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Farewell to our friend, videographer and kudzu basketmaker extraordinaire - Jimmie Dinkins

Jimmie Dinkins

South Carolina ETV friends and family have lost a dear friend and a very talented videographer.

Jimmie Dinkins was a videographer at ETV for many years. His enormous talent and his well-honed skills remain with us in the extraordinary content he created over his many years at South Carolina ETV.

We have a few remembrances of Jimmie we'd like to share with you.

Bentwood Trellis & Kudzu Basketry

We have to look no further than the ETV employee parking lot for inspiration for making a Bentwood Trellis and Kudzu Vine Basket. There, when he isn't on a television shoot, you will likely find Jimmie Dinkins' truck, laden with vines, full of baskets, and one of his own mounted, bentwood chairs. The truck is a bit of roving accessible art for all of us and a statement of Jimmie's continuing delight and wonder in the creative process.

To see videos and learn more about Jimmie Dinkins and his folk art, click on the links below.

1- A Natural State - Spotlight - Jimmie Dinkins 

2- A Natural State - Gadsden, S.C 

3- A Natural State - Nature and Farm Life 

4- A Natural State - Art Outside the Box 

5- A Natural State - Materials 

 

6- A Natural State - Create a Bentwood Trellis 

7- A Natural State - Create a Bentwood Trellis 

8- A Natural State - Create a Bentwood Trellis 

9- A Natural State - Create a Bentwood Trellis 

10- A Natural State - Create a Bentwood Trellis

 

11- A Natural State - Making a Kudzu Basket  

12- A Natural State - Making a Kudzu Basket 

13- A Natural State - Making a Kudzu Basket 

14- A Natural State - Making a Kudzu Basket 

15- A Natural State - Making a Kudzu Basket 

16- A Natural State - Making a Kudzu Basket 

17- A Natural State - Making a Kudzu Basket 

18- A Natural State - Making a Kudzu Basket

 

19- Jimmie Dinkins - Congaree Swamp Stories 

20- Natural State Credits 

 

PHOTO: Jimmy Dinkins of the South Carolina ETV staff checks his camera before taping one of the SECA-NAEB convention meetings.