STATEMENT
I have been involved in making art throughout my life. I spent my career as an elementary art teacher, so for many years I did my best to help young people value art and learn to make their own. At the same time, I knew that it was important to engage in my own creative pursuits, so through the years I enjoyed making pottery, oil painting, and presently am obsessed with basket-making. So for the past 26 years since I’ve retired, I have been creating hand-woven baskets.
If one loves to make things, it’s important to move those things along to new owners in order to have the space to continue to make more of the things that one loves. Thus, I enjoy participating in art and craft shows, such as the Tour des Arts. When I sell a basket that I’ve made, it’s wonderful to know that someone else values my work, and it validates what I’m doing, and encourages me to want to make more.
It’s exciting for me to see my work on display, and I hope that visitors will enjoy coming to my studio, where looking at the beautiful baskets on display will make them happy.
I have no etherial inspiration or lofty artistic intentions when weaving baskets, I simply. love to weave and to create beautiful shapes that are lovely to look at functional to use.
BIOGRAPHY
The basket-maker, Lynn Ebeling is a graduate of the Carnegie Mellon University from which she earned a bachelor’s degree in Art Education in 1968.
She did graduate work at the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, Kutztown University, and at the College of New Jersey.
She spent her career as an elementary art teacher for the Pennsbury School District in Pa. for 25 years.
Since retiring in 1999, she has enjoyed participating in the fine craft of basket weaving.
She has worked under the instruction of several master basket weavers, including Karen Wychock, Martha Dreswick, and Liz Fulmer, along with others in the Central Pa. Basketweavers’ Guild.
Now weaving baskets is her chosen passion and craft, creating woven shapes that are both beautiful and functional.
STATEMENT
My name is Lynn Ebeling, and I love to weave baskets.
The primary material that I use to weave my baskets is called reed, some is in its natural color and some I have dyed with fabric dyes to use in creating colorful patterns on the baskets.
Some of the baskets have handles that are made of wood, others are of bone or antler.
The shapes and sizes of my baskets are of a great variety, which makes my work interesting for me to do and for you to look at.
I have no etherial inspirations or lofty artistic intentions when I weave baskets, I simply love to weave beautiful and functional shapes that are lovely to look at and to use.
I invite you to come to my studio to see my creations, hoping that looking at my baskets will please you and make you happy.
BIOGRAPHY
Lynn Ebeling has been involved in making art throughout her life. She is a graduate of the Carnegie Mellon University from which she earned a degree in Art Education in 1968. She spent her career as an elementary art teacher for the Pennsbury School District in Pennsylvania for 25 years, teaching young people to value art, and to make their own.
At the same time, she knew that it was important to engage in her own creative pursuits, so since she has been retired for the last 25 years, she has enjoyed oil painting, making pottery and most recently has fallen in love with basket weaving.
She has worked under the instruction of several master basket weavers, including Karen Wychock, Martha Dreswick and Liz Fulmer, along with others in the Central Pennsylvania Basketmakers Guild.
Now weaving baskets is her chosen craft, and she delights in creating woven shapes that are both beautiful and functional.