One crafter is turning the lost art of broom making into something far more symbolic than a cleaning tool. As a girl, Ridenour lived in a series of group homes. Struggling to feel safe in her ...

In a small workshop tucked into the Appalachian Mountains, a centuries-old craft continues to thrive—carried forward by a family whose journey spans from space exploration to handcrafted artistry.

Traditional broom-making occupation is dying gradually and it is feared that it will force hundreds of families mostly women to be jobless who have been engaged in this skill at Karachi coastal ...

Owner and operator of the Tumut Broom Factory, Andrew Wortes, is a third generation broom maker. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian Handmade millet brooms have been produced in Tumut since 1946, and ...

A villager makes grass brooms at a workshop in Hmawbi Township of Yangon Region, Myanmar, May 11, 2024. Photo: Xinhua U Tin Oo, owner of the Win Ngwe Toe grass broom business in Myanmar's commercial ...

KIRBY, W.Va. (AP) - In 2017, West Virginia Public Broadcasting featured one of West Virginia’s last remaining broom makers; Kanawha County resident Jim Shaffer. The story ended with a question: would ...

Even though he’s a broom maker, Chris Nibbe’s creativity can’t be swept under the rug. Based in Rochester, Nibbe’s Sweet Corn Brooms makes more than just sweeping tools. Though Nibbe insists that ...