For 25 years, Stephanie Craig has been practicing traditional Indigenous basket weaving, fighting carpal tunnel and arthritis in her hands, in order to keep the tradition alive. Craig, a member of the ...
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 ...
The Cache Creek Conservancy brings its popular basket-weaving series back to the Cache Creek Nature Preserve beginning at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 20. Expert weaver Ardith Read, a Yosemite Mewuk and ...
One of the strongest traditions in Gullah or Geechee, is basket weaving. One of the strongest traditions in Gullah, also sometimes referred to as Geechee, is basket weaving. Many enslaved West ...
That’s one of the many things Quileute tribal member Cathy Salazar has learned after 16 years of basket weaving. “The weave will get too tight or sloppy if you aren’t in the right frame of mind,” ...
Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X SCHUYLKILL HAVEN – “It’s basically a hobby that got way out of hand.” Lorraine Felker, of the ...
You’ll never look at a basket the same way once you’ve woven one,” says Natalie Boyett, owner of the Chicago Weaving School in Irving Park. “When you see how things are put together, it’s like you’ve ...
The Museum of Wisconsin Art (MOWA) will debut an exhibition this summer that shines a spotlight on the tradition of Ho-Chunk Black Ash Basketry. Titled “Weaving a Legacy,” this comprehensive showcase ...
Learn how to make a basket out of natural materials, like wisteria, kudzu, honeysuckle, grape and bramble vines, perfect for everyday use. Basketry is one of humankind’s oldest art forms – believed to ...