Mary Jackson was 4 when she learned how to weave. Sitting at her mother’s knee in the late 1940s, she tied her first knots with nimble little fingers, binding coils of sea grasses. In the Gullah ...

Starting a business that manufactures and sells custom-made baskets is an incredible enterprise to get rolling, simply because people from every walk of life are always searching for the perfect piece ...

Craft practices are not supplemental to human survival: they enable it, and have always been at the centre of technological ...

In the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving, I went searching for a handmade cornucopia in Kentucky. I came back with a really beautiful story of gratitude and a deep appreciation for an ancient art.

Craig spends nine months of the year locating and harvesting traditional materials such as hazel, rushes, bigleaf maple and western red cedar from across the state. She uses them to shape baskets and ...

Native American basket weaving is one of the oldest and most meaningful art forms in North America, reflecting not only creativity but also cultural heritage and survival skills. More than simple ...

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 ...