Artist

Gary Trentham

born Gleason, TN 1939
Media - portrait_image_113274.jpg - 90194
Courtesy Gary Trentham.
Also known as
  • Gary Lynn Trentham
Born
Gleason, Tennessee, United States
Active in
  • Auburn, Alabama, United States
Biography

Gary Trentham 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 has made baskets ever since, primarily from waxed linen, and enjoys twisting and knotting fabric to form "any shape I want."

Works by this artist (2 items)

George Grant Elmslie, Baluster Panel (one of a pair), 1899-1904, metal: cast iron/bronze plated, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1973.195.2
Baluster Panel (one of a pair)
Artist
Date1899-1904
metal: cast iron/bronze plated
Not on view
George Grant Elmslie, Baluster Panel (one of a pair), 1899-1904, metal: cast iron/bronze plated, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1973.195.1
Baluster Panel (one of a pair)
Artist
Date1899-1904
metal: cast iron/bronze plated
Not on view