Artist

Dona Look

born Port Washington, WI 1948
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Image courtesy of the artist
Also known as
  • Dona Jean Look
Born
Port Washington, Wisconsin, United States
Active in
  • Algoma, Wisconsin, United States
Biography

Dona [DOE-nah] Look received her BA from the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh. She has received two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and several top awards from the Philadelphia Craft Show. Her work has been featured in several books and magazines, including FIBERARTS and The Traveler's Guide to American Crafts. She is represented in the collections of the American Craft Museum and the Arkansas Arts Center, as well as the Erie Art Museum.

White House Collection of American Crafts exhibition (Washington D.C.: National Museum of American Art, 1995)

Works by this artist (2 items)

Dona Look, Birch Bark Basket #2001-2, 2001, sewn and wrapped white birch bark and waxed silk thread, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Renwick Acquisitions Fund, 2002.67
Birch Bark Basket #2001 – 2
Artist
Date2001
sewn and wrapped white birch bark and waxed silk thread
On view
Dona Look, Basket 968, 1996, white birch bark and waxed silk thread, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Martha G. Ware and Steven R. Cole, 2011.47.42
Basket 968
Artist
Date1996
white birch bark and waxed silk thread
Not on view

Related Books

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A Measure of the Earth
A Measure of the Earth provides an window into the traditional basketry revival of the past fifty years. Nicholas Bell’s essay details the longstanding use of traditional fibers, such as black ash, white oak, willow, and sweetgrass and the perseverance of a select few to harvest these elements—the land itself—for the enrichment of daily life. Drawing on conversations with basketmakers from across the country and reproducing many of their documentary photographs, Bell offers an intimate glimpse of their lifeways, motivations, and hopes. Lavish illustrations of every basket in the exhibition convey the humble, tactile beauty of these functional vessels.