Basket-making is not an exclusive American art form, but in no other country are antique baskets so revered or collected. American basket collectors spend thousands of dollars each year to own early, ...

Looping strips of palmetto fronds through coiled sweetgrass is slow poison. Squinting in concentration ruins the eyes, forcing a nail bone through the grass wrecks the hands and bending over the ...

There are big sweetgrass baskets, but then there is Mount Pleasant artisan Corey Alston’s BIG sweetgrass basket that was ...

PARKERSBURG — An award-winning basket exhibit will be on display through September and early October at the Parkersburg Art Center. Judith Saunders, an artist from Norfolk, Va., will bring her plaited ...

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Native peoples across the country are revitalizing basketry traditions. Native American basketry has long been viewed as a community craft, yet the artistic quality and value of these baskets are on ...

Handmade baskets were a part of daily life throughout American history up until the 20th century. The quick rise of synthetic materials nearly extinguished the craft of basket weaving by midcentury.

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