Dec 2, 2024 | Historic Craft
Molly Grant Molly Grant began her leather working career in her 20’s, first by making handbags and custom leather clothing, then learning the Cordwainer craft (shoemaking)…after a long career of traveling the country to participate in high end juried craft shows...
Dec 2, 2024 | Historic Craft
Jes Clark Jes Clark (they/them) is the farmer and weaver at Willow Vale Farm in Stanfordville, NY. Jes weaves traditional and contemporary functional pieces and the basket forms created are a result of their conversation with each stick of willow. All of their willow...
Dec 2, 2024 | Historic Craft
Jan Sheehan Jan started braiding in 1995, taking a beginner class from a local and crafted braider Rita jane Davis. Rita, well known in the New England arts and crafts league, became her mentor and wonderful friend. It was Rita’s passion for braiding that encouraged...
Dec 2, 2024 | Historic Craft
Dan Brockett Dan Brockett (he/him) creates handwoven baskets from willow grown on his 12-acre property, Foggy Blossom Farm, in Leechburg, Pennsylvania. As a grower turned self-taught artist, there is an element of companionship with, and reverence for, his material...
Dec 2, 2024 | Historic Craft
Angela Eastman Angela Eastman is a basketweaver and metalworker based in Hillsborough, North Carolina. She has a background in sculpture and an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan, and completed the Core Fellowship program at Penland School of Crafts in...
Dec 2, 2024 | Historic Craft
Amy Krone Amy is an artist living in the forest of the Catskill Mountains. Her project, Cambium Lost Arts, is one dedicated to the revival of dying or forgotten practices of traditional craft. Currently, her focus is centered on the practice of hand-split white oak...
