Beautiful pine coiled baskets by Bobbie Ney

Just arrived in the gallery designed by Bobbie Ney are the beautiful pine coiled baskets.

Bobbies Bio

I was born in Harrisonburg, Va. where I lived until I graduated from college.  I attended James Madison  University for undergraduate and graduate school.  I lived in Virginia Beach from 1974 until I moved to Iowa City in 1977.  I  worked as a School Psychologist in the public schools and retired  in 2007. 

I began making baskets in 1990 using reeds .  I loved the variations in color and dyed my reeds to get contrasting colors in my baskets.  I tried  making a pine needle basket  in  the 1990s using raffia  to sew the pine needles together.  I wasn’t able to get the tightness of the basket nor the colors that I wanted.  I took a class in 2005 making pine needle baskets.  I was introduced to waxed linen thread which I could buy in various colors.  Consequently, I was able to make colorful baskets using pine needles.  The  14 inch needles come from the Southern Long Leaf Pine Tree found in North Carolina.  I use agate, wood or self  made bases.  I have been  in several shows around the Midwest selling my reed baskets and pine needle.   Shows that I have participated in were Art in the Park (Des Moines,) , Uptown Art Show (Minneapolis), Art on the Square (Madison), St. Catherines (St. Paul), Thieves Market (Iowa City) and Eastside Artists (Iowa City).