Visit to the Peabody Museum!

The De-SE studio traveled to the Peabody Museum of Archeology and Ethnology (PMAE) at Harvard University to understand the traditional uses of agricultural bi-products in the craft culture of Central and Latin America. We studied a collection of baskets, mats and artifacts made from similar natural materials and fibers to those we are working with in the studio such as banana leaves, straw, jute, and bark. The artifacts exhibited construction techniques of weaving, knotting, coiling, and bending which resulted in a high level of craft in these often utilitarian objects.