Cannon and Warren counties are considered by many folklorists to be the epicenter of this once ubiquitous local traditional art form. Master white oak basketmaker Sue Williams of Morrison and her ...

In the Ozarks, white oak basketry is part of a long, proud history of family tradition and respect for nature. The products, woven from wide bands of pale wood, are not only functional but pleasing to ...

SCOTTSVILLE — The offices, storeroom and workshop of GH Productions abound with varieties of handmade white oak basket handles and basket-making supplies, along with a reverence for the practitioners ...

White oak logs grown in the Ozarks traveled nearly 1,000 miles in the back of a U-Haul to Washington D.C. last week to be used for live basketmaking demonstrations at the annual Smithsonian Folklife ...

Among the beauty pageants, beef and dairy shows and the contests for Karaoke and blackberry cobbler at Hart County Fair in Munfordville earlier this month, Leona Waddell dominated in the annual Split ...

LITTLE ROCK — Leon Niehues should have felt content. Happy, even. His woven white oak baskets were being snapped up by eager buyers and craft lovers, and some of his work was enshrined in major ...

The Smithsonian American Art Museum has acquired two white oak baskets made by Billy Ray Sims, who is based in Indian Springs, Ala. The baskets are part of a collection recently donated to the museum ...

Tom Thompson, the basketmaker, said he was feeling ornery. He was still damp from yesterday, when the rains pelted down hard enough to strangle a bullfrog. Now it was plain hot and humid in the woods, ...

Edison Intermediate/Middle School fifth-graders are learning about the traditional craft of basket weaving from a nationally-acclaimed basket maker. Appalachian White Oak basket maker Cynthia W.

As a craft that reaches far back into the history of the South, basket making has a rich place in the region's culture. Present-day examples of the tradition are now on display in the Altman-Riddick ...