You’ll never look at a basket the same way once you’ve woven one,” says Natalie Boyett, owner of the Chicago Weaving School in Irving Park. “When you see how things are put together, it’s like you’ve ...

Collect willow shoots to turn them into a functional basket by learning willow basketry in how to weave a basket for beginners. This traditional craft, an art form, uses natural materials like willow ...

When Andrea Herman discovered basket weaving at a community education class back in the ’80s, she immediately fell in love with the craft, which is thought to be as old as mankind. “I used to ...

Stephanie Wood was right in the middle of helping enmesh participants in her family’s 700-year-old tradition of Kalapuya basket weaving at the 1861 Brunk House when something added yet another period ...

Starting a successful basket-weaving business takes more than just talent or enjoyment of craft-making. A willingness to sell baskets online and in-person, by renting a booth at a trade show or flea ...

Starting a business that manufactures and sells custom-made baskets is an incredible enterprise to get rolling, simply because people from every walk of life are always searching for the perfect piece ...

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 ...

DULUTH - It was like a Norman Rockwell painting. Four people hoisted a large log onto their shoulders. Through the snow, they trudged about 100 feet from a ground-level workshop to a Congdon Park ...