The Makers

Anne Scarpa McCauley

A self-taught Virginia basket maker who has woven wild honeysuckle for more than forty-five years. Two of her baskets are in the Smithsonian.

Made ofWild honeysuckle vine, no dye or finish

Made inFree Union, Virginia

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Leaf Bowl

From $250.00

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Large Low Leaf Basket

$2,000.00

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Woven Honeysuckle Trivet

From $67.00

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Leaf Napkin Ring

$78.00

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Woven Honeysuckle 13" Chargers

$235.00

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Nature Flat Basket 23"x18"

$3,000.00

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Nature Bowl Basket, 14 in

$665.00

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Round Leaf Basket

$369.00

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Oval Leaf 13" Basket

$400.00

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Sculptural Leaf Basket

$575.00

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Nature Bowl Basket, 16 × 12 in

$665.00

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Large Leaf Tray, 19 in

$2,000.00

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Harvest Bowl

$3,000.00

Why Southern Crafted

Makers museums collect.

Work by some of our makers is held in places like the Smithsonian.

Made to last generations

Small-batch and handmade, for everyday use and then for handing down.

Made in the South

100% of the artisans we carry work here in the South.

Free shipping over $300

Easy exchanges, too. Fragile pieces like glass and art ship at cost.

The maker

She taught herself, at twelve

Anne Scarpa McCauley is a self-taught basket maker in the Blue Ridge foothills of Virginia, and she has been weaving wild honeysuckle for more than forty-five years. She started at twelve on her parents' farm, weaving vines to pass the time while she watched the goats. Nobody showed her how. The style she has now is entirely her own, worked out one basket at a time.

The material

Honeysuckle, and nothing else

Every basket is wild honeysuckle vine, used as it comes: no dye, no finish. The vine is pale green when it's cut. With time, and faster in sunlight, it deepens to gold, and it keeps warming for years. It's also a tougher material than seagrass or bamboo, so her baskets are made for use, not just for a shelf.

Provenance

Two in the Smithsonian

Two of Anne's baskets are in the collection of the Smithsonian's Renwick Gallery, the national museum of American craft. The ones here are made the same way, by the same hands, for a sideboard or a kitchen counter, where the light can get to them.

The maker

Anne Scarpa McCauley

Anne started weaving honeysuckle vines at age 12 to pass the time while tending the goats on her parents’ farm in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains. She kept on developing her own unique style of weaving into adulthood, and is entirely self-taught. She has honed that personal style to a level of mastery that Anne now has two of her baskets in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution’s Renwick Gallery.

The self taught artisan only uses natural honeysuckle with no kind of finish. The honeysuckle vines are harvested as a light green color, but will over time turn into a beautiful deep gold that will continue to enrich the more it is in sunlight. Her medium also makes her baskets much sturdier than seagrass or bamboo.

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Anne Scarpa McCauley

Why Southern Crafted

She taught herself, at twelve

Honeysuckle, and nothing else

Two in the Smithsonian

Anne Scarpa McCauley

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Savannah, GA

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Anne Scarpa McCauley

Why Southern Crafted

She taught herself, at twelve

Honeysuckle, and nothing else

Two in the Smithsonian

Anne Scarpa McCauley

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Our Retail Location

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