A few modern-day artists are bringing back the centuries-old crafts of caning and weaving furniture. Alice Higgins, who opened Higgins Chair Caning in Augusta County in 2005, said chair caning has ...
Using silk thread as fine as a spider's spinnings, Kate Barker was carefully conserving a banner of old Masonic lodge insignias last month -- something sewed together in the 19th century that's now ...
SPINNING YARN: Anni Albers weaves at Black Mountain College. The influential instructor and her work at BMC is a focal point of a new exhibition at the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center.
In the hands of a local weaving artist, threads intertwine with imagination to fashion clothing, characters and costumes inspired by her American Indian heritage. Among the creations of Margaret Roach ...
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 ...
Like keeping sheep, weaving is an emotionally potent practice for Begay, who describes occasionally having to return from mentally dark places. They sometimes wonder whether keeping the tradition ...
Although numbers fell in the pandemic year of 2020, in 2019 433 people registered for classes at the center. Last year, the number went up to 249 and so far in 2022, 196 have signed up, more than in ...
COOS BAY — A Cedar, Sweet Grass and a Tule Mat weaving class will be held this month at Coos History Museum. Both workshops will take place from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and taught be Stephanie Craig, owner of ...
Today, Salon, a hybrid showroom, gallery, and self-described "incubator" for studio-based designers, located in Boston, opens its new exhibition, "Calypso." The show, organized by Salon founder Amanda ...
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“Weaving the Stories of Women’s Lives” is the theme of this year’s Women's History Month series of events, continuing at SUNY Cortland through the end of March and into early April. Presented by the ...