Sturdy and inexpensive, oak-splint baskets were used in almost every kitchen and barn on the old homesteads. Prized now by collectors, these plain, undecorated, utilitarian forms tended to fall by the ...

In the Ozarks, white oak basketry is part of a long, proud history of family tradition and respect for nature. The products, woven from wide bands of pale wood, are not only functional but pleasing to ...

The Smithsonian American Art Museum has acquired two white oak baskets made by Billy Ray Sims, who is based in Indian Springs, Ala. The baskets are part of a collection recently donated to the museum ...

SCOTTSVILLE — The offices, storeroom and workshop of GH Productions abound with varieties of handmade white oak basket handles and basket-making supplies, along with a reverence for the practitioners ...

Edison Intermediate/Middle School fifth-graders are learning about the traditional craft of basket weaving from a nationally-acclaimed basket maker. Appalachian White Oak basket maker Cynthia W.

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 ...