Cin’s intention for this work was to talk about the precarity of the straw industry, in which so many workers and materials are underpaid.
Inside The Silverfish: Cin on Craft, Culture, and Consumption
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Beyond Objecthood: The Straw Baskets of William ‘Old Iron’ Colebrooke
Tradition shifts, adapts, and survives in new ways. From Colebrooke’s hands in Red Bays to contemporary artists, straw work embodies something that can’t be bought or sold.