He recently, became the first craft broom maker to feature his work on Amazoncom. However, broom making is a relatively new passion for Burton, who came to Berea College for a liberal arts degree in ...

Growing up just outside of rural Berea, Kentucky, I was spoiled from a young age by the proliferation of beautifully crafted, functional housewares that graced store windows and lined neighbors’ ...

Cynthia Main runs Sunhouse Craft, a company that makes handmade brooms, Appalachian style. (Photo courtesy of Sunhouse Craft) Rural arts programs helped Eastern Kentucky maker Cynthia Main develop ...

Broomcorn harvesting used to be a major part of the U.S. agriculture industry before being swept away in the 1990s, but one Kentucky craftsperson is looking to bring it back. Artisan broom-maker ...

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 ...

Blackwell, who is based in Eugene, Ore., has an Instagram following of more than 113,000. “I wouldn’t consider myself an influencer, but I guess I do want to influence people to use handmade brooms,” ...

Step into our peaceful provincial life as we craft a handmade broom and cook sweet biko the traditional way. This video ...

Sue Nash operates her besom broom business from Tadley on the Hampshire/Berkshire border. Broom making has been in her family for 300 years, and she has supplied everyone from the Royal family to ...

Sue's late husband, Arthur Nash, worked as a broom maker from his teenage years A traditional besom maker who supplied Harry Potter stars with their brooms has said her craft is dying out. Sue Nash ...

Sue's late husband, Arthur Nash, worked as a broom maker from his teenage years A traditional besom maker who supplied Harry Potter stars with their brooms has said her craft is dying out. Sue Nash ...