Anyone who has ever visited South Carolina’s Lowcountry would be familiar with the sweetgrass basket. These baskets, arguably the region’s best known art form, are rooted in Gullah…
Filigree is a delicate embellishment in which very fine strands of gold or silver are twisted or curled into a design and then soldered into jewelry or other…
A picnic is a meal taken outside as part of an excursion or outing. But in today’s post, I’m pushing that definition and taking an excursion to my…
My time at the John C Campbell Folk School has come to an end. It was bittersweet‒as these events usually are‒to leave the School and head home. The…
The “Weave a Market Basket” class at the John C Campbell Folk School was tailored for a weekend‒it started Friday evening and wrapped up at Sunday noon. The…