2023 Exhibit Winners

2023 Exhibit Winners

We had nineteen unique baskets entered in the 2023 Gathering Exhibit: nine in the General Membership category, and ten in the Professional Category. Congratulations to the winners!

Best in Show

Lynn Goldberg

Sheltered

Professional

Drift wood, reed, cane, beads, waxed linen

Twining, Reverse Twining, Triple Rib construction

Professional First Place

Annette Meier

Twined Paper Blossoms

Professional

Twisted paper

Twining

Professional Second Place

Jes Clark

Organic Flame

Professional

Willow

Stake and strand weaving

Professional Third Place

Ruth Boland

Back and Forth

Professional

Paper

Twill

General Membership First Place

Nicki Shaban

Sunrise Over the Peaks

General Membership

Black ash, cedar, waxed linen

Twill, plaiting

General Membership Second Place

Nancy Swan

Ride the Wave

General Membership

Cane, cherry

Weaving

General Membership Third Place

Kimberley Harding

Window Patterns

General Membership

Waxed Linen

Twining

Professional Exhibit Baskets

Diane Stanton

Life Is Full of Ups and Downs

Professional

Apple wood root base, sweet grass, waxed linen

Coiling

Marsha Leavitt

Circles of Connection

Professional

Pine needles

Coiling

Mary Skillings

Caribbean Tripod

Driftwood, palm inflorescence, coconut flowers, cane, reed, beads, feather

Ribbed abstract

Pam Wilson

Arabesque

Pine needles, artificial sinew

Coiling

Peggy Thrasher

Jeannie 6

Felt

Madweave

Sue Muldoon

By the Sea

Reed, hickory bark, beads, leather, shells, aluminum wire, paint, resin

Weaving, twining, dyeing

General Membership Exhibit Baskets

Audrey Clark

Ash Bark Mokok

General Membership

Ash bark, red osier dogwood, spruce root (harvested by Jen Lee)

Sewing, folding

Jill Gibbons

McMinnville File Basket

General Membership

Black ash with Cherry base, rims and handle

Weaving

Kate Carroll

Hearts and Butterflies

General Membership

Reed, cane, cherry

Weaving

Kathy Doyle

Zig Zag

General Membership

Reed with solid base bottom

Weaving

Kathy Gavey

Time In a Bottle

General Membership

Reed

Weaving, plaiting

Lisa Kilgo

Fiesta

Reed, waxed linen

Japanese weaving, twining, 3 rod wale