A web-based company located in Idaho, wheatweaving.com, which sells kits and supplies, offered directions for this beginning wheat-weaving project: Soak these straws in hot tap water for about an hour ...
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Straw is the humble byproduct of grain production. But in Julie Sanco’s hands, the dry plants that remain after the wheat harvest are transformed into intricate works of folk ...
A quilt show, wheat-weaving show and display of wedding dresses with programs on vintage hats and women's clothing will be Friday-Sunday, May 13-15, in Bishop Hill, a historic community in Henry ...
Coos Bay Public Library invites the community to a free wheat-weaving workshop on Saturday. Medford resident Dagoberto Morales will conduct sessions demonstrating this traditional Latino craft at 11 a ...
Peg Nelson is a weaver, but her material isn't yarn or thread. It's wheat. Using a centuries-old technique, she soaks stalks of wheat for about an hour in cold water to get them pliable enough to ...
Catharine Otto’s culturally rich work was showcased at Iowa City’s Artifactory in a gallery on Oct. 4. These unique installations are made entirely of wheat. Cards distributed at the gallery featured ...
Coos Bay Public Library will host two Wheat Weaving (Tejido en Trigo) workshops today. Wheat weaver Dagoberto Morales is back by popular demand. Free sessions will be held at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. in the ...
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GILLETTE - Five seedheads shake and hiss like prairie rattlesnake tails while Janet Christenot's fingers deftly articulate a straw braid. The straw ends flail alternately as she bends stalks, one over ...
When Ann Lane Hedlund was an undergrad at the University of Colorado, Boulder, back in 1973, she signed up to study with Joe Ben Wheat, a curator of anthropology at the university’s museum. The year ...