In Maine, pushing the boundaries of basket art

“First Light” (ash, sweetgrass, birchbark, porcupine quills, and synthetic dye), by Jeremy Frey, a member of the Passamaquoddy Tribe, in his show “Jeremy Frey: Woven,’’ through Sept. 15, at the Portland Museum of Art. It’s from the collection of the Farnsworth Museum of Art, Rockland, Maine. Copyright Jeremy Frey

Photograph by Jared Lank (Mi'kmaq)

The museum says:

“Jeremy Frey is a seventh-generation basket maker who is one of the most celebrated Indigenous weavers in the country. His work is meticulously detailed and pushes the boundaries of what is possible in his medium. "I try to create a newer and more elaborate version of my work each time I weave," he said.