Sarah Paramor Baskets, Applecross

Dark Tendril Bag

Bias-plaited corsetry boning, elastic. Won second prize in the Worshipful Company of Basketmakers’ “Basketry of the Year 2018” competition. Corsetry boning is dark and glinty, usually hidden; used in a dress by couturier Deborah Milner. Form inspired by old images of sea anemones; imagined as a bag for the catwalk.

Dark Tendril Bag

Bias-plaited corsetry boning, elastic. Uses the traditional basketry technique of bias plaiting, applied to an unusual material. This image shows the handle, which uses a wrapping technique traditionally used on the cane handles of silver teapots. Corsetry usually reins female bodies in; I was interested in setting the material free...