Janet Carreau

Janet Carreau is a Nantucket Lightship Basket maker whose work reflects the island’s maritime heritage. Fascinated with these iconic baskets since childhood, she began creating them more than thirty years ago.

Each basket is handmade and one of a kind, woven using traditional techniques and adorned with ivory and ebony carvings and scrimshaw.

Carreau is a member of the Nantucket Lightship Basket Association. Her work has been displayed at the Nantucket Lightship Basket Museum and has received numerous awards for outstanding craftsmanship.