This Kentucky College Has Been Making Brooms for 100 Years
2020年10月26日 · Around the turn of the century, the college’s third president, William Frost, went into the surrounding mountains to recruit students, and he bought traditional crafts, such as weaving and...
What's New in Craft: Broom Making - Craft Industry Alliance
2023年9月5日 · Broom-making, an age-old craft steeped in history and tradition, has seen a remarkable resurgence in recent years. Using broom corn (sorghum tassels), crafters are dyeing and weaving designs into brooms for a final product that combines beauty and function.
Making a Broom by Hand from Broom Corn
Photos of the finished product, followed by instructions on how to make a traditional broom-corn broom. A handmade, plaited, hand stitched broom in the process of being made. Here is the homemade corn broom and a matching solid hickory dustpan. These are hanging on forged hooks from my blacksmith shop. Fun projects!
How to Make a Homemade Broom – Mother Earth News
2022年1月10日 · Making a beautiful homemade broom is easy, fun, and practical. Start building your skills by making this DIY hearth broom from broomcorn, then move up to larger brooms. You can make your own...
The Art of Broom Making - Sanborn Mills Farm
During this two-day workshop you will learn the skills necessary to create your own beautiful and functional sweeping tools including two styles of hand brooms: an Angel Wing whisk and Turkey Wing whisk and a full-sized kitchen broom with hardwood bark handle.
Broom Making Workshops: Discover Traditional Craftsmanship ...
Experience the heritage craft of broom making through our variety of traditional workshops! Explore Virtual or In-person Broom Making classes and learn new skills while creating your own work of functional art. Each session promises to challenge and delight you.
Crafts and Kinship: Broom Making, Weaving, and More at Berea ...
2020年11月2日 · At Berea, there are workshops in weaving, woodworking, ceramics, and broomcraft. We’re been longtime fans of Berea’s brooms—see Julie’s Domestic Science dispatch from 2010—and recently checked in to hear how the school is faring.