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 ...
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 ...
When Colville tribal member Julie Edwards has a bad day, she makes a basket. Sure, there’s something therapeutic about the ...
Basketry is one of the oldest known art forms practiced in North America. Archaeologists have discovered baskets 8,000 years old in the desert Southwest. The techniques and materials used by Native ...
Need a news break? Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more! When he retired after 35 years as a kindergarten teacher, 67-year-old Allen decided to take on life in a new way. He and ...
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 ...