AN INVITATION TO learn how to make my own basket from an old lariat sounded too good to pass up. So that is why — in spite of last Monday evening’s pouring rain — I went to the Mount Olympus Chapter ...

“My father used to tell me that the smallest bamboo basket ever made was that which could hold seven pepper seeds and was a creation of my grandfather. That inspired me and I have now made one which ...

In 1994, Ethel M. Gill learned basket making from a co-worker, and hasn’t looked back. It was like a match made in heaven that combined her eagerness to learn something new with a natural talent for ...

After spending 40-plus hours weaving a Nantucket Lightship Basket, Patty Campbell sometimes has a hard time handing over the finished product to a customer. “Weaving the baskets is very rewarding and ...

Collect willow shoots to turn them into a functional basket by learning willow basketry in how to weave a basket for beginners. This traditional craft, an art form, uses natural materials like willow ...

Looking for a free mini puzzle? Play the USA TODAY Quick Cross now. 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 his wife ...

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 ...

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 ...