Debora Muhl is a self taught basket artist from Emmaus, PA, who uses the technique of coiling, in which coils of sweet grass are sewn together with waxed linens or artificial sinew. Her materials of choice are sweet grasses found in various parts of the United States as well as in Canada. All of the grass is gathered, combed & sorted by Native Americans.    

Debora Muhl began making baskets in 1984, but the challenge of mastering various techniques and materials eventually led her to create one-of-a-kind art pieces. Debora Muhl leaves the grasses in their natural state to preserve their aromas and often begins her free-form sculptures with a unique cut-out segment of gourd, designing in the process of creating. The resulting basket is a free form sculpture.

Music was Debora Muhl first passion. It gave Debora Muhl a vehicle for expressing deep feelings, and it taught she the necessity of bringing discipline and clarity of vision to work. Sculptural coiling allows Debora Muhl to create a kind of visual metaphor for the music of life. From there Muhl fully embraced a free-form contemporary aesthetic. She improvises every creation, designing as she stitches.