My bead tapestry crochet basket, Your Choice, is included in the National Basketry Organization’s Basketry Now 2025 exhibition through October 18, 2025 at the Textile Center in Minneapolis.
Your Choice was tapestry crocheted with four colored threads (each loaded with one bead color) in a spiral that moved from the center of the bottom outward and upwards towards the rim, like the spiral of life. Switching the threads back and forth while placing a bead behind each stitch created the contrasting imagery on the inside and outside. Black and red beads along the rim spell out CV2024 in binary. The basket is offered by my lost wax cast bronze hand.
The black words, swastikas, and beads symbolize evil. The brilliant red beads on the inside of the basket represent love, while the drab red thread on the outside symbolizes blood. We cannot control everything that life presents, but every choice we make has benefits and consequences. It is your choice to walk a path of love or hate.