NORTH ADAMS -- In the hands of master potters Phil and Gail Sellers, the simple wooden basket has become upscale, artsy and 20 times more useful. The Sellers weave baskets out of clay and turn them ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Salish Nlaka'pamux basket made of cedar or spruce root, cedar wood and hide. (McCord Museum) The Ontario government recently ...

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 ...

Carolyn Smith knew she had a lot to learn when she arrived on the banks of the Klamath River 15 years ago. That summer, tribal elders taught her the cultural significance of hand-woven baskets and how ...

People have been using flat, ribbonlike materials, such as reed strips, to make woven baskets for thousands of years. This weaving method has reemerged as a technique for engineers to create textile ...