You’ll never look at a basket the same way once you’ve woven one,” says Natalie Boyett, owner of the Chicago Weaving School in Irving Park. “When you see how things are put together, it’s like you’ve ...

Learn how to make a basket out of natural materials, like wisteria, kudzu, honeysuckle, grape and bramble vines, perfect for everyday use. Basketry is one of humankind’s oldest art forms – believed to ...

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 ...

While it’s often thought that basket weaving is a dying art form, it’s actually very much alive and well all across the world, and even right here in Michigan. “It still exist in a lot of places, you ...

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 ...

At Charleston International Airport, travelers encounter two hand-woven baskets on display. One, made by Rwandan weavers, features a circle of figures holding hands. The other, made by Lowcountry ...

Sue Green is a member of Victoria’s Handknitters Guild and member of Craft (formerly Craft Victoria). Basket weaving. It doesn’t sound much of an insult does it? But Education Minister Simon ...