Curves: Weekly Photo Challenge
“A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.”
Phyllis Diller
This week our photo challenge, Curves, was timed beautifully as my husband and I had just spent a day sharing our beautiful city with some out-of-town guests. One of the highlights of our lovely Charleston is the beautiful work local Gullah artisans do to create sweetgrass baskets. Skills that were originally brought with slaves in the early 1700s and handed down for many generations, the baskets are made from the grasses and reeds that grow in our sandy soil. The baskets of Mary Jackson are featured in the Smithsonian American Art museum, which notes the graceful curves of her work.
Many thanks to those who sent along birthday wishes for my husband. Our celebration was a great success and we especially enjoyed sharing it with so many of our friends and family members.
I love it. Great shot.
Thank you Keith
Gorgeous very evocative photo!
Peta
Many thanks Peta!
Hi Tina,
Beautiful portrait! (I know it is a funny way of talking about an object, but that’s how it feels to me:)).
How’s your summer going?
Svetlana
HI Svetlana! Summer’s been great. Big road trip they the Pacific Northwest underway making it difficult to post and follow friends’ blogs but otherwise terrific! Thanks for stopping in!
Beautiful basket detail, T. The post-processing looks quite painterly.
Thanks Jane, interesting “painterly” description. It was actually a book cover in a shop window. Very little post processing because the subject itself was painterly 😊
That explains it!
Excellent.
Thanks Rabirius
Elegant, clean curves! Beautifully captured.
Thanks Timy, they’re beautiful in person
Very beautiful perspective; the intricately woven basket is a true work of art. 🙂
Thank you Yousuf, it’s a wonderful art passed down for many generations. We are lucky to have it so prevalent here.
They are really beautiful. 🙂
Beautiful artwork displayed in your photo
Many thanks Nora!
Elegant, beautiful basket via your lens!
Thank you for sharing, Tina. 🙂
Many thanks Amy!
Beautifully caught Tina. I love it!
Many thanks R2T, they’re quite the local favorites!
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You made it glow Tina. I love baskets. They are so … Organic.
Thanks Eduardo, they are indeed
How beautiful Tina!
Many thanks Mithriluna!
what a beautiful look to a Charleston classic we’ve become accustomed to. Love the lighting!
Thanks ML, interestingly I took this one thru a shop window 😊
Beautiful and graceful curves, Tina. A very happy birthday to your husband, too. 🙂
Thanks Patti, and my husband thanks you too😊😊
Everything is beautiful about this. Harmony in colours as well.
Thanks very much Leya. BTW I tried to comment on your last post and it crashed my app 3 times so I gave up. Sorry😒
Did you feature these baskets in another post a while ago? I was taken with the sinuous curves then (I think) and am still now! Beautiful photo of a beautiful piece of art.
Wow lex, excellent memory. I did indeed feature it in an earlier post 😊 thought it was long enough ago that no one would remember!
Must be that the photo was so good it stuck in my mind!
Beautiful. I love the textures.
Thanks WC, they do turn nature into art, don’t they?
That smiley quote! Perfection 🙂 🙂
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Thanks Jo, I liked that one too!!
Very beautiful picture of beautiful baskets!
Many thanks!
What a beauty, Tina! I’ve read a lot about these baskets.
janet
Thanks Janet, they are a beautiful but dying art.
Beautiful Tina!
Thx Nicole
Such a beautiful shot, Tina! I love the intricacy of the weaving. Have a lovely week! xx
Thanks Grace. Hope alls well with you, you’ve not been posting lately.
Thank you, Tina. We were away on an anniversary trip and then arrived home to news that my brother has cancer. It’s been a difficult week but hopefully I will be posting again next week. ❤
So sorry to hear that Grace. Hope he fights a good fight!
great example of curves!! i always get a warm feeling when i see sweetgrass baskets as it brings me back home!! thanx😘
I agree April!
We loved your beautiful city and admired the sweet grass baskets!
Glad to hear it Susan, thanks! We are transplants but we love it down here.
Happy belated birthday Bailey!
😊 thanks Jude!
I almost thought this GOLD – and then to hear it is a basket – well quite an artsy basket photo Tina – it has so many dimensions….
and glad you are not too post-party exhausted….
Thanks Yvette, the baskets nearly do glow in the sun. They’re quite special
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Beautiful work photographed beautifully! 🙂
Thanks Adrian – it’s a shame that the skills are dying out with the new generation.
I bet those are beautiful to see, and wonderful to smell. I love sweetgrass.
You’re right Mary, it has a very distinctive smell that I love as well. Thanks for stopping by!
What a beautiful post!
Thanks Jane – they’re beautiful works of art aren’t they – you could do a beautiful painting of them girlfriend!
A wonderful image for the challenge, Tina. Such lovely work. Happy that your husband had such a wonderful birthday celebration. I wish him many more. 🙂
Thanks so much Sylvia – it was terrific and I’m very happy it’s over!
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Such a simple yet so beautiful interpretation of this week’s theme, Tina. A smile can do wonders, be it smiling at someone or smiling to yourself. Hope it was a good day with the out-of-towners, and hope they got to learn about the sweetgrass baskets. It is a lovely capture there of one of them and this one looks like it’s glowing gold at the handles 😀 Wonderfully framed 🙂
Thanks Mabel – it was a beautiful (if hot) day and our visitors took home a lovely bread basket as well as a photo with the artist. The basket in the photo was actually the cover of a book that I shot through a shop window – ya never know do you!?
Lovely curves here, Tina!
Thanks Sue!
A basketful of thanks for all the smiles your photos put on our faces!
Thanks GF! Thanks for the smiles back 🙂
I am sending you a very large “curvy” smile. Just picture it!
Got it! Thanks Suz 😊
wonderful curves and wonderful saying
Thanks DM!
What a wonderful photo and accompanying words.
Thanks very much Miriam!
Over the years, we’ve bought several of these baskets. I’ve even photographed the makers and sometimes their family members who sell from their stands along the highway. I love the composition, the workmanship, and the products. But I really, really love your perspective in this photo! You’ve created an additional masterpiece!
Thanks so much, I too am a big fan of these baskets and the crafstmanship that goes into them. Hope you European adventure is going well!
We’re back from the European adventure. Saw a few great baskets in Romania, but no room in suitcase for any of them. Headed to Pawleys Island for a few days, and I’ll probably see some of the Gullah baskets then. Hope your summer is going well.