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Leaf Bowl

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Sale price$250.00

Small, Sculptural, and Handwoven

A deep, round bowl with a firm banded rim, and a spray of woven leaves that falls from the rim into the bowl itself. Anne Scarpa McCauley works the leaves from skinned honeysuckle, so they sit pale against the darker weave behind them.

The vine is wild honeysuckle gathered in Virginia, with no dye or finish, and its color deepens toward gold with time.

It comes in two sizes. The 7½-inch suits a bedside table or a desk; the 11-inch will hold bread or a few lemons on the kitchen counter.

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In the Smithsonian. And on your table.

Two of Anne's baskets live in the Smithsonian's permanent collection. These are made the same way, by the same hands, from the same pattern she invented at twelve. The difference is you can fill this one with bread and set it out for company.

Built to be used, not admired

Strong, light, and made to be handled — Anne builds these for use, not for a shelf. Larger ones carry a wire through the handle, wrapped back over in honeysuckle, so you can load them up and pass them down the table without a second thought.

A young girl in a green field kneels beside a woven basket, with sheep and rolling hills in the background.

Self-taught at twelve. Still weaving.

Anne is entirely self-taught. She worked out her weave at twelve, tending goats in the Virginia hills, and has used that same pattern for every basket since — well over forty years of them. No lessons, no borrowed methods. Just hers.

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

Made in the South

We source 100% of our products from makers across the South.

 Made to be handed down 

Wood-fired stoneware and hand-forged steel, made for everyday use and then the next generation.

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Craftsman Profile

Anne Scarpa McCauley

Born in Vermont, Anne moved with her family to Virginia at age four. She grew up in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, one of eleven children.

Her family, early hippies, had many animals including dairy goats. Anne often had the job of tending the herd of goats on unfenced parts of the property. Anne sometimes made little circles or wreaths for her hair with the nearby honeysuckle. At age twelve she made her first basket, using a coil made of honeysuckle. This same coil pattern is used in all her baskets.

Anne's baskets are original and unique. She has never taken lessons, studied books or contacted other basket makers for ideas. Anne has been making these for over thirty years and has won many awards, including being included in the Smithsonian's collection of American craft objects at the Renwick Gallery.

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