small vials of thickened indigo for direct application (painting and stamping). Learn the history of these techniques and create more textiles for your home. Work on a silk scarf combining painting and dyeing. Explore indigo on paper and multi-colored “penciling” effects. Students may complete a personal project with the remaining indigo on cotton, bast fibers, or appropriate basketry materials.
My large plaited basket called Sedori Vessel is featured in this exhibit at the Peppermill Resort in Reno, NV
