Basket cases: The new trend in artisan weaves

Kya deLongchamps looks at the rise of earthy, tactile, handwoven items in the home — a strong and continuing trend with its feet firmly in the crafter’s camp.

The gentle Artisan trend in interiors has brought new interest and approaches in raw, traditional surfacing from hewn woods to stone, concrete, leather and most markedly this year — weaves in straps, reeds and grasses.

The marketplace is rich with everything from two handled Bolga baskets fashioned from Senegalese Ndiorokh prairie grasses (designed to sit upright or lie on their side) to a deeper appreciation of man-made materials including electrical wiring re-imagined back to ancient forms.