KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — On Friday, people will have a chance to learn about a significant part of the Appalachian culture — traditional broom-making. The Marble Springs State Historic Site will host an ...

No one makes brooms by hand anymore. Well, almost no one. More than a century ago Jack Martin’s maternal ancestors, the Hockadays, began growing broomcorn alongside more conventional crops on the ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — When you see a simple broom, you might connect it with cleaning, chores, or even witches and wizards playing their magical sport. At Bluegrass Brooms, Shannon Lewis puts his ...

Marble Springs will hold a broom-making workshop from noon to 3 p.m. on May 15. Students will make a primitive cobweb broom in the traditional style. This lightweight narrow broom is great for ...

The Pescadero artist makes brooms by hand using traditional techniques and local materials. Lisa Sheffield Guy makes brooms from her home in Pescadero and sells them under the name Butano Broomcraft.

How do you make a broom? You begin with broom corn, which is a type of sorghum, available in Oklahoma and the panhandle of Texas. The seeds need to be removed, the straw sorted into comparable lengths ...

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Broomcorn harvesting used to be a major part of the U.S. agriculture industry before being swept away in the 1990s, but one Kentucky craftsperson is looking to bring it back. Artisan broom-maker ...

HILLSBORO, W.Va. (WCHS) — You probably haven’t given much thought to the lowly broom stashed away in your pantry, closet or garage, but what would we do without them? They clean up our messes, sweep ...

BELMONT — In a day and age when technology rules, Everett Bailey embraces a simpler time. On most Wednesdays Bailey can be found in the Carpenters Shop at Canterbury Shaker Village demonstrating the ...

Yoruba are culturally groomed people who cannot do without the art and the use of cultural elements in their day to day activities and fact findings. They occupy the geographical delineation on the ...