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Eva is the manager of Vissinggaard and was educated as a teacher. Eva has worked
with basketry since 1983. She has taught basketry and organized courses
full-time since 1989.
Eva has exhibited in France, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Poland, Scotland,
Germany, Canda, Holland, Ireland and Denmark
as well as participated in craftfairs in KIC in Århus (Denmark), Risør in Norway
and Vallabregues, France. In 2003, 2004, and 2005 Eva Seidenfaden has exhibited
in the Greenhouses in the Botanic Gardens of Århus as well as Copenhagen, Denmark.
Lately part of her attention has been focused on spiral basketry from Dordogne in
France and Burkina Faso in Africa.
The book "The Art of Basketry - The Perigord Technique
and Tradition" was published in 2003, and it describes these techniques.
"Shopping Baskets - get rid of the plastic bags,
go for the shopping baskets" is an ongoing project initiated by Eva
Seidenfaden in January 2006 at Vissinggaard and in 2007 in Burkina Faso.
50 women are now involved in an export of multiple models.
Eva is part of the group Baskets4Life.
She travels around the world to all sorts of basketry festivals, symposiums and
get-togethers, she meets with fascinating and interesting personalities within
basketry in order to gain knowledge, techniques and inspiration for the
willow-teaching.
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