By My Hand: Holding Power

The By My Hand: Holding Power exhibit was on view in Nov/Dec. of 2025. View award winners below.

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April Skahan (1)hemp, yarn twine

April Skahan (2)hemp, yarn twine

Ashli Tyre (1)Twined basket woven with dandelion stems and horseradish leaf fiber

Ashli Tyre (2)Miniature rice basket in twined wax linen

Avary Rose McKay (1)*BEST OF SHOW* 6.5mm black cord (warp) & cotton embroidery string

Avary Rose McKay (2)*BEST MICRO MINIATURE* 6.5mm black cord (warp) & cotton embroidery string/special dyed cotton yarn

Bernadine Mardel (1)Colored embroidery and waxed cotton twine edged with leather and edged with suede blanket bias

Bernadine Mardel (2)BEST WA'PAAS Colored embroidery and waxed cotton twine edged with leather and edged with suede blanket bias

Brosnan Spencer (1)Coiled Cedar Root Basket

Brosnan Spencer (2)Twined yarn basket w/ dogbane cordage w/ self-made smoked buckskin rim and turquoise and glass beads

Cassie Pattock (1)Coil lidded basket woven from weedy garden grass and indigo dyed by artist

Cassie Pattock (2)*HONORABLE MENTION* Coiled basket with lid made from bailing twine fibers (had been around alfalfa hay) wrapped with artificial sinew

Christine CoxIn honor of my bluebird relatives.

Claudia Mullek (1)Sea Anemone form: beads, beading thread, modified peyote stitch, inspired by sea creatures

Claudia Mullek (2)*BEST NON-TRADITIONAL MATERIALS* Sea Cucumber form: beads, beading thread, modified peyote stitch, inspired by sea creatures

Courtney Little Hoop (1)Plateau-style woven basket is woven using medium cotton yarn. The twine used adds texture and the basket is finished with buckskin using small crystal embellishments. Color and pattern are inspired by my Lakota heritage but this basket serves as a bridge between the Plains and the Plateau.

Cynthia Halfmoon (1)Hemp, cotton crochet yarn w/ red, white blue

Cynthia Halfmoon (2)Jute, acrylic yarn, tan, purple, brown

Donna C. Kuttner (1)Croscomia, day lily, clover stem, bindweed

Donna C. Kuttner (2)*BEST POST CONSUMER WASTE* Computer wire

Esther Reiquam (1)Miniature twined burden basket, waxed linen

Esther Reiquam (2)A Bird's Home Depot: Nesting material basket to be hung in a tree in spring for birds to help themselves. Akebia vine, waxed raffia, Navajo Churro sheep wool dyed with cochineal

Fabian Spencer (1)*HONORABLE MENTION* Hemp twine, cotton embroidery floss, felt, buckskin

Fabian Spencer (2)Hemp twine, cotton embroidery floss, felt, beads

Gayle Lawn Day (1)"Hard and soft in harmony" cotton & acrylic yarn, metal beads

Gayle Lawn Day (2)"The Happy Forest" cotton yarn, acrylic yarn, metal beads, leather

Gloria Stanley (2)Round Ribbed Basket: morning glory vine, dandelion stems, cedar handle

Gloria Stanley (1)*BEST NATURAL FIBERS* Oval Ribbed Basket: morning glory vine, dandelion stems, cedar handle

Jamie Latham (1)Pine needles, embroidery floss

Jamie Latham Basket 2Willow bark

Janet Schoel (1)Reed twinning w/ floss embellishment and ribbon hanger and bells

Judy A. Rice Basket 2Wool and cotton twine

Judy A. Rice (2)Cane and hand woven cotton

Kawika Maui Kalama (1)Twined basket from upcycled acrylic threads (purple and gold)

Kawika Maui Kalama (2)*HONORABLE MENTION* Lauhala (pandanus/screwpine basket)

Kim Larson (1)"Mini Mati" Waxed embroidery tread, cotton cord, glass eye bead

Kim Larson (2)"Galdaria Fun" waxed embroidery thread, jute cord

Marie Pratuch Basket 1Jute twine, cotton yarn, microfiber material. I call it "Sunfish."

Marie Pratuch Basket 2Jute twine w/ cotton yarn-- I call it "moving forward."

Marion Halupczok (1)*HONORABLE MENTION* Natural Learning. Cedar, sea grass, and crocosmia: Cedar Stakes & Weft both exterior and interior of the bark. Sea grass kept its green color. Crocosmia showed its fall color.

Marion Halupczok Basket 2"Sea Anemone" sea anenome sitting on a reef in the ocean. Mouth open waiting for the fish to swim by. Nylon cord, Acrylic & Novelty yarn/fiber.

Mercy Ballard (1)First basket ever, cotton wool blend yarns

Peg Haug (1)Spruce root and waxed linen

Peg Haug (2)Waxed linen-- forest green

Robin Rankin Coffin (1)Twined yarn over hemp cord

Robin Rankin Coffin Basket 2*BEST PATTERN* Twined x's of copper wire over red cedar bark around ash strip

Sara Castro Basket 1Pine needles, artificial sinew

Sara Castro Basket 2Dry seagrass and artificial sinew with lid

Sara Jo Thompson (1)Hemp cord and cotton/acrylic yarns. A pictoral weave showing the white waters of Celilo Falls and the Columbia River, with a fishing scaffold on top of the rocks.

Sherrie Fairfield-Larson (1)Twined, crochet, waxed linen and fishnet techniques woven on sea glass collected on the Oregon beach with beads

Sherrie Fairfield-Larson (2)*SPECIAL JUDGES' AWARD" "SW Road Travels" twined waxed linen 2ply & beads for embellishments with stone (pot hole rock)

Susan Dirk (1)Tiny basket made with red and black waxed lining

Tamara Fritze (1)Paper covered wire, waxed linen thread, paper, acrylic paint. bead techniques: closed coiling, looping

Tamara Fritze (2)Hemp cord, waxed linen thread teachniques: closed coiling

Vicki M. Hughes (1)Pine needle, synthetic sinew

Vicky Nickleson (1)Cedar bark, NW sweet grass, (schoenplectus Americanus) salmon fish skin, plaited start twined with sweet grass and embellished with a strip of salmon skin, the rim is Diagonal Fold

Vicky Nickleson (2)Dandelion stems and rhubarb, plaited start with with dandelion stems and twined with dandelion stems and rhubarb, completed with a braided rim

AWARDS

Thanks to the generosity of Frank Duff and Nancy Rees Duff, we presented the following awards:

Best of Show – Avary Rose McKay

Best Wa’paas by an enrolled tribal member – Bernadine Mardel

Best use of post-consumer waste – Donna C. Kuttner

Best use of non-traditional materials – Claudia Mullek

Best Micro-Miniature (Less than 1″ in any direction) – Avary Rose McKay

Best Natural Fibers (100% natural materials) – Gloria Stanley

Best Pattern – Robin Rankin Coffin

Honorable Mentions – Marion Halupczok, Fabian Spencer, Kawika Maui Kalama

Special Judge’s Award – Sherrie Fairfield-Larson

THANK YOU TO OUR JUDGES:

Joseph “Joey” Lavadour, Master weaver, weaving instructor
Jacy Sohappy, Traditional Arts practitioner, Culture bearer, Arts administrator
Nancy Rees Duff, Studio artist, retired art teacher

Additional kudos to our Program Assistant Hadley Marshall for spearheading this project.