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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

After spending 40-plus hours weaving a Nantucket Lightship Basket, Patty Campbell sometimes has a hard time handing over the finished product to a customer. “Weaving the baskets is very rewarding and ...

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Under the scorching afternoon sun of Bolgatanga, a rural community north of Ghana, Patience Apambila is splitting strands of dry grass in preparation for weaving them into baskets. Apambila is one of ...

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 ...