PINE NEEDLE BASKET WITH RUST AND BLACK STONE ornaments Village on a freighter

Village on a freighter

Image Size: 9 5/8" x 131/2"

he crawled up on a mining barge

Ann Miletich

Art is Jon’s life and Alaska

PINE NEEDLE BASKET WITH RUST AND BLACK STONE ornaments Village on a freighterDimensions: 9 x 9 x 2 Natural needles enhanced with black stitching were used to create this gorgeous basket by weaver, Sharon Filyaw. The basket showcases a beautiful rust and black stone. Artist Sharon Filyaw moved to Ketchikan in 1980 from Washingtons Olympic Peninsula when her parents followed their Alaskan Dream. She saw her first pine needle basket when she was 15 and fell in love with the art form and was determined to learn to make them. She