His career began in with ceramics and weaving in the 1940s, but evolved over the next decade into basket making, including playful baskets made from nontraditional materials such as plastic and newspaper.
McQueen, John, John McQueen, the language of containment, essays by Vicki Halper and Ed Rossbach, Washington, D.C., Renwick Gallery, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1991.
Rossbach, Ed, The art of Paisley, New York, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., 1980.
Rossbach, Ed, Ed Rossbach, 40 years of exploration and innovation in fiber art, Asheville, N.C., Lark Books, 1990.
Rossbach, Ed, The nature of basketry, West Chester, Pa., Schiffer Pub., 1986.
Rossbach, Ed., The new basketry, New York, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1976.
Smith, Paul J., Ties that bind, fiber art by Ed Rossbach and Katherine Westphal from the Daphne Farago collection, Providence, RI, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, 1997.