Traditional Art

The traditional arts of basketry, pottery, textiles, weaving, and woodworking are demonstrated.

Gift Baskets | Digital Traditions Basketmaking Materials | Digital Traditions 1

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Basketmaking Materials | Digital Traditions

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Snype and Eartha Lee Washington find more value and meaning in using the traditional sweetgrass than the more widely available bulrush. Video is provided by McKissick Museum, University of South...

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Mazie Brown | Digital Traditions

Episode 5

Mazie Brown describes a typical day at her basket stand along Highway 17. Brown talks of her history as a basketmaker and of her mother who also had a stand. From the "Row Upon Row" documentary...

Steps in Shaping a Pot, Part 2 | Digital Traditions 2

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Steps in Shaping a Pot, Part 2 | Digital Traditions

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Nora Harris Campbell builds up the sides of the pot with "coils" and uses the lid of a tin can to scrape the inside of the pot smooth - blending the individual coils together. Footage from Folklife...

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Low Country Basket Sewer | Digital Traditions

Episode 7

Vintage footage from this 1976 documentary, Bennett talks about business at her basket stand while she demonstrates how she builds up a basket.

Quillian Lanier Meaders on Cashing In & Making a Living Lanier Meaders & His Reasons | Digital Traditions 2

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Lanier Meaders & His Reasons | Digital Traditions

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From the program "Venture: Southern Stoneware" co-produced by the SC State Museum and McKissick Museum. 1987.

Quillian Lanier Meaders on Cashing In & Making a Living Lanier Meaders & His Roots | Digital Traditions 1

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Lanier Meaders & His Roots | Digital Traditions

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Meaders discussing his roots in traditional pottery. From the program "Venture: Southern Stoneware" co-produced by the SC State Museum and McKissick Museum. 1987.