LONG GROVE, Iowa — Bits of straw blew as Daniel Jepsen of Great River Brooms lowered a steel blade and trimmed the uneven ends of a kitchen broom in the making. Jepsen, a farmer in Miles, Iowa, and ...

PINE RIVER — Balsam Moon Preserve is offering Broom Making 101 using traditional materials of broomcorn, twine, and wood 1-5 p.m. Feb. 8 at Balsam Moon Preserve, located 10 miles west and south of ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — On Friday, people will have a chance to learn about a significant part of the Appalachian culture — traditional broom-making. The Marble Springs State Historic Site will host an ...

No one makes brooms by hand anymore. Well, almost no one. More than a century ago Jack Martin’s maternal ancestors, the Hockadays, began growing broomcorn alongside more conventional crops on the ...

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Pots, swords and things people make. So by learning a traditional craft, like broom making, or trying to preserve crafts, you are essentially trying to do something for the future.” Burton said he ...

Marble Springs will hold a broom-making workshop from noon to 3 p.m. on May 15. Students will make a primitive cobweb broom in the traditional style. This lightweight narrow broom is great for ...

The Pescadero artist makes brooms by hand using traditional techniques and local materials. Lisa Sheffield Guy makes brooms from her home in Pescadero and sells them under the name Butano Broomcraft.

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HILLSBORO, W.Va. (WCHS) — You probably haven’t given much thought to the lowly broom stashed away in your pantry, closet or garage, but what would we do without them? They clean up our messes, sweep ...