14 inch Small Fanner Sweetgrass Basket
A starburst of palmetto, sewn into a Gullah sweetgrass fanner
Look straight down into it. Corey lined up his palmetto stitches row over row, so they run out from the center like the spokes of a wheel. Keeping stitches that true across so many coils takes a steady hand, and here they hold nearly to the rim.
Up the sides, bands of dark bulrush alternate with pale sweetgrass, and the rim rises and dips in a gentle wave. It's a fanner, the wide, open form once used to winnow rice. At 14 inches it's a centerpiece: satsumas and pomegranates in the fall, lemons all winter, bread for the whole table at Thanksgiving.
There's no dye anywhere in it. The color is the plants' own, and it deepens with years of handling.
A starburst sewn into the floor
Big enough to be the centerpiece
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In the Smithsonian. And on your table.
Made to be used, not shelved
He starts behind the dunes, not in the studio.
The maker
Corey Alston
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