LAKE CITY — With a tool box containing dog-tooth combs, seam rippers and an assortment of other gadgets, Beth Robbins Keller can make artistic wonders out of straw. She’s a folk artist who started ...

Materials 10 matched wheat straws with seed heads attached Three matched wheat straws with or without heads for braided top loop hanger Waxed string, such as dental floss or artificial sinew, for ...

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A quilt show, wheat-weaving show and display of wedding dresses with programs on vintage hats and women's clothing will be Friday-Sunday, May 13-15, in Bishop Hill, a historic community in Henry ...

Catharine Otto’s culturally rich work was showcased at Iowa City’s Artifactory in a gallery on Oct. 4. These unique installations are made entirely of wheat. Cards distributed at the gallery featured ...

Several weeks ago I gathered up some wheat stalks, intending to learn how to braid them and pass the skill along to children. Now my problem is to figure out what to do with a lot of mouse bait. My ...

Peg Nelson is a weaver, but her material isn't yarn or thread. It's wheat. Using a centuries-old technique, she soaks stalks of wheat for about an hour in cold water to get them pliable enough to ...

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Coos Bay Public Library invites the community to a wheat weaving workshop on Saturday. Medford resident Dagoberto Morales will conduct sessions demonstrating this traditional Latino craft at 11 a.m.

When Ann Lane Hedlund was an undergrad at the University of Colorado, Boulder, back in 1973, she signed up to study with Joe Ben Wheat, a curator of anthropology at the university’s museum. The year ...

ROSE HILL, Kans. (KSNW) – From her studio in Butler County, Marian Vavra works with wheat the way a sculptor uses clay. “I love the feel of it. I love its color,” said Vavra, as she showed off a ...