Patti Quinn Hill

Galadriel Lady of Lorien

100% cotton archival paper, acrylic paint, wood base, metallic thread

“When I am weaving my woven vessels of paper, I listen to audiobooks. I was listening to ‘Lord of the Rings,’ and a description of Galadriel was given, and I thought that it sounds like a basket to me. I took notes about how lovely she is and used that as inspiration for this piece…

Basketmaking is meditative, relaxing, and has a rhythm that I find pleasurable. My greatest pleasure in the process is to sit back and view my finished work, and enjoy the thought of sharing a part of myself with the world that will endure long after I am gone.”

— Patti Quinn Hill

About the artist

Patti Quinn Hill

American

Patti Quinn Hill was born in 1948 in New Orleans, Louisiana, and is now residing on a wonderful farm in Weaverville, NC. Patti has been a basket maker since 1987. She is a member of the Southern Highland Craft Guild and has been on the Board of Trustees for that organization and is a member of many national basket maker organizations. Her teaching experience consists of Penland School of Craft, Arrowmont School of Craft, National Basketry Organization, CraftSummer at Miami University of Ohio, Appalachian Center for Craft, Tennessee Arts Academy, Tennessee Art Educators Association, American Craft Council Southeast Seminar, and teaching for private groups and guilds. She has been featured in many gallery exhibitions, books on basketmaking, as well as wreath making and beadwork. Patti has won awards for her baskets at gallery shows and fairs and national basket maker conventions. Her work can be found in many private and corporate collections around the world. Her contemporary style leans more to the artistic elements of design working in archival paper. Patti's woven vessels of paper can be acquired through Blue Spiral I Gallery, the Folk Art Center, and by commission.