For most of her early life, Linda Yamane thought Ohlone fine coil basketry had disappeared from the world. But when she was a Master’s student at San Jose State University, she saw a poster displaying ...

The baskets coil in a circle of culture and life, their designs stitched by nimble fingers capturing an ancient tradition. Carol Emarthle Douglas’ basketry journey began when she was pregnant with her ...

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 ...

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CHARLESTON, S.C. - Just a few years ago, Nikia Wigfall needed only to drive to the nearby marshes to harvest the sweetgrass that she and other descendants of slaves weave into the beautiful baskets ...

About US is an initiative by The Washington Post to explore issues of identity in the United States. Sign up for the newsletter. Corey Alston is a rare artisan in the craft of coiled basket weaving, a ...

Learn how to create a small coiled basket with step-by-step instructions and live demonstrations. Receive basket-making supplies including multiple colours of raffia, a tapestry needle and a small ...

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