GOLD HILL — Today, class, we have a lesson in making baskets. We will not be making just any old basket, but fine ash wood baskets using traditional methods of preparing the wooden “splints.” Many ...

LINCOLN, Maine (WABI) - If you go ice fishing, there’s a good chance you own a pack basket. There’s a company based in Lincoln that’s been hand weaving these wooden containers for more than 35 years.

Pollard came into the field through her mother, Peggy, who owned a craft store and worked for L.L.Bean as a professional basket weaver before retiring. 30 years later, Pollard tapped her mother for ...

LAKE CHARLES, LA (KPLC) - Some crafts take weeks or months to complete, but you can complete a basket by the end of class. It's taught by professional Emma Hughes who's enjoyed basket weaving for ...

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 ...

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO – Dressed in traditional Native American garb, Teeter Romero twists the reeds in her hand and starts to weave the materials together in the mission courtyard. She doesn’t need to ...

A basketry class with the Experimental College at the University of Washington nearly three decades ago was a turning point for Everett artist Dorothy McGuinness. “Until then, I had no formal art ...

SCHUYLKILL HAVEN – “It’s basically a hobby that got way out of hand.” Lorraine Felker, of the Lewistown Valley, has been weaving baskets ever since she took a class 23 years ago, and she’s bringing ...

Shame on me. I have been writing this home column now for 16-plus years and have written about what are, arguably, some pretty minor topics. Take, for instance, the color white, how to choose a yard ...

Starting a successful basket-weaving business takes more than just talent or enjoyment of craft-making. A willingness to sell baskets online and in-person, by renting a booth at a trade show or flea ...