HANDMADE 
Basket Maker Anne Bowers(0)
by Claire Stuart
“I grew up doing needlework—sewing, needlepoint, crewel embroidery,” says basketmaker Anne Bowers. “I was always doing crafts.”
Bowers has lived in the Panhandle all of her life, growing up in Shepherdstown, and later living in Martinsburg, then moving back to Jefferson County when she married.
Her airy studio in her old farmhouse in Middleway is [...]
Friends & Friends Handicraft: 100% Finnish
Friends & Friends is an event marking the culmination of the 130th anniversary year of the Friends of Finnish Handicraft.
The Friends of Finnish Handicraft association was created 130 years ago in response to a manifesto exhorting Finnish artists and crafts enthusiasts to cherish and develop the national heritage of crafts.
Friends & Friends is an exhibition [...]
Handmade Nation
by Andrea Appleton
If the crafting world had celebrities, Faythe Levine would be on the A-list. The founder of Milwaukee’s independent craft fair, Art vs. Craft, has been called “the ambassador of handmade” by The New York Times. In 2006, she traveled the country and interviewed 80 members of the growing craft community. Levine will present [...]
Handcrafted Fair Trade Medium Square Telephone Wire Basket in 3 Colors
Distributed by Bridge for Africa
Telephone Wire Baskets are hand woven by Zulu weavers, located in Elandskraal in the heart of Zululand, South Africa. The baskets designs are the unique vision of each artisan and all one-of-a-kind. The baskets are often created around communal fires and a slight hint of smoke is captured in each basket. [...]