Here are some photos of the three wild willow fish I made for the gallery exhibition entitled “Open Water” running April 24 — May 30, 2009 at the Lyric Center for the Arts in Virginia, Minnesota.
Attendance tonight at the opening reception was great, lots of people and very, very talented assembly of artists. Find more details about the show in previous posts.
I thought about doing the Dr. Seuss poem, “One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish” but that didn’t work out with the willow. The most I was able to come up with color-wise was red, brown, and yellow wild willow and the dogwood.
This first basket fish wall art is actually made of red osier dogwood, not willow, cable ties, and suede and is entitled “Red Fish” 60″L x 18″W.
The second willow fish is called “Yellow Fish” 36″L x 7″W, complete with fins and all. There was a variety in colors with this wild willow, ranging from bright yellow to darker shades of rust or brown, but predominantly yellow.
And the catch of the day that I managed to land ON the boat was “Catfish” 31″L x 10″W, complete with the little pussy willow catkins for its whiskers. Enjoy!
What fun it was designing and weaving these willow basketry sculptures for the Open Water exhibit. I hope you enjoy seeing them up close at the Lyric Center for the Arts Gallery in Virginia, Minnesota.
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