Crafting brooms has become a family affair with Thiessen’s oldest son, Ivan, and daughter-in-law Sherill from Spencer, Iowa, coming to work in the shop during the show. Son- in-law Loren Hicks has ...

The Wyoming Territorial Prison State Historic Site is trying to keep a bygone craft from being swept under the rug. In 1890, Territorial Prison inmates built a broom factory within the prison’s walls.

Check out these easy to follow homemade broom making instructions. Get a list of all the handmade broom making supplies you will need! Sweeping with a handmade broom can connect you with the long ...

I swept my porch yesterday with a natural corn broom. It’s a marvel and has barely changed since the first brooms were made. My modern broom still is a bundle of flexible “stems” held together around ...

SELMER – Jack Martin made his first broom as a child in his grandfather’s old broom shop in Selmer. “He made me put it together and take it apart probably 11 times,” Martin said. “But I never knew how ...

Most of us own a broom. Some prefer the newer-style broom made from plastic, and some of us like a traditional broom made from broomcorn. Both types of brooms do a good job of sweeping, but there is ...

PINE RIVER — Balsam Moon Preserve is offering Broom Making 101 using traditional materials of broomcorn, twine, and wood 1-5 p.m. Feb. 8 at Balsam Moon Preserve, located 10 miles west and south of ...

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 ...

Broom Maker Ron DuMoulin shows how he binds the broom corn by hand stitching it. (Photo by Kristi R. Garabrandt) WELLSVILLE — Ron DuMoulin, also known as The Village Broom Maker, discovered his ...

KIRBY, W.Va. (AP) - In 2017, West Virginia Public Broadcasting featured one of West Virginia’s last remaining broom makers; Kanawha County resident Jim Shaffer. The story ended with a question: would ...