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Welcome to Vine Baskets by Matt Tommey...

Thanks for visiting Vine Baskets by Matt Tommey! I hope you enjoy learning more about my work. I've been involved in fine craft making handmade baskets for about 18 years now and am a proud member of the Southern Highland Craft Guild. I primarily work in natural materials including kudzu, grapevine, bittersweet, honeysuckle, wisteria, eleagnus and willow harvested in a manner that promotes sustainability. Each one of my woven creations includes a handmade copper leaf from recycled copper which has become my trademark

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Honors & Featured Work

Winner of the "Festival Commissioner's Award" at the International Wickerwork Festival in Nowy Tomysl, Poland, August 28, 2011 from a field of 71 artists from 32 countries.

Ambassador & Demonstrator with National Basketry Organization to the International Wickerwork Festival in Nowy Tomsyl, Poland - August 2011.

Featured Artist - The Laurel of Asheville Magazine, May 2011. Click to view article.

Raising the Standards: New Members of the Southern Highland Craft Guild. July 16 - Sept. 18, 2011

Awarded Membership in the Southern Highland Craft Guild in the category of Fiber. February , 2011.

Elected to the Board of Directors for the National Basketry Organization - December 16, 2010.

 
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