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Dorothy Gill Barnes
Born: 1927, Strawberry Point, Iowa


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Dorothy Gill Barnes 10dgb FOLDED BARK WITH APPLE BRANCHES
heavy oak bark, apple branches and copper wire
36" x 60" x 6", 1995
$6,500


Dorothy Gill Barnes 24dgb HAYSTACK SPRUCE
spruce
10" x 14" x 19", 2004
$3,200

Selected exhibition venues:
American Craft Museum, New York, New York; Arkansas Decorative Arts Museum, Little Rock; Erie Art Museum, Pennsylvania; Christchurch Polytechnic, New Zealand; Schumacher Gallery, Capital University, Columbus, Ohio

dorothy gill barnes28dgb BRICKHAVEN, brickhaven ohio shag bark hickory
4.75Ó x 5Ó x 32Ó, 1999, $2,200


Statement:
My intent is to construct a vessel or related object using materials respectfully harvested from nature. The unique properties I find in bark, branches, roots, seaweed and stone suggest a work process to me. I want this problem solving to be evident in the finished piece. Some of these structures are basket like
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                           Dorothy Gill Barnes
dorothy gill barnes portrait
Catalog #14 cat 17 cover
Catalog #14
DOROTHY GILL BARNES
JOHN GARRETT

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Catalog #17
10TH WAVE PART 1
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New Baskets and
Freestanding Sculpture

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International Basketmaking Dorothy Gill Barnes The Art of Basketry The Grotta House by Richard Meier
Book #04
Contemporary International Basketmaking

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Book #06
FROM THE WOODS:
Dorothy Gill Barnes

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Book #07
The Art of Basketry

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Book #28
The Grotta House
by Richard Meier

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Dorothy Gill BarnesVideo Ten Makers
Video #02o
Contemporary Fiber Artist
Maker Profiles:
Dorothy Gill Barnes

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Video #Vc01o
Contemporary American
Fiber Artists:
TEN MAKERS

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To purchase the artwork Dorothy Gill Barnes
or to obtain information about other available works, contact:

Tom Grotta
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