Before she retired more than five years ago from her work as a letter carrier, Amy Jorgensen was what one might call a "frustrated crafter." Work got in the way of pursuing her favorite hobbies -- ...

Beautiful baskets brimming with abundance. They're welcome gifts at any time of year, but at Christmas time, gift baskets can be tailored to the interests of the recipient to move them from a popular ...

ASHWAUBENON - When Turtle Island Gifts, a Native American gift shop in Ashwaubenon, reopened after the pandemic shutdown, it was twice as big and started featuring a very important item from Oneida ...

Basket-making is not an exclusive American art form, but in no other country are antique baskets so revered or collected. American basket collectors spend thousands of dollars each year to own early ...

Looking for craftsmen to demonstrate their ancient arts at the 1950 Kutztown Folk Festival, Dr. Alfred L. Shoemaker came upon a willow basket-maker named Ollie Strauser, from Pricetown in the Oley ...

YASHIRO IS ON A MISSION. YEAH. SO YOU CAN SEE. YES. OKAY. HER LIFE TRANSFORMED 30 YEARS AGO WHEN SHE SAW HER FIRST ST NANTUCKET LIGHT SHIP BASKET. I WAS FALLING IN LOVE. AND THEN I CAN’T, YOU KNOW, ...

Michael Ellis bows his head and ties a palm around bulrush and sweetgrass, weaving together a handmade basket that allows him a moment of solitude. The brief time of serenity is interrupted when a ...

BASKET OBSESSIVE IN CAMBRIDGE. IT’S MY FAVORITE, SO IT’S DEFINITELY ETSUKO YASHIRO IS ON A MISSION, SO YOU CAN SEE. YES. OKAY, HER LIFE TRANSFORMED 30 YEARS AGO WHEN SHE SAW HER FIRST NANTUCKET ...