Sep 24, 2021 | 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM Add to Calendar 24-09-2021 11:00 24-09-2021 14:00 America/Toronto Arts Rising Festival 2021: Broom-Making with Daryl O’Neill In this workshop you will learn to make a ...

PINE RIVER — Balsam Moon Preserve is offering Broom Making 101 using traditional materials of broomcorn, twine, and wood 1-5 p.m. Feb. 8 at Balsam Moon Preserve, located 10 miles west and south of ...

Crafting brooms has become a family affair with Thiessen’s oldest son, Ivan, and daughter-in-law Sherill from Spencer, Iowa, coming to work in the shop during the show. Son- in-law Loren Hicks has ...

In the early 1800s, just about every little hamlet and village used to have at least one — a broom making shop, or people who made brooms on their farm and sold them. Once the Industrial Revolution ...

One crafter is turning the lost art of broom making into something far more symbolic than a cleaning tool. As a girl, Ridenour lived in a series of group homes. Struggling to feel safe in her ...

Berea broom maker Justin Burton is inviting fellow broom makers, hobbyists and the interested public to “sweep it in” at his first broom making gathering set for Friday and Saturday. During the ...

Among the family of housekeeping implements, the broom—humble, deceptively simple in design, prone to leaning unobtrusively in corners—does not often enjoy the recognition it deserves. Household ...

KIRBY, W.Va. (AP) - In 2017, West Virginia Public Broadcasting featured one of West Virginia’s last remaining broom makers; Kanawha County resident Jim Shaffer. The story ended with a question: would ...

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 ...

A WV family takes on the dwindling business of broom making In 2017, West Virginia Public Broadcasting featured one of West Virginia’s last remaining broom makers; Kanawha County resident Jim Shaffer.