Jon Groom

http://youtu.be/a8hi2Z8p8wo


http://youtu.be/brVpnOsHV7E


http://youtu.be/S0aZOh8QEEk

Matt Sellars

Douglas Coupland

Andy Goldsworthy

MARIO MERZ

'Through the igloo motif Merz explores the fundamentals of human existence: shelter, nourishment and humanity's relationship to nature. He examines the lost purity of pre-industrial societies as well as the changing, nomadic identity of modern man. Merz's igloos are comprised of diverse materials including the organic and the artificial, the opaque and the transparent, the heavy and the lightweight.'  http://www.gagosian.com/exhibitions/britannia-street-2006-02-mario-merz/

Anna King

'NESTS

Baskets - what are they? Traditionally thought of as utilitarian objects for containing, storing and transporting goods. They are also used ritualistically in what is considered to be the more primitive cultures - N & S America, Australia and Polynesia, for example.

NESTS - a theme I have been working with for the last few years. Many of the pieces I have made fit the context of the coiled basketry technique: enfolding, enclosing, protecting and sometimes even excluding. I have based this series on collected materials - feathers, felted wool and hair, shells and other ephemera. None of these decorative additions is arbitrary — they generally relate to walks and places I have visited: collected in the field, imbuing each basket with its own identity and sense of place.

My baskets are allowed to be whatever they want to be; what you see is what you want to see.'
http://www.scottishbasketmakerscircle.org/annaking.html