valerie pragnell

3vp BLACKTHORN BASKET II
blackthorn and japanese
handmade paper
24" x 26" x 26", 1999
$2,500

4vp
WILLOW BARK CONTAINER I
willow bark, red earth, rhododendron, handmade paper
16" x 32" x 18", 1999
$3,200

Selected exhibition venues:
National Museum of Scotland Edinburgh, Scotland; Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art; Warwick Arts Trust, London, England; Royal Scottish Academy Edinburgh, Scotland; Barbican Centre, London, England; Crafts Council, London, England; Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery, England; Crawford Arts Centre, St. Andrews, Scotland 6vp EUCALYPTUS BARK POD
eucalyptus bark
22” x 19” x 19”, 2001
$2,400

Statement:
My work takes me from public commission, time-based installation and gallery exhibition to woodland workshops. I work with all natural materials: drystone, water, glacial boulders, wood, living willow, hedgerow cuttings, straw and paper maiche to create site-specific commissions, baskets, containers and smaller works. In each, I try to distill the essence of a place into the work, so that each becomes a small environment in its own right.
Valerie Pragnell

4vp Detail WILLOW BARK CONTAINER I

Pushing the Boundaries --
new work by the Scottish Basketmaker's Circle
January 12 - March 2, 2008

The Hub
National Centre for Craft & Design

Navigation Wharf
Carre Street, Sleaford

Lincolnshire, NG34 7TW, United Kingdom
Telephone: 01529-308710
Fax: 01529-308711
hub@leisureconnection.co.uk

5vp EUCALYPTUS BARK POD
IN WOOD FRAME I
eucalyptus bark, clay and bees
waxin wood frame
19” x 15.5” x 16”, 2001
$2,400

Pushing the Boundaries demonstrates that basketry is capable of inspiring and contributing to the dynamic and burgeoning Scottish contemporary craft scene. Pushing Boundaries features work by 20 artists including Lizzie Farey and the late Valerie Pragnell. Textual, tactile works – rooted in naturally grown traditional materials, yet embracing man made fibres and ‘found’ objects, Pushing the Boundaries presents evocative shapes and imagery, delicate and lyrical forms – structures and ideas that extend the perception of what constitutes basketmaking today.

Catalog #25
25 FOR THE 25TH:
Glancing Back, Gazing Ahead
click for more information Catalog #29
FROM ACROSS THE POND:
Contemporary textile artists
& basketmakers
from the UK
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Book #04
CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL BASKETMAKING
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Video #V13o/VHS/DVD
Contemporary Fiber Artist
Maker Profiles: VALERIE PRAGNELL
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To purchase the artwork of Valerie Pragnell
or to obtain information about other available works, contact:
Tom Grotta
browngrotta arts

or telephone
tel: 203-834-0623 or fax: 203-762-5981
www.browngrotta.com


Catalog #25 25 FOR THE 25TH: Glancing Back, Gazing Ahead click for more information	Catalog #29 FROM ACROSS THE POND: Contemporary textile artists & basketmakers from the UK click for more information