Wood for the Fire
Kathy Pollard
Mixed media, 4" tall, 4" deep, 2 1/2" wide
#1 in Burden Basket Series
Base: Jasper Beach stone
Body: Jasper Beach stone with beaded shawl and cotton skirt
Hair: Cotton embroidery floss
Basket: Cane, waxed linen and sticks
Tumpline: cordage from milkweed stems
This one-of-a-kind piece is part of a series of small sculptures that feature Native American women with burden baskets, each filled with a different gathered necessity, such as berries, sweetgrass and medicinal plants.
Kathy Pollard, a self-taught basketmaker of mixed European & Native American (Cherokee) ancestry, spent her early years in Southern Maryland & Southeastern Massachusetts. Her father’s early teachings and family experiences shaped her love of and appreciation for nature’s beauty and bounty.
