Over the weekend, the sun finally showed itself again, and I just wanted to sit and bask in it. The spring has emerged late this year, but the plants are finally starting to wake up. The canals in Amsterdam are lined with elegant weeping willows, and I’ve had a particular love for these trees since we had one growing in the backyard when I was a kid.
For the last few weeks I’d been thinking about willow as a material. It’s been used for thousands of years to weave all sorts of practical items. So, while out on a warm and sunny dog walk, I decided to collect fallen willow branches. I sat down with an idea to weave them, but the idea I had in mind was that I only want to make USELESS OBJECTS. I am interested in the idea of uselessness, human nature, and a shared environment.