PORT ANGELES — For millenniums, the tribes of the Olympic Peninsula have been sharing and trading basketry styles and weaving techniques — and that tradition continues to this day. So said Jamie ...
Join us for an engaging, hands-on introduction to the art of basket weaving. In this beginner-friendly class, participants will learn the fundamental weaving techniques needed to create their own ...
To be chosen for a National Heritage Fellowship is to be recognized as a kind of national treasure. The award is given by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and celebrates traditional and folk ...
(WKYT) - When you pull into the driveway at the Richmond home of Janice Luxon, you might notice a small wood sign with a basket in the middle and the words “Basket Weavers” and “Entrance” with an ...
Cherokee rivercane baskets have been getting smaller. These days, an intricately woven basket might be only the diameter of an apple. Artisans have been making some baskets smaller to make the most of ...
DULUTH - It was like a Norman Rockwell painting. Four people hoisted a large log onto their shoulders. Through the snow, they trudged about 100 feet from a ground-level workshop to a Congdon Park ...
In the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving, I went searching for a handmade cornucopia in Kentucky. I came back with a really beautiful story of gratitude and a deep appreciation for an ancient art.
The end result of a successful basket weaving project. This version has two side handles. Everybody loves a basket! And whether you’re using that woven container to tote vegetables from the garden, ...
Sydney fibre artist Catriona Pollard in the bush surrounding her studio. She says weaving is “about letting the material speak”. Credit: Janie Barrett Iam sitting in a church hall with 15 women and ...
This story is part of a series from CBC's Eskasoni Community Bureau, based out of the Sarah Denny Cultural Centre. This series comes from weeks of conversations with community members about what they ...