PLAINFIELD — Trees surround Jennifer Lee's rustic home, but harvesting their bark for the baskets populating her shelves isn't an on-demand activity. "There's a season to taking the bark off a tree," ...

Birch bark has long been the favored material of basket makers in Finland, Sweden and Russia for making essential items such as containers, shoes, hats, and backpacks. The bark is naturally ...

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Linda Ross (right) has made several birch bark baskets with help from her friend, Helen Dick. (Sabine Poux/KDLL) When it’s warm and wet, birch bark can be folded into baskets — a container for berries ...

When Jennifer Lee was growing up, her home town of Harrison, New York was divided by a railroad track. On one side lived the Jewish population, and on the other, Catholic Italians. Lee grew up on the ...

TOPPENISH, Wash. -- The next Let's Make Wa'paas class, which takes place Monday, will also include information on crafting flat wa'paas and cedar bark baskets and basket hats. Hosted by Bessie Wilson ...

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The Hockaday Museum of Art is hosting a presentation and workshop on Salish cedar bark baskets on May 6. (Courtesy photo) Aspen and Cameron Decker are presenting programs at the Hockaday Museum of Art ...