Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For Andrea “Annie” Cayetano-Jefferson, this tradition ties her to generations of Gullah people, including her mother and daughter.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Corey Alston has been weaving sweetgrass baskets for 23 years. The tradition he carries stretches back through generations of Gullah Geechee heritage, and now he honors and ...

Michael Ellis bows his head and ties a palm around bulrush and sweetgrass, weaving together a handmade basket that allows him a moment of solitude. The brief time of serenity is interrupted when a ...

East Cooper sweetgrass basketmaker Nakia Wigfall has joined with artisans in West Africa, the Bahamas and Georgia to create ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Locals and visitors alike can learn how to weave a sweetgrass basket at the Charleston Museum. Local artisan Sarah Edwards-Hammond will provide comprehensive instruction on ...

Sweetgrass baskets are an iconic feature of the Lowcountry, but this functional art has roots that will never recede into the sands of time. Not if Palmetto Bluff’s July Artists in Residence, ...

The Sweetgrass Cultural Arts Festival Association (SCAFA), Board of Directors will host the Spring Luncheon for Sweetgrass Basket Makers on Saturday April 25, 2009, at the Creative Spark Center for ...

Lynette D. Youson slowly stitches a bundle of South Carolina sweetgrass into a coil. The work begins at the center: a tight spiral anchored with palmetto, each stitch pulled through in a rhythm that ...