Karen Hobbs teaches broom making, gourding, and
basketry at conventions and retreats around the US and in the illustrated pages of "Swept Away: The Vanishing Art of Broom Making" she draws upon her years of experience and expertise to showcase the rich and colorful history of the American broomcorn industry, as well as revealing how broomcorn is grown, harvested, and dyed, and, following her easy step-by-step instructions with photographs and illustrations, how make your own broom using one of the seven different broom patterns provided, including Kitchen, Hearth, Cobweb, Turkey Wing Whisk, and Angel Whisk brooms.
A wide mixture of Sindh's handicrafts including home textiles (made up of intricate patch work, cut work and embroidery),
basketry, jewelry, dresses, dupattas, and shawls embellished with traditional embroidery and cut-work will be exhibited.
A selection of 11 paintings highlighting the role of
basketry in Native American daily and ceremonial life.
The project has been delivered by the Heritage Lottery-funded Peregrini Lindisfarne Landscape Partnership, the Northumbria
Basketry Group, the Lucker and Bamburgh
Basketry Group, the Etal
Basketry Group and Natural England.
Peters Valley School of Craft is pleased to announce a new exhibition, All Things Considered 9:
Basketry in the 21st Century, in the Sally D.
The artist feels very close to the art of
basketry as he was born in a community of Limassol which is inseparably connected to
basketry.
Native American artifacts including jewelry, beaded items,
basketry, and pottery will be displayed in the Visitor Center.
The Willamette Valley Study Group and Columbia Basin
Basketry Guild have joined forces in "A Passion for Baskets," which features the artistry of several area
basketry artists.
Originating in Africa, sweetgrass
basketry remains popular in the 21st century.
We wanted to sustain the momentum by hopefully offering more venues and events like this for the youth, hopefully next year we could also involve demonstrations on wooden sculpting, crochet, pottery-making, handicraft-weaving,
basketry, these are all local to us here in La Union to promote our local crafts and industries while promoting culture and art, Rillera said.
The crafts on display in the Punjab pavilion include, block printing, wood carving, darree and khaddar weaving,
basketry, pottery, embroidery, lacquer art, Multani blue tiles, tie and dye, zardozi, metal work, camel bone carving, khussa making, doll making, Gugoo Ghore and much more.
As a result of this isolation, Siwa developed a unique culture manifested in its crafts of
basketry, pottery, and embroidery and in its styles of costume and silverwork.
basketry - the craft of basket making