A few modern-day artists are bringing back the centuries-old crafts of caning and weaving furniture. Alice Higgins, who opened Higgins Chair Caning in Augusta County in 2005, said chair caning has ...
BRADENTON — Earl Baker’s inspiration for cane weaving was not unusual. Most married men will relate. “My wife got me into it,” said the 73-year-old Parrish resident. It was back in the early 1990s and ...
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Nigeria has a remarkable heritage, and one craft that is viable for both individuals and the country’s economy is cane weaving. The cane is produced from the peeled-off bark of rattan, then cut into ...
At an intersection of a busy road in Cantonments, a serene suburb of Ghana's national capital Accra, is a cluster of carpenters, weavers and craftsmen producing various forms of art works using ...