Renowned Haida weaver Diane Douglas-Willard will lead a mixed-level cedar bark weaving class at the Totem Heritage Center in Ketchikan Oct. 26 through Nov. 6. The evening class runs Mondays through ...
Della Cheney’s book “Weaving Our World”, published on May 26, is a reminder of the importance traditional practices can, and should, still have on the world today. Being born and raised in Kake gave ...
Tracy Williams and her three-year-old daughter Avery display some traditional First Nations artisan materials, including cedar bark and mountain goat wool, as well as an assortment of woven baskets.
POPULAR tree bark weaver artist Thelma Boetrics has extended her bark-weaving prowess to dress codes, in addition to her popular catalogue of mats, hats, blankets and wall hangs. Speaking to NewsDay ...
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 ...
ASIKKALA (FINLAND) - In his rustic cabin in the forests of southern Finland, 87-year-old Erkki Pekkarinen carves delicate strips of birch bark with his knife, before intricately weaving them into ...
Craft and eco-tourism have merged on the Chàm Islands, located off the coast of the ancient town of Hội An. Visitors to the islands can now have hands-on experience in weaving a hammock using strings ...