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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Stephanie Craig, a seventh-generation traditional basket weaver discusses basket structure and materials during a presentation at ...
Kelly Church’s black ash basketry anchors the Detroit Institute of Arts’ Contemporary Anishinaabe Art: A Continuation, weaving Anishinaabe tradition, environmental advocacy, and living cultural ...
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 ...