Basket

Collection

Brief description

Coiled willow and string with apple juice cartons as a central theme and structure on the front and back, with a lid with a wooden stick to act as the handle. Dr Lois Walpole, 1995.

Title

Apple Laundry Basket

Object number (per part)

W.121:1
W.121:2

Object name (per part)

basket
lid

Location - controlled (per part)

Short Term Loan Out
Short Term Loan Out

Production person

Walpole, Lois

Production date

1995

Production place

London

Material

willow
cardboard
paper

Technique

coil built

Physical description

Basket made of coiled willow and string with apple juice cartons as a central theme and structure on the front and back, with a lid with a wooden stick to act as the handle.

Dimensions

width: 68cm
depth: 52cm
height: 84cm

Object history note

Prior to its acquisition by the Crafts Council, this object was displayed at a group show with Howard Raybould and Dawn Dupree in 1995, and at the Crafts Council and Contemporary Applied Arts (1996).

Label

Since 1992, Walpole has been creating pieces with found, recycled and grown material she has access to within her working environment. This method supports her values in working resourcefully and with sustainable materials. Apple Laundry Basket was one of the first pieces she made after introducing this life changing principle and embodies the visual and practical ideas she wanted to achieve. Walpole graduated from the London College of Furniture. She works in the Shetland Islands and France.