Dorothy McGuinness took her first basket making class in 1987. She has participated in more than 200 basket workshops over the years. She has studied extensively with Jiro Yonezawa, a Japanese basket maker and teacher. Dorothy discovered her medium of choice in 2000, when she took a workshop with Jackie Abrams using watercolor paper as a basket weaving material. She now works exclusively in diagonal twills and mad weave creating contemporary sculptural baskets. What most attracts Dorothy to using paper and paint for weaving is the ability to play with color and pattern. She enjoysexploring the interplay of weaving, color and design in new sculptural pieces and continues to experiment with various weaving methods and techniques.
Dorothy has participated in numerous local, national and international shows and has won various national and international awards. In 2007 she participated in a Fiber Arts Certificate Program at the University of Washington Professional and Continuing Education School. She also participated in the EDGE professional development program sponsored by Artist Trust in Seattle, Washington. Dorothy was born in 1961 in Western Washington and currently resides in Everett, Washington.
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