Jim Bassler weaving on the loom
Jim Bassler weaving on the loom. ORIGINS episode PBS premiere: October 7, 2009.
Native Alaskan Aleut jeweler Denise Wallace
Denise Wallace is a jewelry artist of Native Alaskan Aleut descent, who worked with her husband, Samuel Wallace (1936-2010). She maintains and modifies a walrus-ivory carving tradition. Wallace is most well known for her elaborate belts which depict people, animals, symbols, and folk tales of her native culture.
Wasco basket maker Pat Courtney Gold
Pat Courtney Gold's baskets are based on the baskets of her Wasco ancestors using the full turn twine technique but she experiments with different materials and designs, with similar patterns and motifs. The materials she uses include cattail leaves, tule, dogbane fiber, cedar bark, tree roots as well as chenille, dyed wool, and other textured materials. Segment from the MEMORY episode
Mississippi Cultural Crossroads quilters
Mississippi Cultural Crossroads is an arts agency in Port Gibson, Mississippi, involved in documenting the culture of the community. It provides art programs, and is where MCC Quilters display and sell their hand made quilts. MCC Quilters is a group of women who create quilts, celebrating the traditional quilting heritage of their community, while creating educational and economic opportunities.
Basket maker Mary Jackson
Mary Jackson makes sweetgrass baskets that have been passed down to her from her ancestors. Originating in West Africa, this kind of basket making is an identifying cultural practice for people who were cut off from their own history, and has been a part of Charleston and Mt. Pleasant communities. Jackson uses sweetgrass, palmetto, pine needles and bulrush in her work.
Patricia Crosby of Mississippi Cultural Crossroads
Patricia Crosby talks about the forming of Mississippi Cultural Crossroads, a local arts agency for Port Gibson and Claiborne County where women come together to quilt. Mississippi Cultural Crossroads is featured in the Community episode of Craft in America.
Blacksmith Tom Joyce
Blacksmith Tom Joyce speaks about his work and the mathematician Fibonacci. Tom Joyce is featured in the Memory episode of Craft in America.
Basket weaver Pat Courtney Gold
Native American basket weaver and natural fiber artist Pat Courtney Gold explains her basket designs which represent her heritage and her cultures memory. Pat Courtney Gold is featured in the Memory episode of Craft in America.
Ceramic artist David Gurney
Ceramic artist David Gurney throws a small cup, takes inspiration from Mexican culture, his garden, and his Central Coast California home. David Gurney is featured in the Landscape episode of Craft in America.
Jeweler & Mixed-Media artist Jan Yager
Jeweler & Mixed-Media artist Jan Yager discusses communication through art. Jan Yager is featured in the Landscape episode of Craft in America.
Glass artists Einar & Jamex de la Torre
Watch the de la Torre brothers use teamwork to make a glass sculpture at Pilchuck Glass School with instructor Amy Rueffert and her students. Pilchuck Glass School is featured in the Community episode of Craft in America.
Gerhardt Knodel of Cranbrook Academy
Gerhardt Knodel, fiber artist and Director of Cranbrook Academy (1995-2007), speaks about the future of craft and its significance in our history. Gerhardt Knodel is featured in the Memory episode of Craft in America.
Matt Kelleher and Shoko Teruyama
Matt Kelleher and Shoko Teruyama both resident artists at Penland School of Crafts speak about their time at the school and their work. Penland School of Crafts is featured in the Community episode of Craft in America.
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