This commercial session was so educational! Richard Krupa is a true artisan. He is the owner and craftsman at Woven Artistry. It was such a pleasure to work with him and Cindy Hardy of Designers Ink. Richard needed images of his baskets and also headshot of himself. These baskets are incredible! A little bit about them:

Every piece of the baskets are MADE BY HAND. Raw materials are sourced & hand-harvested from trees in the Kentucky region. Every part is made by hand. The handles, hoops, ribs and pegs are rived from White Oak trees that are wrought by hand and wittled to shape & size. The weavers are from the bark of Red Elm trees. The layers of bark are separated like a fan, then woven into the warp & weft of the design.

. . ROOTED in the Earth
. . WROUGHT by hand
. . REBORN into fine artistry

He has had his baskets on display at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and also showcased in the book A Measure of the Earth: The Cole-Ware Collection of American Baskets. It was a honor to meet and work with him.

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