10 - Keidren Devas
6401 Cape George Road
Port Townsend, WA 98368
Telephone: 360.385.5527
basketsbynature@hotmail.com
Basketry artist – basket weaving
Demonstration:
Participants will be able to see me at work soaking, scraping, and weaving a basket made of wild local cherry bark. They will be able to visually see the bark soaking, and also when it is first dry. They will see me working with many different kinds of kelp, and merge it with the basket form. I will be demonstrating all day and talking about the materials and how I use them. The studio will be filled with a variety of unique finished baskets!
Directions to studio:
Take Discovery Bay Road to South Cape George Rd. Follow Cape George 1 mile past Discovery Bay Golf Course (Chevy Chase.) Driveway is on the right hand side – 6401 Cape George Road. Follow driveway – stay to the left. Guests will see house and greeter to take them to studio (behind house.)
Artist statement:
I am a local Port Townsend basket-maker that has been making sculptural baskets for the past 7 years. I work with local wild cherry bark harvested from dead fallen trees, and gently configured sea kelp. Combined the materials create eccentric and quirky baskets that have a distinct life of their own. My baskets are locally displayed at Roche Gallery downtown, and in galleries throughout Washington and Oregon. I can be contacted at basketsbynature@hotmail.com.