Gary Trentham is best known for his woven textiles and fiber sculptures, specifically hanging baskets in quiver shapes. He loved textiles from an early age, when his mother would dress him in unusual fabrics. He studied music in college, but soon switched to art history with studio classes in ceramics and weaving. He made his first basket while studying for his master of fine arts degree, and although he had no experience in basketmaking, he experimented with strips of corduroy and string to make a coiled, hollow form. Trentham made baskets ever since, primarily from waxed linen, twisting and knotting the fabric to form “any shape I want.”
