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SWAIA ARTIST Profile

Mary Aitson

Name
Mary Aitson
Tribe
Cherokee Nation
Juried Classification(s)
Basketry
Website

SWAIA Booth History

SFIM25
FR N 328
SFIM24
FR N 328
WIM25

2024 Award History

N/A
Portfolio Example & Artist Statement
Mary Aitson

Mary creates baskets using the double wall method of weaving Cherokee round reed baskets. She uses hand gathered honeysuckle vines and buckbrush vines to create her baskets and creates dyes from natural items like bloodroot and black walnuts, peach leaves, elderberries, blackberries to name a few.