Artwork copyright Dona Anderson. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Basket with Sticks, 1994

Dona Anderson
American (born 1928)

Location: Northeast Tacoma Elementary, Tacoma

About the Artwork

Artist Dona Anderson created Basket with Sticks from cotton clothesline and raffia using a traditional coiling method. She notes, " I designed this basket to be round, low, tranquil looking, with a touch of elegance… The black sticks add to the rhythmic quality of the basket."

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Tacoma Public Schools.

About the Artist

Longtime Everett, Washington-based fiber artist Dona Anderson uses traditional basketry techniques to create abstract and conceptual baskets in a variety of materials.