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 ...

From the crushing poverty of Appalachian Kentucky came an original and unique American artwork of unparalleled beauty. Before she moved to Johnson County, and then after, Linnie Higdon would use an ...

The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Using strips of ash ...

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.

The Shaker saying, "Do your work as if you had a thousand years to live and as if you were to die tomorrow," exemplifies their ideal of perfection. Perhaps, in preserving the traditional art of Shaker ...

More than 50 households in Ha Tinh Province's Thach Long Commune have preserved their traditional craft - bamboo baskets - to augment earnings from toiling on farms. For the residents of Hoi Cat, Dan ...

People have been using flat, ribbonlike materials, such as reed strips, to make woven baskets for thousands of years. This weaving method has reemerged as a technique for engineers to create textile ...