Samuel Yao

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Samuel Yao

  • A tall basket with a handle around the lip. The palms are woven to create a zigzag pattern across the middle. Created by Samuel Yao.
  • A tall basket, wide at the bottom and narrow at the top, with a handle around the lip. Created by Samuel Yao.
  • A wide basket with the Inflorescence forming the handle. The palms are woven to create varying texture from stripe to stripe. Created by Samuel Yao.
  • A wide crescent shaped basket with a long textured yellow handle and several red accents throughout. Created by Samuel Yao.
  • A collection of Samuel Yao’s hand woven palm baskets in a booth setting. The white background boosts the rich colors of each basket.

Samuel Yao
Ann Arbor, MI

All my sculptural baskets are hand woven with material from palm trees. The palm tree fiber and the inflorescence are gathered from fallen fronds that have been blown down by the wind. There are many different varieties of palms used in my baskets. Each has a different texture, shape, color, and size that provide a very unique combination and design for each piece.