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Gift of the Markku Kosonen Family and The Center for Art in Wood, Philadelphiaexpand_more 2016.86
Birch Bark Object VIII is an example of Kosonen’s open-weave baskets, essentially a loosely-woven object made of thick strips of Finnish birch bark. From the bottom it appears almost spherical. Kosonen, as a modern wood artist, brings the traditional crafts of Finland—here basketmaking, which is an important tradition that has for centuries produced a crucial household object—together with the contemporary wood art tradition that moves away from the functional object.
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