Pine Needle
Baskets
by Lynn & Sue
Van
Couvering
and Lindsey Uribe
Blue basket with pine-cone
handle,
5
1/2"
dia. x 5 1/2 high, $65.
Current
Offerings:
E-mail for price & details: lynnvc@gate.net
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Squat blue basket
with pine cone handle,
6 1/4" dia. x 5 3/4" high, $70.
Antler Handle Basket,
spiral wheat stitch
with
contrasting
band of needles with caps around center.
Approximately 7" dia. x
7" high, $100.
Large antler basket.
The accent coils around the center are needles with caps left on,
stitched
in black to provide contrast.
Approx. 14" dia. x 13" high, $250.
This view shows bottom of a typical antler basket.
The
center
is a slice of antler, and the pattern is created using the spiral wheat
stitch.
5) Bowl with inverted
pine cone handle.
7"
dia. x 5" high, $70.
Small basket with
pine cone handle. 5"
dia. x 4 3/4" high, $40.
"Big Red", pine cone
lid, V stitch, needles dyed red, produced a beautiful mahogany
color.
6 1/2 " dia. x 7 1/2" high, $120.
Lovely round basket
with inverted pine cone handle lid
and V stitch.
The lid fits snugly onto the basket and is held in
place by an inner coil. 9" dia. x 5 1/2" high, $130.
Spike-lidded basket.
The handle is made from
the
budding tip of a Longleaf Pine branch, trimmed and left by tree
trimmers.
Unique and very tricky to make! 7" dia. x 7 1/4 high, $75.00
11) Fat Lady in a Short
Skirt.
The dangling blue
howlite
nuggets swing and click together when the basket is held. The
basket
invites handling; you can't resist setting the dangles in motion.
5 1/2" dia.
x 2 1/4" high $55.00
Rattlesnake basket.
This whimsical rattler is stitched with black
raffia.
The forked tongue is red raffia, and the eyes and rattle are
turquoise. Approx. 12" dia. x 3" high, $150.00
Black Beauty.
Longleaf needles are dyed black
to
create this dramatic piece, which has hematite beads individually sewn
on to give a studded look reminiscent of a suit of armor.
6" dia. x 4" high. $150.00
Small antler basket
with blue accent needles around
center.
Approximately 6" dia. x 3 1/2" high, excluding antler. $65.00
Small antler basket
with an accent feature of red
needle
caps. Approximately 7" dia. x 4" high, excluding antler.
$70.00
Corked. This
vessel has several rows of blue needles
accenting
the "hips", and a cork made from the polished burl of an elk
antler.
Approximately 7" dia. x 8" high, $100.00
Lidded. The
handle on the lid is an inverted pine cone, and
the
stitches used are the "fern stitch" and "wheat stitch." Basket
measures
approximately 6" dia. x 5" high, $100.
Turquoise Dangle.
This basket is stitched with raffia
using the wheat stitch and the fern stitch. The dangles are
turquoise,
and are suspended on nearly invisible monofiliment. They roll and
make a shaking, clattering sound when the basket is handled. This
is an "interactive basket"; one that will get picked up and
handled.
7" dia. x 6" high, $120.
Hedgehog Basket:
This effect is created by
special
dyeing and stitching methods. The spines spiral in one direction,
while the stitches spiral in another. This one is made using
purple
dye, black sinew for the chain stitching, and an antler slice center.
5" dia. x 3" high, $65.
All baskets shown here are hand made by Lynn Van Couvering, her
mother, Sue Van
Couvering or her daughter, Lindsey Uribe,
at Moonbug Studio in Southern Oregon. They are coiled with the
needles
of the Ponderosa, Southern Longleaf, Torrey Pine and/or other types of
pineneedles. Each unique, carefully stitched basket or
vessel
takes hours to make, and is a gallery-quality work of art!
Most
have natural accents, such as antlers, pine cones, feathers,
semi-precious
stones, and/or black walnut slice centers. No two are alike, and
each is signed by the artist.
You may purchase available baskets using your
credit
card via PayPal, or pay by check or money order directly from the
artists via e
mail at lynnvc@gate.net .
Thank you! Lynn, Sue and Lindsey
Link to
Lynn's
portrait site!
This site is a work in progress and may be updated
someday.
Please check back for new images from time to time. Last updated on
08/23/2010.
For more information, contact Lynn Van Couvering, lynnvc@gate.net
