LISE BECH INTERWOVEN 6 January - 3 February 2018
Lise in her garden, 2017
LISE BECH INTERWOVEN 6 January - 3 February 2018
This is Lise Bech’s second solo exhibition with The Gallery, after her hugely successful show in 2017. Originally from Denmark, Lise Bech now lives and works from her studio in Fife, where she grows a wide range of willows (Salix species) for her basket making. In addition to her cultivated willow beds, the local landscape provides a rich source of other traditional basketry materials (heather, fieldrush, hairmoss) and more experimental fibre plants (birch, broom) which are occasionally used for embellishment. Lise’s initial interest and motivation in taking up basketry was her desire to be involved with the whole process of making beautiful and useful organic objects: from the growing and harvest of the raw materials through to design and final execution of the piece - each step satisfying her love of and commitment to the natural world. Working exclusively with Scottish willow - much of it organically grown, tended and harvested (coppiced) by hand she weaves traditional as well as contemporary pieces.
Lyre, 2017 homegrown organic willow H:53 x W:38 cms £195
Mulahara, 2017 homegrown organic willow (Salix Lasiandra & Rouge d’Orleans) H:36 x W:48 cms £150
Swadhisthana, 2017 homegrown organic willow (Salix purpurea Dickie Meadows & Rouge d’Orleans) £140
Lise’s bundles of willow, 2017
Anahata, 2017 homegrown organic willow (steamed Somerset willow & lathes) H:52 x W:96 cms ÂŁ380
“The scents of natural materials like willow are part of experiencing this work� Lise Bech, 2016
Lise Bech harvesting homegrown willow Photo: Shannon Tofts
Manipura, 2017 homegrown organic willow (Salix Alba Britzensis & painted lathes) H:56 x W:99 cms ÂŁ420
Vishudda, 2017 homegrown organic willow (Salix purpurea Dickie Meadows & painted lathes) H:51 x W:96 cms ÂŁ380
Vishudda, 2017 homegrown organic willow (Salix Lasiandra, Rouge d’Orleans & ‘Lathrisk’) H:96 x W:56 cms £395
Sahasrara, 2017 homegrown organic willow (Salix purpurea Dickie Meadows & Rouge d’Orleans with laths) H:67 x W:96 cms £450
Music of the Spheres, 2017 homegrown organic willow (Salix purpurea Dickie Meadows & split hazel) H:82 x W:42 cms ÂŁ240
Lise Bech’s garden, 2017
Collection of Kishies, 2014-2017 homegrown organic willow (Salix Purpurea Dickie Meadows, Somerset & Glenbuck Loch Cornus) H:15-25 x W:14-25 cm £85 - £120
Detail of Kishie, 2014 homegrown organic willow (Glenbuck Loch Cornus) H:15 x W:15 cms ÂŁ85
Lise Bech weaving homegrown willow
LISE BECH b. 1951 SELECTED COMMISSIONS: 2003 2001 1999 1997
Channel 4 Timeteam, Fishtraps Design for the Dales, Stanhope School, Northumberland Craig Brown (Football manager Scottish Team) Kilmartin House Museum. Replica of prehistoric basket
SELECTED COLLECTIONS: Bilston Craft Gallery South Ayrshire Council Chris Ballance, MSP Dr Helen Bennett, MBE Shambellie House, National Museum of Scotland SELECTED AWARDS: 2015 Craft & Design Magazine Silver Award in Specialist Media 2005 Two Professional Development grants, Scottish Arts Council 2005 DTI Research Grant to SOFA, New York 2005 Marketing Grant, Develop Craft Ayrshire 2004 Creative Development Grant, Scottish Arts Council 2003 Basketmakers Association: bursary to attend International Basketry Summerschool, Denmark
Lise regularly runs courses and takes part in a range of events at The National Museum of Rural Life, East Kilbride and at The Stables, Falkland, Fife.
Published by The Scottish Gallery to coincide with the exhibition: INTERWOVEN - LISE BECH 6 JANUARY - 3 February 2018 All rights reserved. No part of this catalogue may be reproduced in any form by print, photocopy or by any other means, without the permission of the copyright holders and of the publishers.
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