Variations on a Flamingo

Photos by Annie MacDonald, AIM Photography, Applecross

Inspired by flamingos (and by David Bailey’s 1968 photograph of Catherine Deneuve and a flamingo), “Variations on a Flamingo” is created using the basketry technique of coiling. The project began with a gift of factory offcuts of cigarette paper, and became a playful exploration of texture, colour and stitch.


Seven tiny baskets of coiled paper, raffia, thread, string, acrylic paint + goose eggshells

10cm x 5cm x 5cm x7

Where can I see the Dark Tendril Bag?

- "Rock Paper Scissors", Houghton Hall; sorry, now sold!


Previously shown at:

- "Basketry: Function & Ornament"Ruthin Craft Centre, 20 July to 13 October 2019

- "Bags, Bottles & Baskets", solo show, Inverness Museum & Gallery, 2019, Foyer Gallery



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