Dish
Collection
MC
Brief description
Lengths of brown willow threaded with bell wire to create a grid effect, with a round body and central opening. Dail Behennah, 1998.
Title
Grid
Object number (per part)
W.125
Object name (per part)
dish
Location - controlled (per part)
Offsite Storage
Production person
Behennah, Dail
Production date
1998
Production place
Bristol
Material
willow
other (all)
other (all)
Technique
woven
drilled
drilled
Physical description
Dish made from lengths of brown willow threaded with bell wire to create a grid effect, with a round body and central opening.
Dimensions
height: 12.5cm
diameter: 54cm
diameter: 54cm
Label
Long Leaf Shaped Dish with Veins is a coiled dish from a series of organic forms resembling leaves, seed pods and vessels. In contrast, Brown Willow Grid Dish with Peeled Hollow is constructed using grid techniques and manifests Behennah’s interest in the effects of light and shadow. An overarching aim is to create work that is calming. Behennah states that she enjoys creating coiled and grid baskets together as there is a soothing “rhythm and spontaneity” to coiling while the grid work demands “concentration and precision”. Her studio is based in Bristol.
This dish is made of willow which is the traditional material for making baskets in Britain. Dail Behennah uses it in a completely new way to make more sculptural rather than woven pieces. The dish clearly shows her interest in grids, fences and scaffolding. In this dish she leaves the structure visible to show respect to the materials. Dail Behennah (born 1953) has a BA Honours degree in Geography from the University of Birmingham and received a City & Guilds Diploma in Basketry from the London College of Furniture in 1988. She was given a Crafts Council Setting Up Grant in 1990.
This dish is made of willow which is the traditional material for making baskets in Britain. Dail Behennah uses it in a completely new way to make more sculptural rather than woven pieces. The dish clearly shows her interest in grids, fences and scaffolding. In this dish she leaves the structure visible to show respect to the materials. Dail Behennah (born 1953) has a BA Honours degree in Geography from the University of Birmingham and received a City & Guilds Diploma in Basketry from the London College of Furniture in 1988. She was given a Crafts Council Setting Up Grant in 1990.