Artisans' Guild Gallery • 201 SE 2nd Place, Suite 113 • Gainesville, FL 32601
Phone: 352.378.1383
Gallery Hours: 10 AM-7 PM Monday-Thursday, 10 AM-9 PM Friday-Saturday,12 noon to 5 PM Sunday
Nancy Gildersleeve
Mixed Media
Artist Biography
I've been making baskets for years and first taught basket making as a craft counselor at summer camp during college. A hand weaver for many years and a hiker, I like to add interesting yarn, beads, fiber and various plant materials to my baskets. North Florida, with its native long leaf pine trees is a good locale for someone making coiled baskets in the old pine needle tradition. More recently I've been experimenting with palmetto fiber and strips of palmetto using these as overlays on top of coiled rows or as basket bases.
