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Charleston SweetGrass Baskets by Eva Wright at SweetGrassBaskets.Net
Description
Eva Wright learned sweetgrass basket weaving from her grandmother when she was just a young girl of seven growing up in Mt. Pleasant, SC.
She has been featured as a sweetgrass basket artisan on SCETV, written about in local and national papers, books and magazines. She has been to trade shows and art shows all over America and even in Europe to demonstrate, share and teach her craft. She has been involved over the years with the SC Artisan Center in Walterboro, SC where she has taught young boys and girls her art. She has been a featured speaker, and honoree at the SC Museum of History.
As for the origin of the sweetgrass basket: In the lowcountry of South Carolina and Georgia, where sweetgrass grows and was picked up by slaves, sweetgrass began to be woven into baskets. The African tradition fast became a lowcountry (Geechi) hallmark. While sweetgrass and varieties used in basketmaking are becoming scarce with a waning interest of new generations learning the craft, some have feared that sweetgrass basket making could be a dying art.
Contact
- Charleston Sweetgrass Baskets By Eva Wright
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- North Charleston SC
- US 29405
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- +1.8432259374
